1902 (Meiji 35)

Founded by Kaso Ohga, at Futsukaichi, Chikushino City.

Kaso Ohga (current president's great-grandfather) took the first step by opening "Ohga Shoten" in front of Futsukaichi Station (a steam locomotive stop) with three employees at the young age of 14. The store was about 100 tsubo (330m2), and it was a store similar to the current supermarket, with everything from medicine and cosmetics to sake, rice, tobacco, groceries, and clothing. At that time, we buckled down, and got our hands dirty to get the job done while on our feet with straw sandals and ran around not only in Fukuoka prefecture but also in Saga and Kumamoto. Efforts at that time laid the foundation for a major leap forward at a later date.

1941 (Showa 16)

Eiichi the miraculous safe return.

In 1945, participated in World War II. Eiichi was dispatched as a soldier. Meanwhile, Kaso prayed for the safety of his only son, Eiichi, while protecting the store in front of the university. The end of the war was reached in August 1945, but Eiichi, who was the commander of the Army Major, was left as a war criminal in a distant land of Indochina. Since there was no news at all, everyone already gave up on Eiichi's survival, but around May 1946, he was demobilized without any notice. It could only be called a miracle. Of the ten officer war criminals, eight were hanged and only two survived. Nobody knew the exact reason, but it was conceivable that during the war there were more than 20 prisoners of war officers, and Eiichi sometimes gave them alcohol and cigarettes, and exchanged not only the latest information on the war but also information about their business in the United States.

Eventually, he was defeated, and when he was taken prisoner and called to the court, the officer was among the judges. It was thought that the officers made positive statements, and nobody thought of any other reason to help. "One good turn deserves another" Eiichi said.

1949 (Showa 24)

Opened a store in the Nishitetsu Street where you can buy anything.

Shortly after the war, Eiichi and Masako re-entered Tenjin-cho, the land of their dreams, in November of this year. The "Nishitetsu Street Stores" was opened at the entrance of the Nishitetsu Street (currently Tenjin-Core Building) and was very prosperous. The first floor was a pharmacy, the second floor was an office, and the third floor was a residence. The store opens at 7:30 and closes at midnight. The motto of the new store was "a store with everything, a store that was not out of stock, a store that sells new products". It was the only store in the city that handled imported chemicals and had a large number of foreign customers, so it did business by gesturing and gesturing. Kenichi slept in a "careful posture", waiting for his parents to work until late at night. As a child, Kenichi thought our parents who worked hard.

Around this time, Kaso operated the "University Mae Store", and Eiichi and Masako were in charge of managing the store in Nishitetsu Street. Then, taking the opportunity of entering Nishitetsu Street, it became a corporate organization, and the company name was changed to "OHGA Pharmacy Co., Ltd." Eiichi also focused on clerk education, and thoroughly conducted etiquette and counting education as well as product knowledge. In addition to education only at OHGA Pharmacy, he created a clerk school for clerk in the entire shopping district and became the principal himself and focused on education. It is common sense now, but at that time, there was still no interest in clerk education. In a chaotic era after the end of the war, where we did not know the future, we would look to the future and aim for the ideal figure as a pharmacy under the corporate motto of "OHGA Pharmacy serving beauty and health" and "Service is our duty". Eiichi's strenuous appearance stood out in the pharmaceutical industry.

[Events around this time]

• Heiwadai Athletic Stadium completed [1948]

1962 (Showa 37)

Opened the "Fukuoka Building Medicine Center" with a full-scale dispensing facility.

In January, "Fukuoka Building Medicine Center" was opened. The store was opened in place of the "Tenjin-cho Market Store" that was lost in the fire in 1954. We were able to open a store in a prime location in Tenjin because Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., who was watching Eiichi's leadership as Chairman of Nishitetsu Street Association, invited us to move into the first floor of the Fukuoka Building. At that time, it was a large-scale pharmacy with an area of about 45 tsubo(150m2) and a full-scale dispensing facility. In 1936 of the previous year, Eiichi visited the prescription dispensing pharmacy "Mizuno Pharmacy" in front of the University of Tokyo. After studying the actual situation in detail, he envisioned the appearance of dispensing pharmacies in not having the idea separation of pharmacy and clinic, and immediately took action. It was a big business with a big decision at that time. Despite the criticism and worries of those around him, it was said that Eiichi's decision through his decisive belief was the driving force behind the subsequent leap of OHGA Pharmacy. Just in 1936, the universal health insurance system was started in Japan.

