Kanariya Shoten near Ashiya City Gymnasium to close at the end of March

The bakery, sweets, and daily goods shop “カナリヤ商店” along the Naruo-Mikage Line in Kawanishi-cho is reportedly closing at the end of March.

↑A notice of closure was posted at the shop entrance.

↑The exterior of “カナリヤ商店.” It’s the shop with the red awning on the southwest corner of the intersection of the Naruo-Mikage Line and Kawanishi Sakura-dori.

↑They sell daily goods, dagashi snacks, bread, and tobacco. They are currently holding a “Dagashi Thank-You Sale”.

Here’s the map↓

The address is 15-21 Kawanishi-cho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Information Around “カナリヤ商店”

↑A photo taken from across the Naruo-Mikage Line. To the right is “Trattorìa Sprezzatura.”

↑If you head this way east along the Naruo-Mikage Line, you’ll find “Shinko Sports Ground (Kawanishi Sports Ground),” toward Ashiyagawa and Hanshin Ashiya Station.

↑Heading the opposite way west, you’ll find “Noble Tree Coffee Roasters,” “Pal Yamato Ashiya,” “Takenoko Pharmacy,” and more, toward Higashinada Ward, Kobe City.

↑If you head this way south along Kawanishi Sakura-dori, you’ll find “Shinko Sports Gymnasium and Youth Center (Ashiya City Gymnasium and Youth Center).”

↑Heading the opposite way north, you’ll find “Nyoraiji Temple of the Bukkoji School of Jodo Shinshu,” the tonkatsu restaurant “清水研羊,” “土山人 Ashiya,” “Lawson Ashiya Kawanishi,” and more, toward National Route 2.

カナリヤ商店

Finally

It’s a nostalgic shop with the feel of an old-fashioned dagashi candy store and tobacco shop. It’s sad to see a long-running local shop close…