Since the use of soy sauce was not widely known to American people at that time and Japanese cooking was not widely popular, sales of soy sauce were stagnant.
販売を始めてみたが醤油の使用法が当時のアメリカ人には理解されておらず、まだ日本料理も一般的でなかったため販売が伸び悩んでいた。