Kobe Sannomiya Izakaya "Ajinomiya" Resumes Lunchbox Support for Single-Parent Households! Crowdfunding Starts April 24th, Undeterred by Soaring Prices.

<Project Overview: Determination to Resume Support and Implementation Plan for Golden Week 2026>

Sake and Shochu Paradise Ajinomiya is resuming its lunchbox support for single-parent households! Crowdfunding started on April 24th, undeterred by soaring prices. (https://readyfor.jp/projects/minoriya2026/preview?preview_token=rkX7PT1Ds-o5OJxfSh-JvRWha3eGcI975HFOGfqrH4U)

<Project Details>

【FY2026: "Yell Bento" Support Project for Single-Parent Households】

We will utilize the support received from everyone as raw material costs for lunchboxes delivered to single-parent households. Target amount: 100,000 yen. Form of support: We will not simply distribute them for free, but will create special, nutritionally balanced lunchboxes using carefully selected ingredients, mainly Awaji vegetables and other farm-fresh produce, chosen by the owner, so that recipients feel "valued." (Lunchboxes will not be delivered; they must be picked up at 'Sake and Shochu Paradise Ajinomiya'.) Transparency: Through activity reports, we will regularly share on Instagram how everyone's support has transformed into lunchboxes and the smiles it has brought. As the owner, I provide the skill of "making." And everyone who supports provides the feeling of "supporting." By combining these two, we will deliver warm meals to children and their parents in the community.

<Project Background and Owner's Thoughts>

I will honestly state the reason for launching this project. In 2024 and 2025, I once gave up on this support. Repayment of COVID-19 loans, unstoppable rising prices, and soaring ingredient costs. I faced the reality that "my own shop would go out of business before I could continue the support," and I stopped the activities, feeling crushed by my powerlessness. What made me stand up again was a mother and child who visited the store in August 2025. "At that time, I was encouraged by the news of your support. I decided I would definitely come here if I ever came to Kobe," the mother told me, and I was startled. I realized that what I had been providing was not just a lunchbox, but an episode of "you are not alone" and the courage to live tomorrow. So, I felt ashamed of myself for having been calculating. With the "Reiwa Rice Riot" and further price increases, life has become even harder than before. "Now is the time I want to help again. But my own strength alone is not enough." That is why I have decided to ask for everyone's help and restart this circle of support once more. Lunchboxes from 2022, past lunchboxes and the owner. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we started lunchbox support to help single-parent households struggling with school closures. We continued until 2023, but in fiscal year 2024, due to management difficulties such as soaring prices and repayment of COVID-19 loans, we reluctantly suspended the activities.

Bitter Decision: Two Years Facing Reality (2024-2025)

Although we had continued support activities since 2020, from 2024 onwards, we faced a very harsh reality. Triple Burden on Management: Repayment of COVID-19 loans began, coupled with rapid price increases and soaring ingredient costs, all factors that pressured management. Reluctant Suspension: Driven by the urgent sense of crisis that "if my own shop goes out of business, everything will be lost," I was forced to give up support once. During this period, the owner was deeply hurt by his own powerlessness and struggled greatly.

Trigger for Revival: Reunion with a Mother and Child in August 2025

The owner, who had stopped activities and was facing the "numbers (abacus)" of management, was moved by the words of a customer who had known about the past support. "Feelings" Delivered: The words of the mother who visited from afar, saying "I was encouraged by knowing about that support," made him realize that what he had provided was not just "a thing (lunchbox)" but "hope that you are not alone." Change of Heart: While it is natural for a business owner to pursue numbers, he re-recognized the preciousness of "being a support for someone" even more, and was so strongly impacted that he felt "ashamed" of himself for having stopped the activities in the past.

Current Determination: From One Person's Strength to a Community Circle

The background to the current re-launch is the increasingly serious social situation and the search for new forms of support. Aggravating Social Situation: With the "Reiwa Rice Riot" and unstoppable rising prices, the environment surrounding single-parent households has become even more severe than before. Shift to Mutual Aid: He decided to restart in a sustainable community form, where "everyone's feelings are gathered, and the owner gives them shape," rather than "forcing myself to support alone." The owner has decided to restart in 2026. Keywords: