first of the kind
【形】

1. old-line
2. well-established

a traditional auctioneer

veteran catalog shipper

well-established company

a venerable publishing house

a historic bed and breakfast

a traditional brokerage firm

Long-established stores are commonly said to prosper in odd numbers, so a store that flourished under its founder often has its reputation damaged when the second generation owner takes advantage of the store's reputation and does no work.〔【出典】『これが分かれば日本通』（田仲邦子著）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA03-095", "2396433"

time-honored company

an old-line accounting firm

a traditional insurance company

a traditional retailer

stay at an old hotel

On Saturday, April 7, 18 embassy officials and members of their families from nine countries participated in a walking tour to see historical sites and famous old stores in the Nihonbashi neighborhood of Tokyo."IC015010", "2420273"

store run by the same family for __ generations

The older and more long-established the reputation of a store （"shinise"）, the more stock it puts in its "noren".〔【出典】『これが分かれば日本通』（田仲邦子著）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA03-095", "2495675"

This fan was created with the concept of "Modern Japanesque" by a traditional fan craftsman in Kyoto and a contemporary designer.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT272016", "2531835"

Fifty years give us a strong standing as a very long-term company in the industry.

The group then listened to a talk on the history of Japanese confectionery by the young proprietor of a famous old shop that prides itself in its hand-made confectionery."IC003002", "2487532"

The old established hotel came quietly to an end after its 100-year operation.

Next to them is the ham section containing many varieties from an old established ham store based in Germany.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2004年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT208003", "2411236"

We have been in business for over 115 years based in Kyoto, Japan."LE230112", "2553173"

In the drama, the city-bred heroine begins training to be the proprietress of a traditional Japanese inn in Iwate Prefecture.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2006年8月11日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕

Mitsubishi has been a long-established manufacturer in the auto industry.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2002年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT187034", "2402684"

In Shanghai there is a 140-year-old store called the "Kyokaro" that boasts of delicious Geppei.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT074027", "2357788"

Established in 1935, these technical schools have a long and reputable standing.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2002年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT193041", "2291216"

Each department store has its own taste to their food section but the common part is that it is a gathering of old shops in Japan and from various parts of the world.〔【出典】『これがうまい』（ひらがなタイムズ編）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA06-003", "2289246"

traditional cinema house

He was joined by Shunichi Kimizuka, the third-generation owner of the long-established Maruman Sushi restaurant in Chiba City, and Jeff Ramsey, the chef de cuisine of the Tapas Molecular Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo hotel, who practiced at Mr. Kazato's restaurant in the past."IC018005", "2316550"

The final stop on the walking tour was Ibasen, a well-known store for folding fans and round fans that was founded in 1590."IC015010", "2484785"

Passing the old Bank of Japan building and crossing the Kyutokiwabashi Bridge, which used to be the main outer gate of Edo Castle leading to Nikko, the group visited Ozu Washi, a famous washi （Japanese paper） store founded in 1653."IC015010", "2429462"

Akiko was born a daughter of an old established Japanese confectionary shop owner in Sakai, Osaka in 1878.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT233022", "2238714"

Finally, go out of the Ozu Washi store, turn left, turn left again at the second corner, and you come to a famous old store called Ibasen, which handles folding fans, round fans, Japanese stationery and Japanese sundries, and has carried on traditions dating way back to 1590, when the first-generation owner of the store accompanied Tokugawa Ieyasu into Edo."IC014007", "2296077"

The old restaurant "Matsumotoro" in Tokyo's Hibiya Park offers "10-yen curry" every year on Sept. 25.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2003年10月10日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕

You can learn everything from how to hold it correctly to basic playing techniques and manners in a one-to-one lesson held at a traditional inn in Ginza, Tokyo.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2008年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT266004", "2575065"

There are several attractive vermilion bridges crossing the River Katsura, which flows through Shuzenji Onsen, and both sides of the river are lined with reputable old ryokan hotels with Japanese landscape gardens and open-air baths, evoking a historic and hot spring resort mood."IC017018", "2516969"

With the help of his prominent western features and memorable first name, he has vaulted himself into the top ranking at Club Ai, one of the oldest host clubs in Kabuki-cho and perhaps the best known in Japan.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2005年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT227033", "2570872"

Kaburaki Company, a long-established porcelain maker in the prefecture, has made Kutani-yaki manekineko, or beckoning cats, to mark the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2010年6月11日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕

Guidance was given by Origami Kaikan Director Kazuo Kobayashi, the fourth-generation successor of the famous washi shop Yushimano Kobayashi, which was originally founded in 1859."IC011001", "2306299"