Domestic Emergency Disaster Relief
The Zensho Group serves as “food infrastructure” for the community.
Emergency Relief Efforts for Domestic Disasters
Stores, factories, and logistics centers throughout Japan can also serve as relief bases in the event of a disaster. When a disaster strikes, we provide emergency aid by serving Gyudon and other meals to people in the local community, as well as quickly restoring damaged stores. We also place donation boxes in our stores nationwide and donate relief funds to the affected areas.
Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024
On January 1, 2024, an earthquake of maximum intensity 7 occurred with its epicenter on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. In order to deliver hot meals to those affected by the earthquake as quickly as possible, the Zensho Group began restoration efforts immediately after the earthquake to ensure that nearby stores could reopen as soon as possible. Since there were many evacuees, we started a soup kitchen in Ishikawa Prefecture on January 5. The soup kitchen continued until April 27, mainly in areas that were severely damaged or where a soup kitchen was not available, and 35,558 meals were served over a 72-day period.
Details of Soup Kitchen
[Period] From January 5 to April 27, 2024
[Details]
| type of restaurant | what we offered | location | number of meals served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sukiya | Gyudon, pickled vegetables, miso soup, green tea | Wajima City | 17,240 meals |
| Suzu City | 13,830 meals | ||
| Nanao City | 2,621 meals | ||
| Anamizu Town | 434 meals | ||
| Hama-sushi | Packed meals (Bento), Ramen | Nanao City | 1,433 meals |
Total 35,558 meals
Soup Kitchen
Donation of Disaster Relief Fund
We donated a total of 39,384,795 yen raised by our customers and employees of our stores, headquarters, factories, and nursing care facilities to Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama prefectures.
(Left) Hiroshi
Tokuda, Deputy Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture
(Right) Sasakawa, Senior General Manager, Zensho Global Fast Food Holdings Co., Ltd.
Koichi Kasatori, Deputy Governor of Niigata Prefecture
Kazue Sato, Deputy Governor of Toyama Prefecture
West Japan Floods in 2018
Between June 28 and July 8, 2018, record-breaking heavy rains fell mainly in western Japan, causing tremendous damage. Even after the rain stopped, approximately 5,000 people were forced to live as evacuees. As the Zensho Group, Sukiya and Nakau provided free Gyudon, small udon noodles, and other meals in Ehime and Hiroshima prefectures in order to serve as “food infrastructure” for the local community. In addition, as a result of our efforts to quickly restore our stores, we were able to reopen 40 out of 44 stores within five days.
Details of Relief
| Sukiya | July 14 to July 16 | Gyudon Bento with pickled vegetables 300 meals |
|---|---|---|
| July 28 | Gyudon Bento 150 meals | |
| August 4 | Gyudon Bento with pickled vegetables 64 meals | |
| August 5 | Gyudon Bento with pickled vegetables 162 meals | |
| August 6 | Gyudon Bento with pickled vegetables 146 meals | |
| Nakau | July 16 | Small udon noodles 700 meals |
| July 18 | Japanese style Gyudon 120 meals | |
| July 23 | Small udon noodles 800 meals Japanese style Gyudon 75 meals |
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| July 27 | Small udon noodles 200 meals | |
| July 28 | Small udon noodles 200 meals | |
| July 31 | Japanese style Gyudon 300 meals |
Soup Kitchen
Relief Efforts for the Great East Japan Earthquake
Great East Japan Earthquake: Soup Kitchen and Distribution of Bento
The entire Zensho Group provided 35,810 meals at the soup kitchen.
Great East Japan Earthquake: List of soup kitchen and bento
distribution locations
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Great East Japan Earthquake: Soup Kitchen and Distribution of Bento Great East Japan Earthquake: Report on In-Store Fund-raising and Donations
In the six months since the earthquake, the total amount of funds raised by customers and donations from the Zensho Group amounted to 267.74 million yen, which was donated to the three Tohoku prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima.
