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| November 16, 1979 | Mr. Shigemi Kawahara, the founder, opened a restaurant & bar named "After the rain" in Hakata area, Fukuoka city, Kyushu in Japan. |
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| October 16, 1985 | The first ramen noodle shop of the company, "Hakata Ippudo" was opened in Daimyou area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| October 30, 1986 | Chikaranomoto Company Ltd. was founded. |
| April 16, 1987 | Opened another ramen noodle shop "Genkai Ramen Sassou-tei" in Ohnojyo city in Fukuoka, Kyushu. |
| May, 1989 | Moved "Hakata Ippudo" to a different location
in Chuo ward in Fukuoka city. (Address: 13-14, Daimyou 1-chome, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city) Opened a pub, "Iwato-machi Matsu-no-yu" in Keigo area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| March 6, 1994 | Opened Shinyokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama city. |
| May 18, 1994 | Opened "Ippudo" Ohashi (Shiobaru Honpo) shop opened in Fukuoka city. |
| December 9, 1994 | Changed the company organization to a joint stock company from a limited private company. |
| April 20, 1995 | Opened "Ippudo" Ebisu shop in Hiroo area in Shibuya, Tokyo. |
| July 24, 1995 | Founded "Narumi Food Business Planning Co. Ltd.," a restaurant business consultant firm. |
| April, 1996 | Renovated "Sassou-tei" into "Ippudo" ramen noodle shop at "Dazaifu-inter." |
| December, 1996 | Opened "Tacopulco," a fast food restaurant, in Daimyo area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| April, 1997 | Set up head office in Imaizumi area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| July, 1997 | Opened "Tacopulco" Canal City Hakata branch in Sumiyoshi area, Fukuoka city. |
| April 3, 1998 | Opened "Ippudo" Takadanobaba shop in Nishi-waseda, a campus town in Shinjuku, Tokyo. |
| May, 1998 | Opened "Relaku," a cozy Japanese-style pub with home cooking, in Tenjin, Fukuoka city. |
| June, 1998 | Opened "Tiger kitchen," a casual Chinese style restaurant in Fukuoka city. |
| January 3, 1999 | Opened "Ippudo" Nagabori shop in Minami-senba, Osaka. |
| July 20, 1999 | Opened "Ippudo" Meihama shop in Fukuoka city. |
| November 4, 1999 | Opened Yokohama Plant in Kouhoku ward, Yokohama city. |
| November 18, 1999 | Opened "Ippudo" Sannoh shop in Hakata
ward, Fukuoka city. Also opened Fukuoka Plant in the same Sannoh area. |
| December 8, 1999 | Opened "Ippudo" Meidai-mae shop, in Matsubara area a campus town in Setagaya ward, Tokyo. |
| December 14, 1999 | Opened "Ippudo" Komazawa-park shop in Setagaya ward, Tokyo. |
| May 11, 2000 | Opened "Ippudo" Tenjin shop in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| May 29, 2000 | Opened "Ippudo" Gotanda shop in Shinagawa ward, Tokyo. |
| June 6, 2000 | Opened "Big Apple," a Japanese-style family restaurant, in Shanghai, China. |
| July 28, 2000 | Opened "Ippudo" Kichijoji shop in Kichijoji,
a shopping area, Tokyo. Opened "Ippudo" Nishi-dori" shop in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. Opened "Kitchen Relaku," a Japanese-style kitchen & pub on the second floor of the Ippudo Nishi-dori branch |
| July 28, 2000 | Opened "Gogyo," a Chinese-style noodle restaurant & pub in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| December 14, 2000 | Increased the capital to 40 million yen from 10 million yen. |
| March 31, 2001 | Increased the capital to 160 million yen from 40 million yen. |
| April 2, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Ginza shop in the Ginza, Tokyo. |
| April 23, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Otaru shop in Otaru Unga Shokudo (Restaurants Area), Otaru city, Hokkaido. |
| May 30, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Roppongi shop in Roppongi, Tokyo. |
| June 21, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Nishiki-koji shop in Nakagyo ward, Kyoto city. |
| August 1, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Yokohama Porta shop in Yokohama. |
| December 4, 2001 | Opened "Ippudo" Queen's East shop in Yokohama city. |
| June 17, 2002 | Opened "Ippudo" Umeda shop in Osaka city. |
| July 15, 2002 | Opened "Ippudo" Honmachi-dori shop in Nagoya. |
| April 4, 2003 | Opened "Noodle Factory" in Kohoku ward, Yokohama. |
| May 15, 2003 | Renovated "Kitchen Relaku" into a new Okinawa-style restaurant & bar "Gyoshu-Danshiro Shouten". |
| June 12, 2003 | Opened a Chinese-style noodle restaurant & pub, "Nishiazabu Gogyo" in Nishiazabu, Tokyo. |
| August 31, 2003 | Opened "Ippudo" Kobe-motomachi shop in Kobe city. |
| September 22, 2003 | Moved head office to Yakuin area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| October 16, 2003 | Opened "Ippudo" Yakuin shop in Yakuin, Fukuoka city. |
| December 12, 2003 | Opened "Ippudo" Sapporo Tanuki-koji shop opened in Chuo ward, Sapporo city, Hokkaido. |
| March, 2004 | Renovated "Tiger Kitchen" into a new Chinese-style restaurant specialized in noodles and sweets, "Tiger Noodle Kitchen". |
| October 1, 2004 | Opened "Ippudo" Sendai Aoba-dori shop in Aoba ward, Sendai city. |
| December 1, 2004 | Opened "Kyoto Gogyo" in Nakagyo ward, Kyoto. |
| January 3, 2005 | Opened "Ippudo" Uenohirokoji shop in Ueno area, Tokyo. |
| April 23, 2005 | Opened "Ippudo" Nanba shop in Naniwa ward, Osaka. |
| June 16, 2005 | Opened "Ippudo" Kanazawa Korinbo shop in Katamachi, Kanazawa. |
| July 7, 2005 | Moved "Hakata Gogyo" noodle restaurant to Imaitzumi, Chuo ward, Fukuoka. |
