Matsuya's Ueno Store Reopens and Kanshoji Store Closes at the Same Time Today, 3 PM

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title: “Matsuya’s Ueno Store Reopens and Kanshoji Store Closes at the Same Time Today, 3 PM” categories:

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Store data on the official Matsuya website reflects store status changes that took effect at 3 PM on May 29, 2026. Matsuya Ueno Store (0224) has reopened as its temporary closure period, which began on May 18, has ended, while Matsuya Kanshoji Store (1881) has been treated as closed at the same time, and the notes field on its store page has been replaced with text directing customers to nearby stores. A reopening and a closure, two contrasting developments, occurred at the same moment in Tokyo and Fukuoka.

Ueno Store: Reopens After an 11-Day Temporary Closure

Matsuya Ueno Store (4-9-5 Ueno, Taito Ward, Tokyo, Ishii Building 1F/2F) completed its temporary closure scheduled from 3 PM on May 18 to 3 PM on May 29, announced on May 8, and reopened at 3 PM today. In the store data, the note “※Temporarily closed from 3 PM on May 18, reopens at 3 PM on May 29” has been removed from the store name, and the registered temporary closure and reopening date-times have been cleared.

Item	Before	After (3 PM today)
Store name	Matsuya Ueno Store ※Temporarily closed from 3 PM on May 18, reopens at 3 PM on May 29	Matsuya Ueno Store
Temporary closure date and time	May 18, 2026, 3:00 PM	Not registered
Reopening date and time	May 29, 2026, 3:00 PM	Not registered

The closure lasted about 11 days. The registered business hours remain unchanged at “24-hour operation.”

Kanshoji Store: Closing Time Arrives and Notes Field Replaced with Guidance to Other Stores

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

Item	Before	After (3 PM today)
Notes	※A late-night surcharge of around 7% will be added between 10 PM and 5 AM the next morning. ※Business hours may change or the store may close temporarily.	Please visit Matsuya Fukuoka Arae Store (co-located with Matsunoya) or Matsuya Hoshikuma Store (co-located with Matsunoya) from now on.

The note in the store name, “※Scheduled to close at 3 PM on May 29. Thank you for your patronage,” and the registered closing date-time (May 29, 2026, 3:00 PM) remain unchanged. In what appears to be the display state after the closure was finalized, only the notes field was switched to the new guidance text.

Locations of the Two Recommended Stores

The stores explicitly named in the notes field as alternatives are Matsuya Fukuoka Arae Store (2282, 3-15-8 Arae, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka) and Matsuya Hoshikuma Store (1368, 3-29-6 Hoshikuma, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka). Both are co-located with Matsunoya and are situated on the Sawara Ward side, across a ward boundary from Kanshoji Store. The Fukuoka Arae Store is a new store that opened only on April 16, and judging from its opening announcement, preparations for the opening were already underway before the closure notice for Kanshoji Store (announced May 13). This is a pattern in which the two alternative stores are named directly in the notes field as a landing place for the closed store’s customers.

Contrast Between the Two Stores Meeting at the Same Time

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

Item	Ueno Store (Taito Ward, Tokyo)	Kanshoji Store (Jonan Ward, Fukuoka)
Event at 3 PM today	Reopening after temporary closure	Closure
Advance announcement	May 8, 2026	May 13, 2026
Business hours	24-hour operation (continuing)	6 AM to midnight (through today)
Subsequent display	Note and closing date-time cleared	Two alternative stores named in notes field

In the second half of May, reopenings following temporary closures for Matsunoya co-location renovations have continued day after day, and with multiple stores’ changes concentrated around 3 PM today as well, a decrease in stores in Fukuoka Prefecture and a return of a store in Tokyo coexist at the same hour.

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) becomes 31. Because the Fukuoka Arae Store and Hoshikuma Store, which were named as alternatives, are both on the Sawara Ward side, customers in the Kanshoji area of Jonan Ward will now need to travel across a ward boundary rather than within walking or cycling distance. Meanwhile, with the return of Ueno Store, Matsuya stores within Tokyo are back to a 333-store lineup.