History

Corporate History

1901	Founded as a bakery in Hongo, Tokyo.
1904	Invented a custard-filled bun.
1909	Relocated the head office to the current Shinjuku site. Started distributing Japanese confectionery.
1920	Started distributing Western confectionery.
1923	Reorganized into a shareholder organization named Nakamuraya Co., Ltd.
1927	Established a Restaurant Division. Released Pure Indian curry, Chinese dumpling and mooncake.
1951	Completion of the Sasazuka (Tokyo) Factory.
1953	Started multi-store operation around this period (in department stores and franchised stores).
1963	Established the Osaka Sales Office.
1968	Completion of the Kanagawa Factory.
1970	Established sales offices in various areas around this period.
1973	Invested and acquired Kokko Seika Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
1977	Invested and acquired Happy More Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
1979	Completion of the Saitama Factory.
1982	Opened the first Southern European restaurant “Olive House”.
1983	Completion of the Food Factory (adjacent to the Kanagawa Factory).
1989	Completion of the Chinese dumpling factory building in the Saitama Factory.
1991	Invested in and acquired NAC Co., Ltd as a subsidiary (later NAC System Co., Ltd.)
1998	Completion of the Tsukuba Factory.
2001	Entered the retort food market.
2003	HACCP-certified for processing pouch retorts in the Food Factory.
2008	Started mail-order distribution via the Internet.
2011	Closed the head office for rebuilding.
2014	All businesses transferred from Happy More Co., Ltd.
	Inaugurated an Azumino City Sightseeing Ambassador.
	Grand opening of Shinjuku Nakamuraya Building, a commercial building, in the premises of the former Nakamuraya Head Office.
2016	Opened a “Western Cuisine Restaurant Shinjuku Nakamuraya”.
2017	All businesses transferred from Kokko Seika Co., Ltd.
2018	Completion of the Musashi Factory.
2019	All shares transferred from NAC System Co., Ltd.
	Opened the Chinese Dumpling Museum.