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Part of Hōrai's corridor




















                                                                         Oima Sutekichi and his wife

                                                                              Oima Sutekichi served as a chef in the
                                                                          Guard  District  of  the  Navy  in  Magong
                                                                          between 1915 and 1917. Meanwhile, he also
                                                                          sold  seafood  and  managed  a  retail  shop.  In
                                                                          1918,  he  opened  a  public  bathhouse  called
                                                                          “Uenoyu,”  and  later  on  undertook  the
                                                                          business  of  providing  lunch  boxes  for
                                                                          soldiers  having  meetings.  In  1924,  Oima
                                                                          founded  the  restaurant,  Hōrai;  he  was
                                                                          considered a successful figure in the field.











                                                                         Hōrai, a restaurant

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