Chain Expansion of Large-Format Specialty Liquor Stores
First written in FY2016. 29 of 31 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-08-13.
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- 2026-08-13AdvancedEarnings
「新規出店として、美濃加茂店(岐阜県)を開店し、竜舞店(群馬県)を閉店しました。これにより、2026年6月末における酒販事業の総店舗数は、356店舗(前年同期比3店増)となりました。」
酒販事業で開店・閉店を組み合わせ、総店舗数は前年同期比3店増の356店舗となった。 - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「6 new stores were opened: 南岩国店 (Yamaguchi Prefecture), 三条店 (Niigata Prefecture), 魚津店 (Toyama Prefecture), 甲斐敷島店 (Yamanashi Prefecture), 松阪高町店 (Mie Prefecture) and 西宮今津店 (Hyogo Prefecture), while 福津店 (Fukuoka Prefecture), 梅津店 (Kyoto Prefecture) and 尾張旭店 (Aichi Prefecture) were closed. As a result, the total number of liquor retail business stores was 356 at the end of March 2026, up 3 stores from the previous fiscal year.」
The liquor retail business opened 6 stores and closed 3 stores, bringing the number of stores to 356 at the end of March 2026. - FY2026-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「2 new stores were opened: 南岩国店 (Yamaguchi Prefecture) and 三条店 (Niigata Prefecture), while 福津店 (Fukuoka Prefecture) and 梅津店 (Kyoto Prefecture) were closed. As a result, the total number of liquor retail business stores was 353 at the end of September 2025, down 1 store year on year.」
The liquor retail business opened 2 stores and closed 2 stores, leaving the total number of stores down 1 from the previous year. The performance of the large-format specialty store chain has recently contracted. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, the total number of liquor retail business stores was 354 at the end of September 2024, up 1 store year on year.」
After the restructuring involving new openings, relocations and closures, the liquor retail business had 354 stores at the end of September 2024. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「4 new stores were opened: 丸子店 (Fukushima Prefecture), 立川若葉町店 (Tokyo), 下石田店 (Yamanashi Prefecture) and 長森店 (Gifu Prefecture). 燕三条店 (Niigata Prefecture) was relocated due to the redevelopment of a commercial facility, and 燕店 was opened. 今津店 (Hyogo Prefecture) and 秋田業務店 (Akita Prefecture) were also closed.」
The liquor retail business opened 4 new stores and 1 relocated store, while closing 2 stores, as it expanded and restructured its specialty store chain. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「3 new stores were opened: 三沢松園店 (Aomori Prefecture), 馬見ケ崎店 (Yamagata Prefecture) and 小山城南店 (Tochigi Prefecture). 門戸厄神店 (Hyogo Prefecture) and 北陸業務店 (Ishikawa Prefecture) were closed.」
The liquor retail business restructured its store network, opening 3 new stores and closing 2 stores. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「3 new stores were opened: 三沢松園店 (Aomori Prefecture), 馬見ケ崎店 (Yamagata Prefecture) and 小山城南店 (Tochigi Prefecture). 門戸厄神店 (Hyogo Prefecture) was also closed. As a result, the number of liquor retail business stores was 353 at the end of September 2023, up 4 stores year on year.」
The liquor retail business opened 3 new stores and closed 1 store, bringing the number of stores to 353 at the end of September 2023. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「小山城南店 (Tochigi Prefecture) was opened as a new store, bringing the number of liquor retail business stores to 352 at the end of June 2023, up 7 stores year on year.」
The liquor retail business opened 小山城南店 as a new store, bringing the number of stores to 352 at the end of June 2023. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「築館店 (Miyagi Prefecture) was relocated, and 6 new stores were opened: 宮古宮町店 (Iwate Prefecture), 鉄砲町店 (Yamagata Prefecture), 岡山平井店 (Okayama Prefecture), 姪浜小戸店 (Fukuoka Prefecture) and 前沢店 (Iwate Prefecture). As a result, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 350 at the end of the third quarter of the fiscal year, up 5 stores year on year.」
The liquor retail business opened 1 relocated store and 5 new stores, bringing the total to 350 stores. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to 4 new stores, Miyako Miyamachi, Teppōmachi, Okayama Hirai, and Meinohama Odo, we opened 1 relocated store, Tsukidate, after closing its former location, for a total of 5 stores. As of the end of September 2022, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 349, an increase of 4 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 5 stores in total, comprising 4 new stores and 1 relocated store, bringing the total number of stores to 349. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of stores as of the end of June 2022 was 345, an increase of 3 year on year.」
The number of stores in the liquor retail business increased from 342 as of FY2022-Q1 to 345. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 2 new stores, Ryumai and Himeji Katsuhara, and closed Natori. As a result, as of the end of June 2021, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 342, an increase of 7 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 2 new stores and closed 1 store, bringing the total number of stores at the end of June 2021 to 342. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 7 new stores: Tsuruoka Otsuka, Koga, Hitachi Namekawa, Kashiba Goido, Sanda Tainaka, Itami Mizuho, and Fukuyama Kinosho. As a result, as of the end of December 2020, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 340, an increase of 8 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 7 new stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of December 2020 to 340. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 5 new stores: Tsuruoka Otsuka, Koga, Kashiba Goido, Sanda Tainaka, and Itami Mizuho. As a result, as of the end of September 2020, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 338, an increase of 6 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 5 new stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of September 2020 to 338. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 2 new stores, Koga and Sanda Tainaka. As a result, as of the end of June 2020, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 335, an increase of 4 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 2 new stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of June 2020 to 335. