It looks like Akashi nori specialty shop “鍵庄（かぎしょう） Ashiya Store” is planning to open around mid-May in Miyazuka-cho, along the Naruo Mikage Line〜
Screenshot from Townwork
↑ They were hiring opening staff.
Screenshot from the 鍵庄 official online store
“鍵庄” is a nori specialty shop born in Akashi, a well-known nori production area. In addition to products such as “Ichiban-tsumi Akashi no Megumi” and “Akashi no Gen”, it reportedly sells nori products like roasted nori, flavored nori, sushi nori, nori tsukudani, and furikake, as well as skincare products containing moisturizing ingredients found in nori〜
↑ Exterior of the planned site for “鍵庄 Ashiya Store.” This is where the pet salon and pet goods shop “Door to Door Ashiya Store” used to be.
Here’s the map↓
The address is 15-4-1 Miyazuka-cho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Nearby Information for “鍵庄 Ashiya Store”
↑ It’s on the first floor of “Main Stage Ashiya Parkside” on the south side of the Naruo Mikage Line. To the left when facing it is “Park Front Ashiya Miyazuka,” where pet brand retailer “asone Ashiya Store” is scheduled to open this year, and to the right is the drum school “Mad Drum Lab.”
↑ If you head this way west, you’ll find nail salon “SALON DE TRES,” “Ashiya Evian Coffee Shop,” “Pan Time,” and more, toward Hanshin Ashiya Station.
↑ If you go the opposite way east, there are places like natural cuisine restaurant “amasora ashiya”, Italian restaurant “OSTERIA O’GIRASORE,” “Domino’s Pizza Ashiya Miyazuka-cho Store,” and wine specialty shop “R the wine shop Ashiya.”
↑ Diagonally across the street, there’s the bakery “Bäckerei BioBrot” and “Miyazuka Park.”
Finally
An Akashi nori specialty shop opening at the former site of a pet salon is unexpected! With natural deli and sweets shops, bakeries, ham and sausage specialty stores, and more nearby, Miyazuka-cho looks like it’s becoming a place where you can find all kinds of slightly special food items〜
