Before the war—

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In an era when tonkatsu had yet to take root in the Kansai region,

The founder of Musashi visited Tokyo

And tasted tonkatsu for the very first time in his life.

He exclaimed, "It’s a shame that something this delicious doesn’t exist in Kobe."

So, from Uomachi in Himeji, where he and his wife ran an oden shop,

He moved to his beloved city—Kobe.

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In 1939 (Showa 14)

He opened a shop in Sannomiya, which was still quiet at the time.

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Because the founder, Mitsunori Kawatobi, admired

Miyamoto Musashi,

He declared, "We’ll take on the world with a two-sword style—tonkatsu and ebikatsu."

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And named the shop Musashi.

Sannomiya Center Street around 1940

Inside the store at the time

(1940s)

1978 (Showa 53)

Opened the second store, San Plaza store (now Sannomiya Muzo), in the Sannomiya underground shopping mall.

1995 (Heisei 7)

The year of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

The damaged San Plaza store is expected to reopen soon.

Sometimes it doesn't stand up

July of the same year

Established "Tonkatsu Musashi Limited Company"

As an independent store from Tonkatsu Musashi Co., Ltd.

Opened Ashiya store in Montemer Building at JR Ashiya Station

The San Plaza store, which reopened the following year, was later managed by the same company.

2019

Taking advantage of the large-scale renovation work on

the Ashiya Station building(Mont et mer),

Leaving Mont-et-mer

The store moved to the street in front of the south exit of Ashiya Station.

The shop name is " Ashiya MUSASHI "

Here we are today

In front of a store in Center Street
1970s (around 1978)

With Kingoro Yanagiya, Haruhisa Kawada, and others

The founder and his wife are in the upper right

Surrounded by Hibari Misora (1950s)