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President’s Message

Photograph of the founded time	Our company began business in 1947, shortly after the Second World War, in Tsubetsu Town in eastern Hokkaido. We started by manufacturing malt syrup using local potato starch at the time of a food shortage during the postwar occupation of the Allied Forces. For over 65 years since then we have been manufacturing confectionaries with a focus on candy. Tsubetu Town is blessed with abundant water and natural surroundings, and sugar beet and milk produced in the town are processed into raw materials for confectionaries at factories in neighboring municipalities. Taking advantage of the abundant raw materials in the region, we provide safe confectionaries while continuing to place the upmost importance on our founding principle of “faithful manufacturing.” We hope to contribute to regional development through our business. Representative Director Kazuo Matsuda

Our company began business in 1947, shortly after the Second World War, in Tsubetsu Town in eastern Hokkaido. We started by manufacturing malt syrup using local potato starch at the time of a food shortage during the postwar occupation of the Allied Forces. For over 65 years since then we have been manufacturing confectionaries with a focus on candy. Tsubetu Town is blessed with abundant water and natural surroundings, and sugar beet and milk produced in the town are processed into raw materials for confectionaries at factories in neighboring municipalities. Taking advantage of the abundant raw materials in the region, we provide safe confectionaries while continuing to place the upmost importance on our founding principle of “faithful manufacturing.” We hope to contribute to regional development through our business.

Representative Director
Kazuo Matsuda

Company Outline

Company name	Romance Confectionary Co., Ltd.
Representative Director	Kazuo Matsuda
Start of business	October 1947
Capital	30 million yen
Number of employees	49
Description of business	manufacture and sales of candy, jelly and chocolate
Headquarters	Tatsumi 204-19, Tsubetsu-cho, Abashiri-gun, Hokkaido Tel.: 0152-76-2665 Fax: 0152-76-3704
Sales office	Nijuyonken 2-jo 6-chome 3-28, Nishi-ku, Sapporo Tel.: 011-642-7755 Fax: 011-644-7402

Company History

Oct. 1947

Yukio Matsuda begins to manufacture malt syrup in Kashiwamachi, Tsubetsu-cho, Abashiri-gun, Hokkaido. He starts a business called Matsuda Confectionary.

Haru Matsuda is Yukio Matsuda's wife.She supported a company.

Employees and neighboring people at the time of the establishment of a business.

We introduced an advanced technique.

Feb. 1953	The business is restructured and renamed to Matsuda Food Co., Ltd. Capital: 2 million yen
Apr. 1965	A sales office in Sapporo is established.
Jan. 1966	The company name is changed to Romance Confectionary Co., Ltd.
Mar. 1974	The capital reaches10 million yen.
Jun. 1980	The capital reaches 20 million yen.
Jul. 1981	A new factory is built in Tatsumi, Tsubetsu-cho (present location), and starts operation.
Feb. 1982	The capital reaches 30 million yen.

1983, in front of a new factory

Jul. 1985	A soft candy factory is built.
Sep. 1990	A gummi candy factory is built.
Mar. 1991	A cup jelly factory is built.
May 1994	A crunchy chocolate product is launched.
Aug. 2003	The main factory is remodeled.
Mar. 2006	A soft candy manufacturing line is added.
Oct. 2009	The main factory is remodeled.

The current head office