Speaker. it is with great pride that I rise today to congratulate the Takahashi family. proprietors of the Takahashi Market on the 100th anniversary of their operations in the city of San Mateo. California. which is located in my congressional district. The history of the Takahashi Market begins with Mr. Tokutaro Takahashi. a former saltmine laborer. who recognized that recently arriving Japanese immigrants in the Peninsula were quickly becoming a burgeoning new market. According to Kenge Takahashi. son of Tokutaro Takahashi. the business began as a peddling operation. with a horse and cart. to display and carry the groceries. clothes and fishing equipment he sold to them. Mr.
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