The “Ai-chan’s Tomato Farm” unmanned produce stand, which operated in a corner of the Ashiya Yamate Sun Mall shopping street near Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station, closed at the end of April.
↑The former site of the unmanned tomato stand. The banners and other decorations have been put away, leaving the place quiet and deserted.
↑A closure notice was posted on the entrance door. Both tomato production and sales have reportedly ended.
Here’s the map↓
The address is 9-5 Nishiyamacho, Ashiya, Hyogo.
A Look Around the Former Unmanned Tomato Stand
↑The stand operated in one corner of the Kaiou Shoji real estate agency building in the Ashiya Yamate Sun Mall shopping street, west of Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station.
↑Head this way (east) and you’ll pass the Japanese confectionery shop 御菓子司 杵屋豊光, the Turkish restaurant サクルエブ, and the Chinese restaurant 三十番 before reaching Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station.
↑Head in the opposite direction (west) and you’ll pass the ceramics specialty shop うつわクウ and the rental kitchen STAGE as you continue toward Kobe.
↑Across the street is a row of prefabricated buildings housing the Italian restaurant APOLLO ASHIYA, the café ユルスナール, and other businesses. (The British restaurant The Clapham Inn has relocated to the area in front of Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station.)