While having a dispensing room, they also sold sweets and miscellaneous goods imported from the United States. We also created a cosmetics corner, aiming for a drugstore format that was not available in Japan at that time. A few years later, Kenichi returned after working in Tokyo and stand on top of a box of tissue paper at the store to attract customers. In addition, a 100-yen uniform sales floor, which was rare at that time, was created, and the products sold like crazy. Shiseido, Kanebo, Kose, Max Factor, Albion, and Covermark cosmetics were also sold. Nobody knew the facts that Eiichi's body was changed since around 1936. However, when he went outside, he hit the employee's shoulder energetically. He also went up to the rooftop of Iwataya, observed the flow of people in Tenjin-cho, and devised future measures. In November 1937, Eiichi's cancer was discovered, and he was hospitalized.

[Events around this time]

• Hakata Station moved to its current location [1963]

1975 (Showa 50)

Opened 6 dispensing pharmacies, making the best use of his career as a pharmacist.

Eiichi's vision for the future was a strong awareness of "dispensing" and "cosmetics." Inheriting this will, Masako was passionate about opening a dispensing pharmacy. She visited medical institutions many times, persistently talked about her dream of the idea separation of pharmacy and clinic and was able to develop a dispensing pharmacy. Thanks to Masako's efforts, she opened six stores in the 1950s and laid the foundation for dispensing pharmacy management. Masako was a pharmacist. She thought that managing a dispensing pharmacy was the right job for her. There was also a will as a pioneer of dispensing pharmacies that opened the "Fukuoka Building Medicine Center" in 1958. Eiichi's another dream, a store strategy centered on "cosmetics," shall be taken over by Kenichi. The roles of Masako and Kenichi were naturally separated.

[Events around this time]

• The Shinkansen, between Okayama and Hakata, opened.
• Fukuoka international EXPO was held at Ohori Park [1975]

1976 (Showa 51)

Following the opening of the "Tenjin Underground Shopping Center store"

September, Kenichi, who had a strong desire to enter the store at the same time as the completion of the Tenjin Underground Shopping Center, made a large investment and realized the entry. A large selection of cosmetics is available, and Shiseido, Kose, Kanebo, and Covermark beauty staff also enter the store. At the beginning of the opening, the dispatch was refused, saying, "Cosmetology staff cannot enter the pharmacy," but as the results grew, they began to cooperate.

Kenichi was intuitive, sharp, with sensitivity to understand needs while being daring, as the example passed on passed from Eiichi. As a result, the upfront investment of OHGA Pharmacy was incomparably larger than before. Kenichi's strategy was always bold in every aspect, such as opening new stores and renewing stores. Anyway, the tempo was fast. "Time will tell" Masako watched with feelings.

1985 (Showa 60)

"Daigakumae Store" was renovated into a mini drugstore.

Kenichi, who was looking for a future pharmacy, visited the latest drugstore in the United States. Kenichi was fascinated by the business style of allowing customers to freely walk around the store and select products and took on the new challenge of being a “drug store”. As a first step, in December of this year, the "Daigakumae Store," which had been 57 years since its opening, was renovated into a "Minidrug Store".

1989 (Heisei 1)

Opened a store "Operetta" focusing narrow target.

In March, at the same time as the opening of Solaria Plaza, the "Operetta", which was mainly imported products, was opened. With its state-of-the-art fashionable appearance and unique imported cosmetics, it became a hot topic among fashion-conscious women. In April of the following month, the household goods "Fuzzy" was opened in Tenjin-IMS Building. It quickly realized the opening of a new category of stores.

