Philippines, Grand Opening of MACHIDA SHOTEN, Japanese Ramen, Ilagan

Gift Holdings (President Sho Tagawa, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market) and group companies (hereinafter referred to as our group) is pleased to announce the opening of a new Machida Shoten Japanese Ramen, Ilagan (hereinafter referred to as “our store”), on the 18th of August 2025.

We as Gift Group aim to “Deliver our ramen to the world as a Gift.” Our businesses focus on managing our company owned restaurants, supporting our partnership stores by supervising their operations, and distributing our private brand materials.

Our goal is to open 1,000 stores domestically and 1,000 stores overseas. Leveraging the expertise in ramen store management accumulated by our group, both domestically and internationally, as well as collaboration with local partners, we are delighted to announce the opening of our store as the sixteenth overseas franchise stores.

Our store is in Ilagan City, Northen part of Isabela Province. This city thrives on agriculture, particularly corn, rice, and vegetables which serve as a major pillar of the local economy. It is a vibrant area where residential communities like Francisca Village coexist in balance with new public markets and commercial facilities such as shopping malls.

Our store offers the same high-quality atmosphere, service, and taste as the directly manage stores in Japan to satisfy our customers. The side dishes such as gyoza and karaage are homemade.

Our mission is to serve our delicious food and provide the best service with smiles and energy to locals and people from all over the world. We will continue to focus on our vision to “Deliver our ramen to the world as a Gift.”

Store name: Machida Shoten, Japanese Ramen, Ilagan
Address: St. Matthew Street, corner Francisca Village, Baligatan, Ilagan City, Isabela, Philippines
Business hours: 11:00-23:00 *Business hours are subject to change.