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

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, and Japan and

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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 171 International Locations *China : 46 *Taiwan : 24 *Hong Kong : 9 *South Korea : 36 *Thailand : 27 *Philippines : 9 *United States (Hawaii, California) : 8 *Indonesia : 6 *Singapore : 4 *Malaysia : 1 (now permanently closed) *Vietnam : 2 *United Kingdom : 2 *India: 2

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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References

External links

CoCo ICHIBANYA's official web site

CoCo ICHIBANYA USA's official web site
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