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to 6 new stores, Aomori Sakuragawa, Hirosaki Jumoku, Noshiro, Kesennuma Uedanaka, Nakaminato, and Gosen, we opened 2 relocated stores, Yagyu and Esashi, after closing their former locations in the previous fiscal year, for a total of 8 stores.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 8 stores in total, comprising 6 new stores and 2 relocated stores, and advanced the chain expansion of large-format specialty liquor stores. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to 5 new stores, Aomori Sakuragawa, Hirosaki Jumoku, Noshiro, Kesennuma Uedanaka, and Nakaminato, we opened 2 relocated stores, Yagyu and Esashi, after closing their former locations in the previous fiscal year, for a total of 7 stores. Aomori Sakuragawa, Hirosaki Jumoku, and Kesennuma Uedanaka include Daiso stores. As of the end of September 2019, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 332, an increase of 3 year on year.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 7 stores in total, comprising 5 new stores and 2 relocated stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of September to 332. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to 4 new stores, Aomori Sakuragawa, Hirosaki Jumoku, Noshiro, and Kesennuma Uedanak a, we opened 2 relocated stores, Yagyu and Esashi, following the expiration of their land leases, for a total of 6 stores. Aomori Sakuragawa, Hirosaki Jumoku, and Kesennuma Uedanaka include Daiso stores.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 6 stores in total, comprising 4 new stores and 2 relocated stores, 3 of which include Daiso stores. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「For relocation, we opened Yamaya Kitakami. We also opened 5 new stores: Yamaya Towada, Yamaya Soma Koizumi, Yamaya Narita Hananokidai, and Yamaya Shibukawa. Yamaya Shibukawa also houses a Daiso variety shop.」
The company advanced chain expansion of specialty liquor and food stores through new openings, including a relocation, and the opening of 5 new stores. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 4 new stores: Kitakami, Soma Koizumi, Towada, and Narita Hananokidai. As of the third quarter, the total number of stores in the liquor retail business was 331, an increase of 3 year on year.」
The company opened 4 new stores in the liquor retail business, bringing the total number of stores to 331. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 2 new stores: Soma Koizumi and Kitakami, the latter relocated following the expiration of the land lease. We also carried out a large-scale renovation to change the trade names of 3 “Bikkuri Saketen” stores operating in Fukuoka and Yamaguchi, namely Chiko, Nakagawa in Fukuoka, and Shin-Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi, to “Sake no Yamaya,” completing the trade-name changes for all stores in the liquor retail business to “Yamaya.”」
The company opened 2 stores in the liquor retail business, changed the trade names of 3 stores to “Sake no Yamaya,” and completed the trade-name changes for all stores in the liquor retail business. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 7 new stores: Yamaya Dōgenzakaue, Yamaya Tsuchizaki, Yamaya Kitanomori, Yamaya Morioka Motomiya, Yamaya Tomizawa Nishi, Yamaya Omiya Owada, and Yamaya Soka Yanagishima, which includes “Daiso.”」
In FY2018, the company opened 7 new specialty stores for liquor and food products and advanced chain expansion. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 7 new stores: Yamaya Dōgenzakaue, Yamaya Tsuchizaki, Kitanomori, Yamaya Morioka Motomiya, Yamaya Tomizawa Nishi, Yamaya Omiya Owada, and Yamaya Soka Yanagishima, which includes “Daiso.”」
In the third quarter, the company opened 7 new stores in the liquor retail business and advanced the chain expansion of large-format specialty liquor stores. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 3 new stores: Tsuchizaki in Akita Prefecture, Kitanomori in Toyama Prefecture, and Dōgenzakaue in Tokyo.」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 3 new stores and advanced the chain expansion of large-format specialty liquor stores. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 3 new stores: Tsuchizaki in Akita City, Dōgenzakaue in Shibuya, Tokyo, and Kitanomori in Toyama City. We also carried out a large-scale renovation to change the trade names of 21 “Rakuichi” stores operating in Kansai to “Sake no Yamaya.”」
In the liquor retail business, the company opened 3 new stores and carried out a large-scale renovation to change the trade names of 21 existing “Rakuichi” stores to “Sake no Yamaya.” - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, we opened 13 new stores: Od Tate Jukai Line, Rokkōnomoku, Iwaki Taira, Sagan Bypass, Kuroiso, Isesaki Tsurutsunori, Kita-Urawa, Kiyomida, Hoshigaoka, Konoike-Shinden, Odawara, which includes the ¥100 shop “Daiso,” Tomatsuri Motomachi, and Toyoshiki.」
The company opened 13 new specialty stores for liquor and food products and advanced nationwide chain expansion. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 11 new stores: Od Tate Jukai Line, Iwaki Taira, Sagan Bypass, Kuroiso, Isesaki Tsurutsunori, Kita-Urawa, Kiyomida, and Konoike-Shinden, as well as Odawara, Tomatsuri Motomachi, and Toyoshiki, which include the ¥100 shop “Daiso.”」
The company opened 11 new stores in the cumulative third quarter and advanced the chain expansion of large-format specialty liquor stores. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We opened 8 new stores: Od Tate Jukai Line, Iwaki Taira, Isesaki Tsurutsunori, Kita-Urawa, Kiyomida, and Konoike-Shinden, as well as Odawara and Toyoshiki, which include the ¥100 shop “Daiso.” To revitalize existing stores, we renovated Od Tate, Saiwaicho, and Tsuchiura Arakawaoki, and carried out a large-scale renovation to convert “Rakuichi Kitakoshin Seiwadai” into “Yamaya Kitakoshin Seiwadai, a specialty store for liquor and imported foods.”」
The company opened 8 new stores and converted 1 existing store into a specialty store for liquor and imported foods. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We will open large-format specialty stores focused on liquor and other premium consumer products and develop them as a chain.」
The company explicitly states its intention to open and develop a chain of large-format specialty stores focused on liquor.