TAKEMOTO OIL&FAT CO.,LTD.

Founded in 1725.As a timer honored sesame oil company TAKEMOTO OIL FAT has meticulously maintained the traditional manufacturing methods.Gamagori city in Aichi prefecture faces Mikawa Bay and is situated between Atsumi and Chita peninsulas. It is blessed with mild weather and the delicacies of both mountain and ocean. The founder, Chozaburo Takemoto established TAKEMOTO OIL FAT (TAKEMOTO OIL at establishment) in Goyu town in Higashi-Mikawa in 1725 (the 10th year of the Kyoho period). It is the oldest operating oil extraction company in Japan.In the Edo era at the time of establishment, oil wasnt used for cooking but for lanterns. TAKEMOTO OIL FAT used to extract oil mainly from cottonseed. The company first began to extract oil from sesame in the early Taisho era.Why extracting oil for a living? Because cotton cultivation in the Mikawa region had flourished since the Azuchi-Momoyama era and Mikawa cotton was a prosperous industry. Cottonseed oil is a by-product of cotton producti...