Beloved local store to be re-built by third-generation owners after operating for over fifty years

Beloved local store to be re-built by third-generation owners after operating for over fifty years

After 50 years in operation, the Nakasone Store will be closing for reconstruction due to old age. October 5, Toguchi, Motobu


October 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahiro Kina

Motobu – The Nakasone Store, which has been operating for over 50 years in the Toguchi neighborhood of Motobu near the Motobu Town Market, will be undergoing a rebuild due to deterioration. The shop familiar to many with a history in the area will be moving to a temporary location, after which the original building will be torn down. Second-generation owner Junko Nakasone said, “It will be sad to see it go, but we want to create a safe environment for the third-generation ownership.”
Junko, the store’s poster girl, took over the store eight years ago from her mother, Yoshiko, and she had passed away. Starting with the achicoco tofu delivered each morning at 4:30 a.m. the store offered a wide variety of items such as bento boxes and side dishes, and snacks for children returning home from school, and was beloved in the neighborhood. The store owners had considered a rebuild many times before due to things such as roof leaks, but it was after the store’s symbolic bougainvilleas were destroyed in a typhoon two years ago that finally led them to decide on a rebuild last year.
Junko, who will pass the baton on to the third-generation owner, her second son Koji, 34, commented, “We have been kept in business by the support of everyone in the community. We will never forget our gratitude and will keep doing our best.”
The store is open from 5:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sundays). Inquiries can be made to the Nakasone Store at (Tel.) 0980 (47) 2023.
(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

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