We cannot confirm accurately whether it's the oldest, but it's likely one of the oldest, said Mitsushi Matsuura, 45, the fifth generation of his family to sell clocks.
Based on the dates on a local grave marker and some family documents, the Matsuuras say they believe the shop was established in the late 1700s to sell rice and other foodstuffs, then started to sell clocks sometime during the Meiji era (1868-1912).
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