Great East Japan Earthquake: Report on In-store Fund-raising and
Donations
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Relief of Soup Kitchens to Date
| Month/Year | Name of Disaster | Number of Meals Distributed | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake | 2,000 meals (Gyudon, miso soup, etc.) | Niigata Prefecture (Ojiya City) |
| 2011 | 3 | Great East Japan Earthquake | 35,810 meals (Gyudon, curry, etc.) | Miyagi Prefecture (Kesennuma City, Sendai City, Tagajo City, Shiogama City, Higashi-Matsushima City), Iwate Prefecture (Ofunato City) |
| 9 | Kii Peninsula heavy rainfall | 1,735 meals (Gyudon) | Wakayama Prefecture (Tanabe City, Shingu City) | |
| 2012 | 5 | Tornado in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture | 800 meals (Gyudon, miso soup) | Ibaraki Prefecture (Hojo District, Tsukuba City) |
| 7 | Northern Kyushu heavy rainfall | 1,191 meals (Gyudon) | Fukuoka Prefecture (Kurogi Town, Yame City, Hoshino Village) | |
| 2015 | 9 | Kanto-Tohoku heavy rainfall | 3,359 meals (Gyudon and rice topped with raw egg) | Ibaraki Prefecture (Joso City） |
| 2016 | 4 | Kumamoto Earthquake | 9,461 meals (Gyudon, udon noodles, etc.) | Kumamoto Prefecture (Mashiki Town, Kumamoto City) |
| 2018 | 7, 8 | West Japan Floods | 3,217 meals (Gyudon, udon noodles, etc.) | Hiroshima Prefecture (Aki County, Kure City), Okayama Prefecture (Kurashiki City, Kibi County), Ehime Prefecture (Uwajima City) |
| 2018 | 9 | Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake | 1,635 meals (Gyudon, miso soup, pickled vegetables) | Hokkaido (Atsuma Town) |
| 2019 | 10 | Typhoon No.15 | 3,666 meals (Beef plate) | Chiba Prefecture (Tateyama City) |
| Typhoon No.19 | 2,526 meals (Gyudon and green tea) | Fukushima Prefecture (Iwaki City), Nagano Prefecture (Nagano City and Suzaka City), Miyagi Prefecture (Marumori Town, Igu County) | ||
| 2020 | 7 | Heavy rainfall in July 2020 | 382 meals (Gyudon, curry, etc.) | Kumamoto Prefecture (Ashikita Town, Ashikita County) |
| 2024 | 1-4 | 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake | 35,558 meals (Gyudon, miso soup, pickled vegetables, etc.) | Ishikawa Prefecture (Wajima City, Suzu City, Nanao City, Anamizu Town) |
Donation Support to Date
| Month/Year | Name of Disaster | Amount | Recipient of Donation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake | 10,284,120 yen | Japanese Red Cross Society |
| 2007 | 3 | Noto Hanto Earthquake in 2007 | 1,021,416 yen | Japanese Red Cross Society, Ishikawa Branch |
| 7 | Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake | 1,053,073 yen | Peace Winds Japan | |
| 2011 | 3 | Great East Japan Earthquake | 267,748,176 yen | Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture |
| 2016 | 4 | Kumamoto Earthquake | 34,564,369 yen | Kumamoto Prefecture and Oita Prefecture |
| 2017 | 7 | Northern Kyushu heavy rainfall | 6,068,014 yen | Fukuoka Prefecture and Oita Prefecture |
| 2018 | 7 | West Japan Floods | 24,329,209 yen | Hiroshima Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, and Ehime Prefecture |
| 9 | Typhoon No.21 in 2018 | 4,235,434 yen | Osaka Prefecture | |
| Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake | 7,865,806 yen | Hokkaido | ||
| 2019 | 10 | Typhoon No.19 | 14,010,453 yen | Fukushima Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture |
| Shuri Castle Fire | 4,154,392 yen | Okinawa Prefecture | ||
| 2020 | 7 | Heavy rainfall in July 2020 | 11,524,915 yen | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| 2024 | 5 | 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake | 45,489,225 yen | Ishikawa Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, and Peace Winds Japan |
