Skylark Holdings runs Japanese restaurant chains including Gusto, Bamiyan, Jonathan’s and Shabu-yo. Its brands span family dining, Chinese food, hot pot and other meals.
What you get
The restaurant voucher works on paper or on a phone, and you can combine it with coupons. Eligible meals must be paid for at the restaurant till.
Skylark sends restaurant vouchers worth ¥2,000 twice a year to holders of 100–299 shares. Larger holdings receive up to ¥17,000 each time. The ticket reduces an eligible restaurant bill in one-yen steps, so you can spend its balance over several meals.
What it takes
You need at least 100 Skylark Holdings shares listed in Tokyo (3197). Ownership date: Skylark counts your holding separately on 30 June and 31 December each year.
100–299 shares
- Restaurant voucher: ¥2,000 in vouchers Per issue, twice a year.
300–499 shares
- Restaurant voucher: ¥5,000 in vouchers Per issue, twice a year.
500–999 shares
- Restaurant voucher: ¥8,000 in vouchers Per issue, twice a year.
1,000 shares or more
1,000+ shares
- Restaurant voucher: ¥17,000 in vouchers Per issue, twice a year.
Before buyingA perk is a minor benefit of owning a share, not a reason to buy one. Share prices fall as well as rise, and dealing costs, spreads and tax can exceed a perk’s value. Read about the risks.
Holding through a broker
Shares must be registered in your own name.
Skylark determines entitlement from its shareholder register. Its public terms do not confirm an overseas pooled-nominee or foreign-address route. Ask your broker whether your registration qualifies and whether you receive the mailed ticket; we have not tested its service.
Skylark Holdings does not say whether overseas shareholders can claim.
Other conditions
- Where the benefit applies
- Participating Skylark group restaurants and facilities in Japan
- Included brands
- Gusto; Bamiyan; Jonathan’s; Shabu-yo; Sukesan Udon
How to claim
Skylark sends a paper ticket with a barcode and QR code. Present its barcode on paper or on your phone at the restaurant till.
- 1. Receive the paper ticketNo application is needed. Skylark mails the ticket after the qualifying register. Keep the sheet: you can use its barcode without a smartphone.
- 2. Choose paper or phoneFor phone use, scan the QR code on the sheet to open the digital ticket. At payment, tap Use and show the barcode. Alternatively, hand over the paper barcode.
- 3. Pay at the restaurant tillUse the ticket for eligible eat-in or takeaway orders paid at the till. It deducts the chosen amount from the tax-inclusive bill; pay any balance separately.
Exclusions and limits
Excluded: Shop merchandise, delivery, mail-order purchases and online payments; Combining separate ticket balances or topping them up; Resale and listings on auction or resale apps.
Dates
The published terms do not say how long you must hold the shares.
- Qualifying date
- Skylark counts your holding separately on 30 June and 31 December each year.
- Benefit issued
- Around mid-September for the June register and mid-March for the December register.
- Expiry
- March mailings expire on 31 March of the following year; September mailings expire on 30 September of the following year. Expiry is at 11:59pm, even if a restaurant stays open later.
Practical notes
Coupons can combine
You can combine the shareholder ticket with other coupons. The amount covered by the ticket earns no loyalty points and cannot be exchanged for cash.
Give part away or share the balance
The digital ticket lets you give someone a separate amount in ¥500 units by sending a link. You can also share access to the same balance with family. Keep the codes private: Skylark does not refund or replace value used without your permission.
Check the restaurant, not just the group name
Eligible operators include Skylark Restaurants, Tomato and Associates, Sukesan and Nilax. Some Nilax buffet locations are excluded. Shinpachi and Flo Japon do not accept the voucher.
Check the trading cutoff
The shareholder register dates are month end, but purchases must be completed earlier. Skylark instructs buyers to complete the trade at least two business days before the last business day of June or December. Confirm the deadline with your broker.
Company story
The bird came from a neighbourhood shop
Skylark began in 1962 as a small dried-fish shop in the Hibarigaoka housing estate. When the founders opened their first family restaurant in Fuchu in 1970, they chose the English word for hibari, the skylark, to remember that beginning.
Gusto followed in 1992. The group later added other restaurant businesses, including Sukesan in 2024. That variety is part of the voucher’s appeal: the same balance can pay towards different kinds of meal at participating brands.
Sources: Skylark company profile and name ; Skylark company history