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On June 19th, 2021, a new branch of the Kanazawa-based fruit daifuku sweets shop Rinrindō 凛々堂 will open in the Kyōdō 経堂 neighborhood of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.
Operating the store as a franchisee is Soffione Inc., a startup company helmed by Hanaka Usui 薄井華香, a first-year high school student.
Fighting food loss
Usui's parents run a fruit and vegetable wholesale business in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and she has watched them at work since she was a child.
There, she witnessed a large amount of fruit that had only a few skin blemishes, but no problems with taste, being discarded. In order to change this situation, she thought it was necessary to educate consumers, and decided to start her own business related to food loss.
As her first project, she has teamed up with the fruit daifuku sweets shop Rinrindō 凛々堂, which operates shops in its base of operations of Kanazawa, as well as Tochigi Prefecture and several shops in Tokyo and Osaka.
Usui explains her motivation for becoming an entrepreneur at such a young age:
About Rinrindō 凛々堂
Fruits selected from all over Japan are nestled in white bean paste, which has a refined sweetness and then wrapped in chewy mochi rice cake.
You can purchase their fruit daifuku online and learn more about their products by visiting their website here.
Rinrindō Kyōdō Store
Opens on June 19th, 2021