The story
Established on 18 April 1985 in Kebon Kacang, Jakarta, under PT. Eka Bogainti by Hendra Arifin, HokBen became the largest Japanese-style fast food chain in Indonesia. Although they serve Japanese-style fast food, the ownership, management and cooks are entirely Indonesian. There is no Japanese involvement in the business.
In April 2008, the firm had 98 outlets. In April 2010, there were around 120 outlets, with expansion planned to other Indonesian cities in Central Java, Yogyakarta and Bali., As of 2025, HokBen has 387 restaurant chains in all of Indonesia.
In 2018 the first outlet opened in Sumatra, in the city of Bandar Lampung. In 2022, the first outlet opened in Kalimantan, in the city of Pontianak. And in 2023, the first outlet opened in Sulawesi, in the city of Makassar.
From Wikipedia’s article on HokBen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
