It was 1857. Japan was approaching to a major turning point in its history. Foreign powerful courtiers were putting pressures on the Tokugawa Shogunate to end Sakoku (closed country policy) for the purpose of free trading. Divided into two groups "Joui-group" and "Kaikoku-group", the country was in a volatile situation over its direction.

Despite the radical movement during this period, time went by slowly and peacefully in a small village in the Northern Greater Tokyo Area.

However, Seigorou Horie, the founder of the business, was feeling the change that was happening and spreading across the country.

The Horie Family was the official surveyor of Ashikaga-han at the time. He, as a surveyor, was familiar with people's livelihood. One day he noticed that there were many “Yaba” (archery ranges) in the area, and he came to realize that there might be a possibility for new business if he could make Kyudo more friendly to young and old, not as a martial art but as a sport. This inspiration drove him to establish his own Kyudo business, and it has been passed in his family for generations.