Looks like a takeout seafood rice bowl specialty shop called “Donmaru Butapiyo” is opening in Satonaka-cho along the old national highway
“Donmaru Butapiyo” Nakamachi Branch Opening Planned – sasafune.co.jp
Exterior↓
It’s not clear exactly which part it will be in. (Probably the spot with the wooden door on the second floor, since that looks new.)
Also, the opening date is not known yet.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 3-1-5 Satonaka-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Area around Donmaru Butapiyo Nakamachi Branch
If you go this way, there’s a Coco’s, and if you turn left at that corner, you’ll head toward the area around Naruo-Mukogawajoshidai-mae Station, where Meiwa Hospital and the Life Naruo store currently under construction are located.
If you go in the opposite direction, you’ll find GEO, Gyoza no Ohsho, Gourmet City, and other shops, and you’ll come out onto the Kozone Line, where Gusto is on the corner.
Donmaru is apparently a nationwide chain of takeout seafood rice bowl specialty shops launched by a long-established sushi restaurant in Tokyo. It has over 300 locations across Japan.
Here’s a sample menu from the Yotsugi branch↓
sasafune.co.jp – Donmaru official website, seafood rice bowls started by a sushi restaurant
540 yen including tax for this seems like an incredible deal.
One note: “Menu items vary by location.”
Finally
Looking at the announcements on the official website, it seems like they’re expanding nationwide at an incredible pace. Three locations opened in June, and five opened in July. The production areas were also listed on the official website. By the way, the branch name was listed as “Nakamachi Branch.” It’s unclear at this point whether that’s a mistake for “Satonaka-cho Branch” or if they’ll keep it as is.
