Matsuya: Ueno Store Reopens and Kanshoji Store Closes Simultaneously at 3 PM Today

Matsuya’s official website store data now reflects store status changes as of 3 PM on May 29, 2026. Matsuya Ueno Store (0224) completed its temporary closure period, which had continued since May 18, and reopened for business, while Matsuya Kanshoji Store (1881) was marked as closed at the same moment, with the notes field in its store listing also switched to guidance redirecting customers to nearby stores. A reopening and a closure — two contrasting developments — occurred simultaneously in Tokyo and Fukuoka at the very same hour.

Ueno Store: Reopens After an 11-Day Temporary Closure

Matsuya Ueno Store (1F/2F Ishii Building, 4-9-5 Ueno, Taito Ward, Tokyo) completed the temporary closure schedule announced on May 8 — closed from 3 PM on May 18 through 3 PM on May 29 — and reopened for business at 3 PM today. In the store data, the note reading “*Temporarily closed from 3 PM on May 18, reopening 3 PM on May 29” has been removed from the store name, and the registered temporary closure date/time and reopening date/time have both been cleared.

Item	Before	After (3 PM Today)
Store Name	Matsuya Ueno Store *Temporarily closed from 3 PM May 18, reopening 3 PM May 29	Matsuya Ueno Store
Temporary Closure Date/Time	3:00 PM, May 18, 2026	Not registered
Reopening Date/Time	3:00 PM, May 29, 2026	Not registered

The closure period lasted approximately 11 days. The registered operating hours remain unchanged at “24-hour operation.”

Kanshoji Store: Closure Time Arrives, Notes Field Switched to Redirect Guidance

Matsuya Kanshoji Store (1F SKY Building, 1-22-45 Kanshoji, Jonan Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture) reached its announced closure time of 3 PM on May 29, following the May 13 notice. At the same time, the notes field in the store data was switched from a late-night surcharge notice to guidance directing customers to nearby stores.

Item	Before	After (3 PM Today)
Notes	*Between 10 PM and 5 AM the following morning, a late-night surcharge of approximately 7% will be added. *Operating hours are subject to change, and temporary closures may occur.	Going forward, please feel free to use Matsuya Fukuoka Arae Store (co-located with Matsunoya) and Matsuya Hoshikuma Store (co-located with Matsunoya).

The store name note reading “*Scheduled to close at 3 PM on May 29. Thank you for your patronage.” and the registered closure date/time (3:00 PM, May 29, 2026) remain unchanged. Only the notes field has switched to the new redirect message, reflecting the display state after the closure was finalized.

The Geographic Relationship Between the Two Redirect Stores

The two stores explicitly named as redirect destinations in the notes field are Matsuya Fukuoka Arae Store (2282, 3-15-8 Arae, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture) and Matsuya Hoshikuma Store (1368, 3-29-6 Hoshikuma, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture). Both are Matsunoya co-located stores and sit across the ward line in Sawara Ward relative to Kanshoji Store. Fukuoka Arae Store only opened on April 16 as a new store, and looking back at its opening announcement, preparations for its opening appear to have been underway before the Kanshoji Store closure notice (announced May 13). This forms a pattern in which the two redirect stores are named directly in the notes field to absorb the outgoing customer base of the closing store.

A Contrast Between Two Stores Crossing Paths at the Same Hour

At the very same hour — 3 PM on May 29 — a “reopening” in Tokyo and a “closure” in Fukuoka occurred simultaneously.

Item	Ueno Store (Taito Ward, Tokyo)	Kanshoji Store (Jonan Ward, Fukuoka)
Today’s 3 PM Event	Reopening after temporary closure	Closure
Advance Notice	May 8, 2026	May 13, 2026
Operating Hours	24-hour operation (continuing)	6 AM to midnight (through today)
Follow-up Display	Note and closure date/time cleared	Two redirect stores named in the notes field

In the latter half of May, reopenings following temporary closures for Matsunoya co-location renovations have continued day after day, and today too saw multiple store changes concentrated around 3 PM — resulting in a store decrease in Fukuoka Prefecture and a store return in Tokyo coinciding at the exact same moment.

Impact on Matsuya’s Store Lineup in Fukuoka Prefecture

With the closure of Kanshoji Store, the number of Matsuya stores in Fukuoka Prefecture (excluding those treated as closed) falls to 31. Since both redirect destinations, Fukuoka Arae Store and Hoshikuma Store, are located in Sawara Ward, customers in the Kanshoji area of Jonan Ward will now need to travel across ward lines rather than within walking or cycling distance. Meanwhile, Matsuya’s store count in Tokyo returns to 333 with the reopening of Ueno Store.