New Year's Holiday Info

It's New Year's again, so we'll be busy making mochi!

Because of this, manju will be only available December 26th and 27th by order only.

New Year's mochi will be available December 26th through December 31st but it is strongly encouraged that you place an order ahead of time.

Benkyodo will be closed January 1st through 4th and will re-open on January 5th.

Benkyodo Company

In 1906, Suyeichi Okamura opened Benkyodo Company - one of the original businesses in Japantown - on San Francisco's Geary Boulevard. When the family was interned during World War II, Benkyodo Company was forced to close temporarily.

After the war ended, the shop reopened, and in 1951 Suyeichi's son, Hirofumi, took over. In 1959, the shop moved to its present-day location at Sutter and Buchanan Street. In 1990, Hirofumi passed the shop to his sons, Ricky and Bobby. Continuing a family legacy, the two brothers still own and operate the business, bringing the sweet confections - and smiles - to customers daily.