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Asahirō
                                                                            Fukuta Kotarō was from Saga Prefecture.
                                                                        He came to Taiwan in 1906. He toiled hard and
                                                                        opened  the  restaurant,  Asahirō.  In  1920,  he
                                                                        invested  several  thousand  Japanese  yen  and
                                                                        bought a house on Pier Road (currently Minzu
                                                                        Road/Zhengyi  Street).  He  opened  a  branch  of
                                                                        Asahirō  there  in  1923.  He  was  not  only  a
                                                                        successful  businessman,  but  also  a  visionary
                                                                        who  had  profound  insights  into  future
                                                                        development.























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