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Kawahara Toshio (Founder of Fukuya)Kawahara Toshio
Also known as: 川原俊夫・ふくや
The founder of the Hakata food shop 'Fukuya,' widely credited (among several competing theories) with commercializing karashi-mentaiko — spicy salted Alaska pollock roe — in postwar Hakata. He adapted a Korean-style preserved seafood taste for Japanese palates, creating what became one of Fukuoka's most iconic food products.
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