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Seiichi Kito, the founder of Fugetsu-do of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, also claims to have invented the cookie.

Kito claims to have gotten the idea of putting a message in a cookie from Omikuji ( fortune slip ) which are sold at temples and shrines in Japan.

According to his story, he sold his cookies to Chinese restaurants where they were greeted with much enthusiasm in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

Thus Kito's main claim is that he is responsible for the cookie being so strongly associated with Chinese restaurants.