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FRANZ 'SHIRO' MATSUO / 1919-2012


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Friendly restaurateur dubbed 'Mistah Saimin'

By Gregg K. Kakesako

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 09, 2012

~~<p>Franz &quot;Shiro&quot; Matsuo, the ukulele-strumming founder of Shiro's Saimin restaurants, died Thursday. He was 93.</p>
<p>His restaurants serve island comfort food and 60 different saimin noodle combinations that earned Matsuo the nickname &quot;Mistah Saimin.&quot;</p>
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Franz "Shiro" Matsuo, the ukulele-strumming founder of Shiro's Saimin restaurants, died Thursday. He was 93.

His restaurants serve island comfort food and 60 different saimin noodle combinations that earned Matsuo the nickname "Mistah Saimin." Login for more...



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