Taishoken San Francisco

In 1951 Masayasu Sakaguchi moved to Nakano, Tokyo at age 27 to start the first Taishoken. At that time, the restaurant was a barrack made from plywood. Masayasu invited his relative, Kazuo Yamagishi, to help open and manage the restaurant. Years later, Yamagishi opened Taishoken in Higashi-Ikebukuro. In the following years, Yamagishi took on many apprentices and has made a notable mark on ramen in Japanese culture.