“This is the history of a man who was born in Kochi prefecture, Saga; who graduated Middle school whilst becoming a fisherman and as time went by, eventually became an ice-cream maker”.
History of Kochi Ice since 1988-
| 1959 | The Company President, Mr. Fumiya Hamacho was born in Kochi Prefecture, Hata County, Saga (He is currently in Kuroshio, Saga). |
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| 1975 | Boarded a local fishing boat, and became an independent fisherman of Tosa. |
| 1980 | At the same time he got married, he quite being a fisherman, moved to Kochi Prefecture and became an office worker. |
| 1984 | Within his company he became head of the food section, and took charge of the selling of ice-crin at a product exhibition (He went to department stores and sold ice-cream). |
| 1988 | He brought an end to his 3 years as the head of the food section and became independent. Adopting the store name “Tosa-kashimaya”, he continued to take part in product exhibitions. |
| 1995 | Established the company Headquarters in Inabu, Nankoku City. At this time, they named to company “Koichi Ice” (which can also mean ‘to love Kochi’). |
| 2002 | November: Became Koichi Ice Limited corporation. |
| 2004 | Moved the factory to the location it is in now, Ino Town, Shimohachigawa. Were chosen by the Kochi Prefecture important support Project. |
| 2008 | Were chosen by the country’s Agricultural, Commerce and Industrial Corporation. Took part in a market examination with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, and also started its business acitivities. |