Kogetsu-Do

Kogetsu-Do, a Fresno confectionery founded by Sugimatsu Ikeda and his wife Sakino in 1915, has remained in the same location for 99 years. They purchased the building on "F" Street in 1920, but during World War II they were sent to an internment camp in Arkansas. While the family was confined, Ikeda arranged for a Chinese family to take over the shop, and after 2 years of confinement he reopened Kogetsu-Do in 1944. Their sons Roy and Masao continued the family business, specializing in mochi, and the business later passed to Ikeda's granddaughter Lynn Ikeda. It has remained a cornerstone of the Fresno community and a staple of the Asian community in Fresno's Chinatown district.

Fresno, California · United States