Heichinrou was founded in 1884 by the Zhang family on the current Yokohama site . There were cigarette shops on the ground floor , and the restaurant was on the second floor . Zhang Mao Yuan ( 張茂源 ) managed the restaurant . In 1923 , the building collapsed because of the Great Kantō earthquake . It was reconstructed by Bao Zhao Chuang ( 鮑荘昭 ) and Bao Jin Ju ( 鮑金鉅 ) , father and son . They operated the restaurant until World War II . Heichinrou was a well-known restaurant right after Hui Fang Lou ( 会芳楼 ) and Yuan Fang Lou ( 遠芳樓 ) . ( Today at Hui Fang Lou ’s ( 会芳楼 ) original Yamashita Park location , stands a monument called Hui Fang Tin ( 會芳亭 ) . Both Hui Fang Lou ( 会芳楼 ) and Yuan Fang Lou ( 遠芳樓 ) are no longer in business . ) Due to the Yokohama air raid in World War II , the Heichinrou building was destroyed once again . Bao Jin Ju was left feeling hopeless and lost his desire to rebuild the restaurant . Tatsuo Hayashi ( 林達雄 , naturalized name in 1972 , died in November , 1976 ) , a friend of Bao Jin Ju could not bear to lose such an old establishment , so he stepped up to purchase the brand , building , and land in 1960 . Tatsuo Hayashi ( Chinese name Pang Zhu Chen “ 龐柱琛 ” ) was born in Guangdong Gaoming Prefecture , now Gaoming District ( 中国廣東省高明県 , 現佛山市高明区 ) . Landed in Yokohama at the age of 19 , he worked many difficult years and experienced a lot of hardship . When he was 30 , he lost hope and returned to China . However , unwilling to give up , he re-pursued his dreams in Japan and trained to become a cook . Although Heichinrou was known as the famous Chinese restaurant at the time , due to years of war and instability , by the time Tatsuo Hayashi purchased the restaurant , it was only 45 square meters in size , selling only BBQ pork and sausages . In 1967 , Heichinrou became a limited company , San Ma Min ( 生碼麺 ) was invented and a la carte dishes were also offered . In 1975 , the business was inherited by his son , Yasuhiro Hayashi . By that time the restaurant had reached 80 square meters . In the coming years , Yasuhiro Hayashi successfully expanded the Heichinrou brand with branches across cities of Japan
Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
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