Yoshinoya

Yoshinoya (𠮷野家, TYO: 9861) is a Japanese multinational fast food chain, and the second-largest chain of gyūdon (beef bowl) restaurants. The chain was established in Japan in 1899. Its motto is "Tasty, low-priced, and quick".
== Etymology ==
The kanji 吉 (yoshi) means "luck" in Japanese, the kanji 野 (no) means "field, and the kanji 家 (ya) means "house".
The founder of the company, Eikichi Matsuda (松田栄吉), was from the former town of Yoshino (吉野町) in Osaka Prefecture, and a belief predominates that Yoshino is the origin of the name.
In Japan, the nickname of the restaurant is "yoshigyū" (吉牛), which is an abbreviation of Yoshinoya no gyūdon (吉野家の牛丼, Yoshinoya's gyūdon).
== Logo ==
The Logo of Yoshinoya resembles a bull horn, and was invented by Yoshinoya’s founder Eikichi Matsuda. The idea of the bull horn logo derived from the initial letter of Yoshinoya's English name, "Y". The rope surrounding the horn represents a in Japanese sumo-wrestling, "Yokozuna" (equivalent to "winner"), representing the quality of the food served in Yoshinoya. The surrounding rope is made up of 27 rice grains. The logo as a whole is meant to suggest that Yoshinoya sells the "best beef bowls".
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