200ml Bottle In its early days, Ramune was sold in a bottle with a cork cap wound tight with wire to keep the cork from popping out. An Englishman named Hiram Codd, who found that a glass bead provided an easier way to cap the bottle than a cork, invented the current marble cap. In 1888, when Codd's patent rights expired, Tamakichi Tokunaga, of Osaka, began developing a Ramune bottle using a marble cap throughout Japan. As to how the first soda arrived in Japan is another question. Some think that it was Admiral Perry in 1853 while other believe it was on a British merchant ship in 1860. Whichever way I'm glad it is still around to enjoy. |
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