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Corporate History

1910

Founder Rin’emon Fujii opens a Western confectionery store called “FUJIYA” in Motomachi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Christmas cakes go on sale.

1922

Isezakicho store (Yokohama) opens.
Sponge cakes are sold there.

1938

Dai-ni Fujiya Co., Ltd. established
Trade name changed to Fujiya Co., Ltd.

1950

Birth of “Peko”

1951

Milky soft candies go on sale.
Birth of “Poko”

1950s
Papier-mâché dolls dressed as Peko (right) and Poko (left) ready to be displayed in stores

1952

Special Christmas season sales start.

1957

Around 1958
At Fujiya’s cake store

1962

Production of Look A La Mode chocolate starts.

1963

Kyoto-Fushimi store, the first Fujiya franchise store, opens.

1964

Nectar fruit drink goes on sale.

1965

Company’s stock listed on the first section of the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges (currently TSE only).

1973

B-R Japan Co., Ltd.(currently B-R 31 Ice Cream Co., Ltd.)established.

1982

Contract signed with Société Nouvelle Dalloyau of France for technical support and as exclusive import agent.

1984

Country Ma’am cookies go on sale.

1989

Dalloyau Japon S.A. established.

1990

Products using the popular character Anpanman go on sale.

© Takashi Yanase/Froebel-kan,TMS,NTV.

1994

Peko Cream Puff goes on sale.

1997

Fujiya website launched.

1998

Fujiya characters “Peko” and “Poko” recognized as the first-ever three-dimensional trademark by the Patent Office.

2007

Business and capital tie-up agreement signed with Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

2008

New business and capital tie-up with Yamazaki Baking Co.,Ltd. makes Fujiya a subsidiary of Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

2010

100th anniversary

2015

Peko Exhibition at the Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa