The longest-running business in San Francisco’s Japantown, Benkyodo mochi shop, closed its doors after 115 years.
"I saw them before they got married, and then they got married and have their kids, you know?," said manager Terri Okamura."And then their kids are all grown up, so its really heartbreaking, you know?."
When the doors closed on the shop's last day, the family and workers were honored with a community celebration. "Just want to thank every one of you for your support through all these years, and always seeing a smiling face," said founder Ricky Okamura. The family decided to close shop after more than a century of hard work and said to have lots of mixed feelings, but are looking forward to retirement.
"Anybody here ever going to be able to find mochi as good as this," asked NBC Bay Area's Robert Handa.
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