It looks like “chocozap”, a 24-hour fitness gym and self-service beauty salon, is opening today, October 31, on the 2nd floor of the bookstore “Ashiya Hoseikan,” right by Hanshin Ashiya Station.
(This information was provided by Mizuking. Thank you!)
↑ There was a big sign up. This is where the izakaya “Tori no George Hanshin Ashiya Ekimae” used to be.
↑ Apparently, for 3,278 yen per month (tax included), you can use the fitness gym and self-service beauty salon as much as you want, 24 hours a day.
↑ It has also been added to the floor map of the Ashiya Hoseikan Building.
Here’s the map↓
The address is Hoseikan Building 2F, 11-8 Kinmitsucho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
What’s around “chocozap Hanshin Ashiya”
↑ It’s on the 2nd floor of the famous bookstore “Ashiya Hoseikan,” said to be where Haruki Murakami used to go when he was a child.
↑ If you go this way (south), you’ll find “Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Ashiya Branch” next door, and just beyond that is Hanshin Ashiya Station. Cross the railroad crossing and you’ll find Ashiya City Hall and other facilities.
↑ If you go the other way (north), the bakery “Roggen Meyer Hanshin Ashiya” is next door, and across the Naruo Mikage Line you’ll find “Ashiya Police Station.”
↑ Across the street is the supermarket “Pantry Ashiya.”
Lastly
↓ It looks like another location is also scheduled to open from November 15 along the Naruo Mikage Line near Hanshin Nishinomiya Station!
It seems one is also coming near Mikage Station, so chocozap locations are really increasing across the Hanshin area this month and next. Once you join, you can use any location, which sounds convenient.
Mizuking, thank you for the tip!!
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