On October 1st, a car wash service specialty store "Skip Wash" (TEL 0172-78-2833 ) opened at Hirosaki's department store "Sakurano Hirosaki Store" (Johoku, Hirosaki City).

“Skip Wash” is a car wash service started by imported car sales “One Cent” (Takada). The reception is on the 3rd floor of the Sakurano Hirosaki store, and the car wash is done in the Sakurano Hirosaki store parking lot. According to the president of "One Cent", Shinetsu Kimura, staff wash their hands with "pure water" that is filtered from normal water with special equipment, which can also be used to clean the inside of the car and remove iron powder.

"One Cent" is the company name decided when it was incorporated last year from "Kim's Garage". made on the floor. "We organized our operations and subdivided our services," said Shinetsu Kimura, president of the company.

Regarding "Skip Wash", Mr. Kimura said, "Most of the customers who visited for vehicle inspection and maintenance tended to go shopping within 30 to 40 minutes of leaving the car. We came up with the option of opening a store in a department store."

"When I went to the Sakurano Hirosaki store to consult about opening a new store, the person in charge was surprised, but there is an era in which department stores are also required to diversify their services, and the merits of both sides matched." "The Sakurano Hirosaki store has an arcade, a hot spring facility, and a movie theater, so you can have fun while you wash your car," Kimura said confidently.

Prices vary depending on the size of the vehicle. S size = 3,300 yen, M size = 4,400 yen, L size = 6,600 yen, LL size = 8,800 yen. Water-repellent processing (easy processing) is 2,500 yen. There are also options such as interior cleaning (from 2,200 yen) and body oil film removal (from 11,000 yen). “We had a hard time setting the price, but I want people to experience the advantages of hand washing and pure water car washing, which are different from automatic car washes,” says Mr. Kimura.

On the first day of opening, there were shoppers asking for a car wash, and Mr. Kimura felt a positive response. In the future, they are thinking about a service that collaborates with the Sakurano Hirosaki store and an on-site waterless car wash. Mr. Kimura enthusiastically said, "I would like to continue to develop services that are easy to use so that people can use their beloved cars for a long time."

Business hours are from 10:00 to 18:00. Closed for winter from December 1st to March 31st.