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. |