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Fujiya Co. Ltd.
Native name
株式会社不二家
Public K.K.
Traded as TYO: 2211
Founded June 30, 1938; 85 years ago (1938-06-30)
Founder Rinemon Fujii
Headquarters ,
Area served
Japan
Owner Yamazaki Baking
Bandai Namco Holdings (1.93%)
Fujii Rin'emon
Founder (1955)

Fujiya Co. Ltd. (株式会社不二家, Kabushiki Gaisha Fujiya) (TYO: 2211) is a nationwide chain of confectionery stores and restaurants in Japan. Its first shop was founded in 1910 in Yokohama.

Fujiya is credited with introducing the Christmas cake to Japan.

In 2016, the company opened its first store outside Japan in Taipei, Taiwan.

Mascot

Fujiya restaurant
Fujiya's mascot, Peko-chan
ホイップクリーム たっぷり (48154860687)

Fujiya's mascot is Peko-chan, a girl in pigtails licking her lips. Peko-chan is a well-known marketing icon in Japan, where life-sized dolls of the mascot are commonly seen nationwide standing outside the chain's stores.

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