Life in Front of Imazu Station Has Reopened After Renovations

Life in front of Imazu Station reopened today, October 24, after renovations.
We also covered it in a previous article.

Here it is↓

Here it is on the map↓

The address is 1-1 Imazu Akebonocho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo.

More Checkout Registers

Apparently, more checkout registers have been added.

Compared to convenience stores, the biggest advantage of supermarkets is probably the lower prices, but waiting in line at the register can be a real hassle.

It makes you think, “Oh, it’s super crowded at this time, maybe I’ll just go to the convenience store.”

It may sound like a small thing, but adding more registers might actually be the best news of all.

A Live Kitchen Has Been Added

It looks like face-to-face “live kitchens” have been added to the seafood section and deli section.

You can now see what’s going on in the kitchen.

They’ll prepare fish for free, including filleting it into three pieces or butterflying it.

A real help for homemakers. The deli section looks like this too.

You can fully see them frying foods and preparing items.

Bread, Deli Items, and Drinks Near the Station-Side Entrance

A sales area for deli items, bread, drinks, desserts, and alcohol has been set up near the station-side entrance.

This seems like an ideal layout for commuters and students buying bread or bento in the morning. After all, Life Imazu is the only Life supermarket in Hyogo Prefecture that opens as early as 8:00 a.m.

More Cut Salad Options

They’ve also expanded their selection of ready-to-eat salad in convenient single-serving sizes, perfect for people who don’t want the hassle of cutting vegetables.

They’re inexpensive too, like mini packs of daikon radish salad in bags for 79 yen before tax, and single-serving packed salads for 100 yen before tax.

There’s also quite a wide variety, including broccoli, pumpkin, beans, and cherry tomatoes.

According to the PR TIMES source for this information about the Life Imazu Ekimae store, the Imazu area has a large number of single-person households at 50.3%, and two-person households at 22.9%. The largest age group is people in their 30s.

People living alone often don’t get enough vegetables, so having a better selection of cut salads may be a welcome service.

They were also selling plenty of cut pineapple and other fruit.

Finally

According to the source, 102 people work at this Life location. That’s a pretty impressive number.

Here’s the overall map of the 1st floor interior↓