It looks like “Alpen Button,” a sewing specialty shop near Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station that also sells custom-made curtains, will be closing on November 30.
(This information was provided by Yoshipy. Thank you!)
Here it is↓
Apparently, it had been in business for 75 years.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 1-5-16 Kofuen, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
What’s around Alpen Button
Across the street are a bicycle parking lot and Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station.
If you go this way, you’ll find places like Toshin Satellite Prep School, and if you cross the nearby railroad crossing, you’ll head toward ACTA.
If you go in the opposite direction, you’ll find Ohsho, Nishikita Park, and Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station.
Even if you’ve never been inside, it’s been there for so long that quite a few people probably know the shop.
Finally
Here at Nishitsu, we’ve shared news about all kinds of store closures, but we haven’t had one about a shop that had been in business for 75 years. Seventy-five years ago was Showa 23, or 1948, so it must have opened not long after the war. When I looked up what happened that year, I found that Daily Sports by Kobe Shimbun began publication then. Thank you for all your years in Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi.
※Yoshipy, thank you for the information!!
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