Matsuya Okayama Station West Exit Branch Reopens After 13-Day Renovation Closure

Matsuya Okayama Station West Exit Branch (0541) reopened at 3:00 PM on July 13, 2026. The branch had been closed for renovation since 3:00 PM on June 30, a closure that lasted 13 days. On the official website’s store list, the note that had been attached to the store name — “Temporarily closed from 3:00 PM on June 30, reopening 3:00 PM on July 13” — has been removed, and the listing has returned to its normal format.

A Reopening Right on Schedule

As of June 17, the store name on the list carried the note “Temporarily closed from 3:00 PM on June 30, reopening 3:00 PM on July 13” appended to the end. This reopening matches that announcement exactly, landing precisely on the date and time that had been given in advance.

As for the co-located brand that was mentioned as part of the post-renovation setup when the closure began, the store list did not reveal this detail at the time of the announcement, and even now after reopening, no co-located brand such as Matsunoya or My Curry Shokudo is shown alongside the listing. Whether any change in business format actually took place remains impossible to confirm from the store list alone.

Three Matsuya Locations Cluster Around Okayama Station

Matsuya Okayama Station West Exit Branch is located in the Nishiguchi Ekimae Building in Ekimotomachi, Kita Ward, Okayama City. Taking this branch as the center point, Matsuya Okayama Station Front Branch (0540) sits roughly 0.5km away in a straight line, and Matsuya Okayama Omotecho Branch (2259) sits roughly 1.4km away — making the area within about a 1.5km radius of Okayama Station a dense cluster of three Matsuya locations. Further out, Matsuya Okayama Shimonakano Branch (1962) is about 3.3km away and Matsuya Okayama Tokaichi Branch (0747) is about 3.4km away (all straight-line distances).

Among these three nearby branches, Okayama Station West Exit Branch is the only one operating as a standalone Matsuya without a co-located brand. Both the nearby Okayama Station Front Branch and Okayama Omotecho Branch have Matsunoya co-located. Looking at Okayama Prefecture as a whole, 7 of the prefecture’s 9 branches have Matsunoya co-located and 1 has My Curry Shokudo co-located, leaving Okayama Station West Exit Branch as the only one without any co-located brand.

Okayama Prefecture Now Stands at 9 Matsuya Branches

Okayama Prefecture currently has 9 Matsuya branches: 5 in Okayama City, 2 in Kurashiki City, 1 in Soja City, and 1 in Tsuyama City, with a clear concentration in Okayama City. The prefecture-wide branch count held steady at 9 throughout the West Exit Branch’s closure, with no increase or decrease.

Area	Branches	Locations
Okayama City	5	Okayama Station Front Branch, Okayama Station West Exit Branch, Okayama Tokaichi Branch, Okayama Shimonakano Branch, Okayama Omotecho Branch
Kurashiki City	2	Kurashiki Tamashima Branch, Kurashiki Mizushima Branch
Soja City	1	Soja Branch
Tsuyama City	1	Tsuyama Branch

Renovation Closures Occurring Across the Country

Around the same period as the Okayama Station West Exit Branch’s closure and reopening, the official website’s store list shows similar renovation closure and reopening schedules attached to branches in various regions. Matsuya Tarumi Branch is listed as closed from 3:00 PM on June 29 with reopening on July 14 at 3:00 PM, Matsuya Urawa Nakamachi Branch is closed from 3:00 PM on July 7 with reopening on July 14 at 3:00 PM, and Matsuya Sone Branch (reopening scheduled July 15) and Matsuya Oyama Branch (reopening scheduled July 16) are also currently closed. Okayama Station West Exit Branch’s 13-day closure falls within the standard length seen among these renovation closures.

Some of these branches have renovations that come with the addition of a co-located Matsunoya, but as noted above, Okayama Station West Exit Branch shows no co-located brand on the store list even after reopening, and it cannot be determined from the listing alone whether it follows the same pattern as the other branches.