is a Japanese food services company based in

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CoCo ICHIBANYA chain

ICHIBANYA Co., Ltd. owns the top curry rice restaurant chain in

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, Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA or usually just CoCo ICHIBAN or CoCo ICHI. The chain owns both direct and franchise restaurants in a total of thirteen countries:

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. The chain used to have an outlet in

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, however, due to lack of popularity and poor business, Ichibanya recently shut down the outlet. The Curry House chain is by far the company's largest business. * Japan: 1,304 branches Current International Locations (Total: 181) *China: 46 *Taiwan: 24 *Hong Kong: 9 *South Korea: 36 *Thailand: 27 *Philippines: 12 *United States (Hawaii, California, Texas): 11 *Indonesia: 10 *Singapore: 4 *Vietnam: 2 *United Kingdom: 2 *India: 2 Former International Location (Total: 1) * Malaysia: 1 Hawaii Curry House Curry

Halal and vegetarian

The company has a vegetarian menu consisting of plant-based curry and two outlets offering halal option in Akihabara and Shinjuku.

Pasta de Coco

The company also operates 25 restaurants in Japan under the name Pasta de Coco. It sells a pasta dish which is a kind of

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with starchy sauce known as . This dish is one of the distinctive foods of the Nagoya metropolitan area.

References

External links

CoCo ICHIBANYA's official web site

CoCo ICHIBANYA USA's official web site
{{Authority control Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies based in Aichi Prefecture Food and drink companies established in 1982 Fast-food chains of Japan Fast-food franchises Japanese restaurants Restaurants in Japan 1982 establishments in Japan Japanese curry