Matsuya Oyama Kizawa Store's Latitude Shifts South by 0.000002 Degrees, Marking the 9th Time

The latitude of Matsuya Oyama Kizawa Store (2313) changed from 36.344032°N to 36.344030°N on August 9, as confirmed in the store information on Matsuya’s official website. The difference is 0.000002 degrees, equivalent to a southward move of roughly 22 centimeters. The longitude, 139.8225894°E, has not changed, meaning the position has shifted just slightly due south. This marks the 9th time the store’s latitude has moved south since its store information was first listed on the official site on July 9.

The move follows the 8th southward shift (0.000001 degrees), which occurred earlier that same morning — making today’s shift of 0.000002 degrees double that one. The last time the latitude moved by 0.000002 degrees in a single step was on July 31, opening day, when it dropped by a larger margin.

From 36.344041°N to 36.344030°N in About a Month

According to the store information on the official site, Oyama Kizawa Store’s latitude has been listed at 36.344041°N since July 9 and has steadily declined ever since, never once moving back north. The cumulative shift to today’s 36.344030°N now stands at 0.000011 degrees, or about 1.2 meters. Only tiny drifts due south have been accumulating.

Time	Latitude (N)	Longitude
July 9 (Listed)	36.344041	139.8225894
July 31 (10:00 AM Opening)	36.344034	139.8225894
August 9 (Previous, 8th)	36.344032	139.8225894
August 9 (This Time, 9th)	36.344030	139.8225894

Each individual move has been between 0.000001 and 0.000002 degrees, within the range of minor adjustments to map positioning accuracy. The store itself has not relocated — only the latitude figure has been gradually nudged southward.

Matsuya Oyama Store, in the Same City, Has Never Moved Its Coordinates

Tochigi Prefecture has 11 Matsuya locations offering the regular menu. Of these, Oyama City is home to two: Oyama Kizawa Store and Matsuya Oyama Store (2096). Oyama City is the only city in the prefecture with two Matsuya locations. The two stores are about 5.1 kilometers apart in a straight line.

Yet Oyama Store, which opened earlier, has never had either its latitude or longitude change. The pattern of coordinates repeatedly drifting south applies only to Oyama Kizawa Store, which just opened at 10:00 AM on July 31 — and among the new Matsuya stores added to the official site since July, no other store’s latitude has shifted this many times.

Oyama Kizawa Store is a Matsunoya co-located store, making it the second “Matsuya + Matsunoya” combination in Oyama City, following Oyama Store, which also has a Matsunoya attached. Matsunoya co-location now totals 463 stores nationwide.

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