The second-hand clothing store "Garage Paradise" (Hirosaki City, Dote Town, TEL 0172-34-1092) near the Hirosaki Park Hotel will be closed on January 31st.

The store that deals mainly with American second-hand clothes. In 2005, Daijiro Yamaguchi from Owani started his business at the age of 21. Mr. Yamaguchi says, "There are so many longing stores around Dote-cho, and it was my dream to have my own store in Dote-cho."

The same store that used a property that was a branch of Okinaya, a long-established Japanese sweets store in Aomori. Mr. Yamaguchi said, "A mobile phone shop was open after the Okinawa store, but it closed immediately, and it opened after that. There were many arcades and many people in the bank town at that time."

The arcade was removed in November 2007 due to its deterioration. "Looking back, it's around this time that the flow of people in the bank began to change. After closing the Kinokuniya Hirosaki store in May last year, the number of people passing by also decreased," Yamaguchi said.

Upon closing the store, the company will continue to sell it online without disposing of its inventory. Mr. Yamaguchi said, "At the turning point of 15 years, I decided to close the store. Until then, it can be said that the shopping circumstances and tastes of young people have changed. The feeling is clear and sunny. There are things that I do not have to do until closing Thank you for a long time."

Around the Hirosaki Park Hotel, the Bank of Aomori Bank will be relocated on March 16, and "Cafe DO" will be relocated in the middle of March. Izakaya Hasuya is currently closed due to renewal. Mr. Koichi Hirayama of Naka Dotemachi Shopping District Promotion Association said, "The movement of stores has been rapid in the past year or two. There are closings and vacant spaces due to the population decline, but new industries such as dance classes and shooting studios are increasing. There is."