Legendary 100-year-old SF sweet shop to close permanently

One of San Francisco's most storied and beloved sweet shops is shutting its doors permanently, closing a chapter in Japanese American history in the region.

Generations of Japanese American families have celebrated holidays, birthdays and Japantown shopping trips with manju and mochi from Benkyodo Company. The original shop was opened in 1906 by Suyeichi Okamura, marking one of the first Japanese businesses in the city. Business bustled until the family was forcibly sent to an internment camp during World War II, closing Benkyodo for the duration of the war.

The business is now in the hands of Ricky and Bobby Okamura, grandsons of Suyeichi. But as the brothers have gotten older, the burden of making mochi every day has grown untenable.

Reading the article, it sounds more like the current owners are too old to continue going. I hope someone with vigor can continue the legacy….

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