Expansion into new business formats and fields through franchising

「As part of this initiative, in October of the same year, we opened Osake no Bijutsukan Gakuentoshi Station, a franchise location of Osake no Bijutsukan, one of Japan's largest standing-bar chains, in Nishi Ward, Kobe, to approach customers from a different angle than our existing business formats. In December of the same year, we opened Osake no Bijutsukan Nagasaki Airport in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Osake no Bijutsukan Nishitetsu Kurume Station in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. In November of the same year, we also opened Car Match Kobe Nagata, a franchise location of Car Match, a used-car dealership, in Nagata Ward, Kobe.」