{"id":1983,"date":"2022-03-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2023-07-11T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T01:10:18","slug":"%e3%81%8a%e5%ba%97%e3%81%ab%e3%80%8c%e7%ac%91%e9%a1%94%e3%80%8d%e3%80%8c%e7%ac%91%e9%a1%94%e3%80%8d%e3%80%82%e6%9f%bf%e6%9c%a8%e7%95%a0%e5%95%86%e5%ba%97%e8%a1%97%e3%81%ab%e5%87%ba%e6%b2%a1%e3%81%97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/1983","title":{"rendered":"\u300cSmiles\u300d and \u300cSmiles\u300d for stores. What are the thoughts behind the tapestry that appeared in Kakinokibatake Shopping Arcade \u3010Kanazawa Topics\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Located behind Kanazawa City Hall and close to \u300cthe 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art\u300d, \u300cKatamachi\u300d, \u300cKorinbo\/Hirozaka\u300d, and \u300cTatemachi\u300d, Kakinokibatake Shopping Street is an area with many restaurants. Starting with Japanese cuisine such as izakaya (Japanese style pubs) and oden (Japanese style dumplings), there are also restaurants offering Chinese, yakiniku, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Thai, Georgian, and many other gourmet specialties from various genres and countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tapestry that appeared at the Chinese restaurant \u300cBishu Rakuen Zenkai Kukou Laugh\u300d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Who is depicted?\u3000And why the smiles?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this Kakinokibatake shopping street, tapestries with large smiling faces printed on them have appeared since late March. The face on the tapestry displayed in front of the store is that of the store owner. Why in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even amidst the corona disaster, they work hand in hand to make the shopping district more lively!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Kakinokibatake shopping arcade, bustling with locals and tourists, could not escape the effects of the new coronavirus, including cancelled events and shortened or closed hours. So, shopkeepers decided to join forces and raise a tapestry to enliven the shopping street. The tapestry of smiling faces was created because the shopping arcade is full of smiles and humanity of shopkeepers, local customers, and tourists, and it is called \u300cNinjo “Syo” tengai\u300d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are 20 stores to be posted. The tapestry is decorated with a variety of stores, including restaurants such as the long-established Chinese restaurant \u300cBishu Rakuen Zenkai Kosyo\u300d and the izakaya \u300cItaru Honten\u300d, which is listed in the \u300c2021 100 Best Restaurants\u300d section of \u300cTabeog\u300d, the musical instrument store \u300cBig Boss Kanazawa\u300d and \u300cKikunoya Ryokan\u300d, which was founded in 1919. The tapestries are rich in information, containing not only the smiling faces of store owners, but also QR codes linking to the store’s website, SNS, and the official website of the shopping district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sankaku Park, a cherry blossom viewing spot in the shopping district<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When you see this tapestry in a shopping street, you may be tempted to smile. Even if you have never been in a store before, the owner’s smile and store information may make you feel less intimidated to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Store Name<\/td>Kakinokibatake Shopping Street<\/td><\/tr>
Address<\/td>(Kakinokibatake Shinkokai), 2-13 Kakinokibatake, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan<\/td><\/tr>
Business Hours<\/td>Varies from store to store<\/td><\/tr>
Phone number<\/td>076-221-5571<\/td><\/tr>
Related Pages<\/td>Home Page<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
parking lot<\/td>Use nearby coin-operated parking<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n