Bill > K00755

This resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of Kampai Japanese Steakhouse, a long-standing family-owned restaurant in Vestal, New York, established in 1975 by first-generation Japanese immigrant Ryoichi "Richard" Matsushima. The resolution highlights the restaurant's significance as the first Japanese restaurant in the Southern Tier and one of the oldest in Upstate New York, praising its unique dining experience that features hibachi grills, sushi, and entertaining tableside chefs. It celebrates the Matsushima family's commitment to creating a restaurant that values family, employees, and customers, noting that the business has been passed down to sons Michael and Andrew and has served multiple generations of patrons. The resolution recognizes Kampai's contributions to the local community, its cultural significance, and its founder's mission of teaching and spreading kindness, ultimately pausing to commemorate the restaurant's milestone anniversary and transmitting a copy of the resolution to the Matsushima family as a gesture of appreciation and recognition.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/K755