It looks like footage filmed in Ashiya will be featured on “Monkumon,” a variety show airing on Yomiuri TV today, Sunday, May 17, from 4:00 p.m.〜
（Information provided by Kaorun）
Screenshot from TV listings site G Guide
The program description says, “Kuroda and announcer Kuroki visit Ashiya’s latest gym.” It looks like the show will feature footage filmed in Ashiya with Takashi Kuroda of the comedy duo Messenger and Yomiuri TV announcer Chiaki Kuroki.
According to an article from Oricon News, they also seem to have filmed a shopping segment somewhere other than the “latest gym”〜（The article includes photos from the segment.）
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↑ According to this post from the official Instagram account of “Axtos Ashiya Resort,” this was apparently the “latest gym” featured on the show.
“Axtos Ashiya Resort” is a fitness gym located in Kaiyocho, across from Ashiya Marina. It reportedly reopened after renovations last July〜
Here’s the map↓
The address is 10-3 Kaiyocho, Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Click here for the official Axtos Ashiya Resort website
Update, 5/17 at 5:30 p.m.: The stylish supermarket inside the station where they shopped during the show was “YAMASHO JR Ashiya Station”〜
They featured all sorts of products, including agave syrup, Lindt chocolate, buntan citrus fruit, and the store’s famous ohagi rice cakes〜
Here’s the map for “YAMASHO JR Ashiya Station”↓
The address is 1-30 Funadocho, Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Here’s our article from when it opened↓
Click here for the official Instagram account of “YAMASHO JR Ashiya Station”
Click here for Yomiuri TV’s official “Monkumon” website
Thank you, Kaorun, for the information!
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