nishimura banchaya honten, Inc.

Company Name	Nishimura Banchaya Honten Co., Ltd.
Location	115 Kego, Isedacho, Uji, 611-0043 TEL.0774-43-5129 FAX.0774-44-3375
Officer	President Satoshi Nishimura
Established	1922 (Taisho 11)
Capitalizaiton	45,000,000 yen (10/2015)
Staff	35
Business	Japanese tea manufacture and sale

Company history

Taisho 11 (1922)	Hideo Nishimura Nishimura Banchaya Established (Sole Proprietorship) Original business was Bancha manufacture and wholesale
Showa 24 (1949)	Added the manufacture and wholesale of brown rice for Genmaicha (brown rice tea), Mugicha (barley tea), Hojicha, and Ryokucha (green tea).
Showa 42, October (1967)	Nishimura Banchaya, Inc. Established Capitalization 10,000,000 yen
Showa 47, February (1972)	Capitalization expanded to 15,000,000 yen
Showa 48, February (1973)	Name changed to "Nishimura Banchaya Honten, Inc".
Showa 50, December (1975)	Capitalization increased to 25,000,000 yen
Showa 51, September (1976)	Teruo Nishimura appointed CEO
Showa 51, August (1977)	Capitalization increased to 45,000,000 yen
Heisei 17, December (2005)	Satoshi Nishimura appointed CEO

: Nishimura Banchaya Honten's trademark is the character 兵(soldier) inside a circle, based on the original store's name that included the characters 丸(circle) and 兵. Up until the Meiji era, for generations the head of the family took the name Hyozaemon (using the characters 兵左衛門), but at some point, the succession of the name ended. All that remains is this trademark.