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Atlas ObscuraAug 7

Kongo Gumi in Osaka, Japan

Japan is home to about two dozen businesses over a thousand years old, including Keiunkan ( https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nishiyama-onsen-keiunkan ) and Wasuke ( https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ichimonjiya-wasuke ). Osaka-based construction company Kongo Gumi is the oldest of those, and the oldest company in the entire world. Its history goes all the way back to 578 AD. The founder of…

Restoration contributed to by Kongo Gumi.

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Kongo Gumi in Osaka, Japan