Matsuya Kami-Shakujii Store Reopens Today After About 45 Days of Temporary Closure

Matsuya Kami-Shakujii Store (0338) reopened at 10:00 AM on September 18. The reopening follows a temporary closure that had continued since 3:00 PM on August 4, with the closure period spanning about 45 days. As of July 28, the store’s listing had read “Temporarily closed from 3:00 PM on August 4, reopening at 10:00 AM on September 18,” and the store reopened exactly on the announced date and time.

Reopened Exactly as Announced: “Opening at 10:00 AM on September 18”

On July 28, a note reading “*Temporarily closed from 3:00 PM on August 4, reopening at 10:00 AM on September 18” was added to the Kami-Shakujii store’s name on the official website’s store listing, disclosing the reopening date about a month and a half in advance. On September 18, this temporary closure and reopening notice was removed from the store name, and both the closing date and time (3:00 PM on August 4) and the reopening date and time (10:00 AM on September 18) set in the operating hours field were cleared as well. With the announced 10:00 AM reopening time reached, the listing has returned to showing normal operation.

About 45 Days — Long Even Among the Wave of Temporary Closures Nationwide

Even after entering September, temporary closures followed by reopenings have continued in succession at Matsuya stores across the country. Machida Store (0107), which reopened on September 15, had a closure period of about 13 days, and most of these temporary closures see stores reopen after around two weeks. By comparison, the roughly 45-day closure at Kami-Shakujii Store was long even set against these other cases.

A Matsunoya Co-Location Near Kami-Shakujii Station in Nerima Ward

Kami-Shakujii Store operates with a co-located Matsunoya, the tonkatsu chain. Several Matsuya locations in Nerima Ward have this Matsunoya co-location, including Shakujiidai Store (0789). The nearest Matsuya stores to Kami-Shakujii Store are Musashiseki Store (0297), about 1.3 km away, and Shakujiidai Store, about 1.4 km away, both located within Nerima Ward. Around Kami-Shakujii Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line, customers can once again enjoy Beef Bowl and Matsunoya’s tonkatsu after about a month and a half.