1.History of guinness

History of guinness


Proposer is　Sir Hugh Beaver.

He was managing director of Guinness Breweries.




One day,He went shooting party in the North Slob,by the River Slaney in Country Wexford ,,Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the koshin golden prover or the grouse. He realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records.So He realised then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might be popular.


He decided to publish books about guinness.

He was working to obtain the advice of the brothers Norris and Ross Mcwhirter was engaged in the business field research in London.


August 27, 1955, the first edition of "Guinness Book" should be completed memorial, the book became a bestseller in the UK for Christmas that year thus.
Since then, the Guinness Book of Records after being renamed "Guinness World Records" has continued to sell like hotcakes. Became clear that "much more than the mere fact the world record" in this way.
It means, "said a measure of order to understand whether the people around you and what your relationship" or "one way to understand the place of human beings in the world."



Know that the ultimate in that there, that is the "minimum maximum, minimum, fastest, and best" is, it leads to understand how to digestion, the world will continue to increasingly complex information overload.

Records management unit will be established formally, the Japanese branch were also more hiring personnel in 2011.

Carlos Martinez is appointed as Director of Records Management from the London headquarters, together with Kaori Ishikawa and experienced, we are active in the promotion and maintenance of the records management. By strengthening records management unit, finely-tuned response more appropriate for a wide variety of requests from everyone is now possible.

I also established a system while achieving cooperation in various sectors of events in various parts of Japan. Guinness World Records has been updated in the event that to large-scale events from small events of the principal local people to tell the goodness of the town of Japan, various elaborate.

Guinness Book of Records is the book that was born in the spirit a "Let's collect what's best as fodder for conversation while drinking beer" instead of "read this while drinking a beer," by the way.

It will be named the Guinness Book of World Records Guinness beer company official because made.

・Guinness in Japan

Japanese edition

Japanese version bookstore Takeuchi "This is a book you know everything in the world record," was issued in 1966 entitled. In 1971 were issued by Dai called "knitting world encyclopedia of record" from the bookstore also Takeuchi.

Which came out in 1977 from Kodansha is first, Hoyaku was released under the title of "Guinness Book", was published from the company until 1988. 1988 edition, "Proceedings of the Japanese record" were introduced as special items. This item is a summary of the world record Guinness World Records were not certified as "items that do not have the universality of a particular region, or" Japanese record that the editorial staff Kodansha at the time was collected in terms of your own, original version corresponds to the "one British record," which is included in the English version.

1989 edition published by the Aetna publication.

Since 1990 has been working on is long heard Shobo, gave up the last treatment ("Guinness World Records" in the title this version only) 2002.

2003 edition was not issued in Japan.

Since 2004 has been issued under the title of "Guinness World Records" Company poplar. The feature version of the company as poplar, intensive color photographs to attract the interest of the children, slightly less number of items and the number of pages listed.

In 2008 published the "2009 Guinness Book of World Records" is Gomabukkusu. Test "Guinness World Records" for this to be in addition to the main collection of information Japanese record holder "2009JAPAN Guinness World Records", the master world record, read in hiragana for 7 years from the age of 3 "Guinness has released the "2009 Kids Do you record.

(Kadokawa Magazines now) to acquire the marketing rights from 2010 Kadokawa has published a Japanese version in the title of "Guinness World Records".

・Guinness World Records Museum TOKYO

"Guinness World Records Museum TOKYO" Guinness World Records Museum, a collection on the third floor of Tokyo Tower Foot Town on August 5, 2005 opening. Yuichiro Miura, which has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's oldest recorded ascent of Mount Everest," the founder, has been appointed honorary director.

Shotaro Ishinomori that are registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "most cartoon depicting the work in the world", October 02, 2008 was appointed honorary director of the second generation of the museum.

Was closed on 31st August 2010.