The previous year (Showa 63) was 25th anniversary of Eiichi's death. In the wake of the January memorial service, Masako and Kenichi's family renewed their determination by thinking about the next generation. Masako always had courage when she thinks of Eiichi, who worked silently and ran through like a locomotive running in a straight line. She told herself, "I should do my best."

1999 (Heisei 11)

Opened "Solaria Stage Store".

In 1997, Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station moved to the south and Fukuoka Mitsukoshi opened in October of the same year. The appearance of the city was transformed into Tenjin, which has the greatest ability to attract customers in Kyushu. In April 1999, the store was opened in line with the completion of the Solaria Stage in the Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station Building.

"Fuku Building Store", "Tenjin Underground Shopping Center Store" and "Solaria Stage Store", three-pillar stores were strengthen sales in the Tenjin area. The predecessor of the "Solaria Stage Store" was the ""Nishitetsu Premier Shopping Store"opened by Eiichi. Eiichi firmly believed that retail was a “location industry.” This was because Eiichi knew that the handicap carried by the location conditions was a decisive negative factor in competing with other stores in the same industry. Currently, it has evolved further after 23 years of renovation, and the store name is "Life Stream" and it continues to operate.

2003 (Heisei 15)

Opened "Mokuba-Kan & OHGA Phamacy" in front of Hakata Station.

In May, we have opened a new urban-style store: specializing in cosmetics sales. This store is specialized in cosmetics sales as Mokuba-Kan on the B1of Tenjin Core, which also has drugstore.

In addition to the "Hakata Station Fukuoka Transportation Center Store" that had opened in Heisei 12, the store was opened with the aim of strengthening competitiveness in the Hakata Station area.
For 6 years from the opening of "Nagao store" in April Heisei 11 to the end of Heisei 16, we have opened 8 drugstores and 11 dispensing pharmacies.

2004(Heisei16)

The Start of a new store to apply the role of community

In December, instead of building a conventional dispensing pharmacy in front of a medical institution, for wide-area prescription demand a new store "Yoshizuka Station East Gate Store" opened. At the same time as creating a highly convenient store in front of the station, we provided safety and security as "My Pharmacy" and improved the degree of contribution to local customers and patients. Currently, it is the core store of the "My Pharmacy Project".

2008 (Heisei 20)

Renovated "Fuku Building Store Dispensing Room" into a healing space.

In November, the waiting room of the "Fuku Building Store Dispensing Room", which had been in business for 46 years since its opening in 1958, was renovated with the image of a space in the forest. We focused on creating a space where patients could feel more at home. The interior is a medication counter with the image of a stream, carpet with the image of soil, chairs and walls with the image of vegetation, and the pillars in the shape of a large tree are the most striking in the dispensing pharmacy. Also, we tried to decorate fresh flowers. Not only the appearance, but also the relaxation music played in the store is one of the features. In addition, a heartwarming picture book selected by the president himself is installed in the store. We devised so that not only children, but also adults can enjoy it. Various considerations are taken from one end of the store to the other.

2011(Heisei 23)

Opened the first store in the Fukuoka City Subway Station.

In January, the "Subway Fukudaimae Store" was opened on the premises of Fukudaimae Subway Station. While multiple retailers and dispensing pharmacies came forward through open recruitment, the company was highly evaluated for its achievements in the dispensing pharmacy business and its philosophy of operation.

2012 (Heisei 24)

Masako, eternal sleep.

On April 20, Chairman Masako died, 92 years old. From the death of her husband Eiichi in 1964 to the appointment of Kenichi as president in 1990, she was working as president to lay a solid foundation for OHGA Pharmacy for 27 years. Behind the rigor of work, she had a deep affection for employees and had grown OHGA Pharmacy into a company with a rich heart and warmth.

2013 (Heisei 25)

Start of collaboration with convenience stores

July, the drugstore / dispensing pharmacy store “Tenyamachi Store” was reopened in partnership with a major convenience store “FamilyMart”. It was a store that shows the ideal way as a new community-based company that takes regional characteristics into consideration. We have nurtured a history of more than 100 years by continuing to build stores flexibly in response to changes in the times. We will continue to build a long history as a company that can meet the needs of customers and patients, which is unique to a community-based company.