• from CEO

  We have manufactured Shigure clam and Tsukudani (food boiled down in soy sauce) since 1935 and I am the 4th CEO. In Mie we have rich aquatic resources and Shigure clam has been manufactured in traditional way from over 300 years ago.
  In Reiwa period we proudly release “Ai-no-megumi” lines, natural foods using high-grade seafood in Iseshima, one of the most famous seas in Japan, and will develop new market.
  We’d like to protect traditional food culture in Japan and provide good and natural food products to our customers. Please enjoy our products.

  Araki Kuniichi Syoten inc. CEO Susumu Araki

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corporate information

company name	Araki Kuniichi Syoten inc.
CEO	Susumu Araki
address	Minamifukusaki 1291-1, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie 510-8124 Japan
TEL	059-361-1111
FAX	059-361-1110
business guide	manufacture and sales of Shigure clam and Tsukudani
established	in 1935
capital	ten million yen
number of employees	15 (as of May 2019)
group companies	Ai-no-food-factory 397 Togu Minamiise-cho,Watarai-gun,Mie 516-1309 Japan TEL/FAX 0596-72-1115

1935	Established in Kawaramachi, Yokkaichi-shi, started peddling
1945	Stopped business because of the Pacific War
1948	Restarted business in Tomidaisshikicho, Yokkaichi-shi
1958	Built new factory
1965	Built another factory
1967	Built new warehouse in Makitamachi, Yokkaichi-shi
1981	Built another refrigerator and introduced vacuum packaging machine and metal detector
1981	Established Araki Kuniichi Syoten inc.
1984	Built warehouse in Fujicho, Yokkaichi-shi in 1984 and freezer in next year
2002	Built new factory in Kawagoemachi and introduced steam-boiler and boiling pasteurizer
2012	Introduced huge roaster in 2012
2017	Started selling Kuniichi original brand in 2017
2018	Started new business using products of Iseshima by Mie subsidy in 2018 Developed new products by introducing drying machine and baking machine in 2018
2020	Started selling Ai-no-megumi lines in 2020 Ai-no-food-factory established

• home of “Shigure clam”

  Kuwana was 42nd post town in Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido and was the gate to Ise area, connected by “Shichiri-no-watashi”, which was the only ocean route in Tokaido.

  “Shigureni”, a specialty manufactured from over 300 years ago

  Home of “Shigure clam” is near Ibi River, Akasuka port (both located near Kuwana-shi) and people started manufacturing Shigure clam from about 1690, in Edo era.
  Shigure clam had better clam taste and better keeping quality so it was very famous for souvenir.
  We put boiled and stripped clams in large pan and boil them down in soy sause in traditional way, which is called “Fukashini” to make Shigure clam. We add chopped ginger to give a better flavor. Shigure clam in Kuwana is soft and tasty clam product with soy sauce flavor, made by traditional way from Edo era.

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