It looks like the drugstore “Welcia Ashiya Kusunoki Store”, currently being built at the former site of “Kappo Otowa” in Kusunoki-cho along National Route 2, is scheduled to open on Thursday, January 19〜
Screenshot from Baitoru Kansai
↑The planned opening date was listed in the job posting.
↑The building was looking very close to completion!
↑It looks like “Welcia Ashiya Kusunoki Store” will be going in here on the first floor.
↑A large sign was also up. The hours look like they’ll be 9:00 to 24:00. It’ll be open pretty late〜!
↑The other floors might become offices for “JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.”? The company logo is displayed prominently〜
Here’s the map↓
The address is 11-18 Kusunoki-cho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Area around “Welcia Ashiya Kusunoki Store”
↑To the front right as you face it is “Athlon Junior Sports Club Ashiya Gym,” and next door on the left is “Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
↑If you head this way (west), “Kentucky Fried Chicken” is next door, and beyond that are “Nigiri Chojiro Ashiya,” the French restaurant “Chez Mori,” “Gusto Ashiya,” and more.
↑If you head the other way (east), you’ll find “Rokko Miso Factory,” a gas station, Kusunoki Children’s Park, “Jolly Pasta Ashiya,” and then you’ll enter Nishinomiya City.
↑Across the street is a medical mall with places like “Futatsuka Pharmacy” and “Miyazaki Internal Medicine Clinic.” Diagonally across to the left is also “McDonald’s Ashiya Uchide.”
Final Thoughts
A drugstore along Route 2 that stays open late sounds like it’ll be super convenient when you’re out by car〜! Hopefully they’ll have an opening sale〜
