Matsuya Kawaguchi Ekimae Store Resumes Operations Today After 8-Day Temporary Closure

Matsuya Kawaguchi Ekimae Store (0772) resumed operations today, October 27, at 3 PM, ending a temporary closure that had continued since October 19 at 3 PM. The closure lasted 8 days. This schedule had already been announced as of October 5, and the reopening came exactly as announced.

Reopening Right on the Schedule Announced on October 5

The temporary closure of Kawaguchi Ekimae Store had been revealed in advance through an announcement dated October 5. That same October 5 was also the day the Sendagi Store in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and the Takamatsu Hyogomachi Store in Kagawa both reopened together after a 10-day closure, and as if taking their place, a new closure notice for Kawaguchi Ekimae Store was added, stating that it would “suspend operations at 3 PM on October 19 and reopen at 3 PM on October 27.”

As announced, Kawaguchi Ekimae Store suspended operations starting at 3 PM on October 19, and after an 8-day closure, reopened today at exactly the scheduled time. The 3 PM cutoff for both the start and end of the closure also matched the announcement, with no changes to the schedule.

One of 6 Stores Clustered Within Kawaguchi City

Kawaguchi Ekimae Store is a tenant-type location inside “CuPo・La,” a commercial facility in front of JR Kawaguchi Station, located at 1-1-1 Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. It is a standalone Matsuya without a co-located brand such as Matsunoya or My Curry Shokudo, and it operates 24 hours a day. Following the closure, it will return to operating around the clock, including late-night hours.

Within Kawaguchi City, there are a total of 6 Matsuya locations, including Kawaguchi Ekimae Store, Nishi-Kawaguchi Store, Kawaguchi Kami-Aoki Store, Kawaguchi Namiki Store, Nishi-Kawaguchi Nishiguchi Store, and Kawaguchi Sakaecho Store, making it an area with a particularly dense cluster of stores within the city. Across Saitama Prefecture as a whole, Matsuya counts 104 stores, the fourth-most in the country after Tokyo’s 337, Osaka Prefecture’s 113, and Kanagawa Prefecture’s 111. Of the 1,225 stores nationwide, that means nearly one in ten is concentrated in Saitama Prefecture.

Temporary Closures Continuing Nationwide, This Time 8 Days

Temporary closures of Matsuya stores have been occurring one after another across the country. Looking at past cases, closure periods have mostly ranged from a few days to about two weeks, and the 8 days for Kawaguchi Ekimae Store this time falls on the shorter end of that range.

The specific reason for the closure is not stated in the announcement, but temporary store closures often involve renovations or equipment upgrades. Whether there will be any changes to operating hours or store content after reopening cannot be determined from this announcement.