SUMMARY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In 1927, the Japan Government designated the taishokoto as one of the important export items.  The taishokoto was also an important item in the Japan domestic markets too.  Many taishokotos were exported to the Southeast Asia markets as well.

During our quest to gather information about the history of the taishokoto in the last 100 years, we found much information about the taishokoto.  The result of the search revealed much information but also gave readers varying, different opinions and views of the taishokoto history.  We hope that readers will envision the circumstances of each opinion and idea of that era as they read this report.  Hopefully, future historians will be able to evaluate more critically the varying opinions and ideas and bring more clarity and understanding to the History of Taishokoto. 

We hope the improvement of taishokoto will make further progress and increase the numbers of taishokoto lovers. We Kinshuukai devoted and dedicated to do the utmost in taishokoto development.
　
We would like to acknowledge our appreciation and thank you to all the people who helped us gather and acquire the valuable information and materials for this report.  Your support and assistance were valuable and very much appreciated .  We also send our special thanks to Ayako Detwiler and Janice Tashiro of the Hawaii Kinshuukai for their advice on the composition of this report and translation from Japanese into English.