Jankara, a karaoke chain operating 207 stores nationwide, today opened "Jagashiya," a dagashi shop where both adults and children can enjoy themselves, at its Osaka Umeda store.

This facility was born as the next new business following "kleine geluk," a self-service flower shop that Jankara had been operating as a new venture. It is the second store, following the Kyoto Kawaramachi store, and opened today in the Osaka Umeda area.

The inspiration came from a comment by a female employee in her second year at the company: "It would be interesting if there was a store like this." Her idea moved the company and took shape as a new business format.

Inside the store, after choosing a bag size from small, medium, or large, customers can enjoy the excitement of freely stuffing their favorite dagashi. There is also a 500-yen gachapon machine installed in the store, where customers can win dagashi worth up to 5,000 yen, adding to the thrill of not knowing what they will get.

We offer a wide variety of classic dagashi that everyone has held at least once, as well as many nostalgic lottery-style products and prize-winning candies. It's a space where adults can feel nostalgic and children can experience the fresh joy of "choosing, stuffing, and winning."

Aiming to create a constantly evolving sales floor that customers want to visit again and again

This facility aims not just to sell dagashi, but to create a place where various people can enjoy themselves. In the future, we plan to consider family events on weekends and seasonal/calendar-themed projects, developing it as a place where children and adults can easily drop by.

We will enhance its value as a new "playground," not just a dagashi shop, so that students on their way home from school, tourists, and local families can enjoy it. We aim to be a place that people spontaneously want to visit in their daily lives, and we will continue to experiment and strive to create a store loved by more people.

Store Overview

Store Name: Jagashiya Osaka Umeda Store

Location: Godo-ya Building 1F, 2-2-4 Shibada, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, 530-0012

Phone Number: 080-6239-6103

Business Hours: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Jankara Overview

Since starting its karaoke business in 1990, Jankara has expanded its business by being accepted by customers through offering all-you-can-sing, all-you-can-drink, and transparent pricing. We have developed concept rooms not found in other companies, opened new stores with entire store concepts, and also have open counters and BAL UTAO where customers can communicate with each other in open spaces, not just private rooms. Currently, we operate over 200 stores nationwide as the largest karaoke chain in Western Japan.

In recent years, we have also been promoting DX, and to pursue highly convenient services, we were the first in the industry to introduce unmanned reception and payment machines to all stores. Furthermore, we equipped our official app with "Sugukara," an industry-first function that allows reservations, reception, and payment to be completed with just one smartphone. In addition, we introduced food and drink ordering functions and song selection functions, realizing a next-generation karaoke experience where everything is completed within the app.

While constantly creating new value, we are challenging ourselves to realize a karaoke space that customers have never experienced before, as an "AI-native company" promoting the company-wide strategy of "To→AI," meaning "heading towards the AI era," as embodied by our company name TOAI.

TOAI Co., Ltd. Overview

Company Name: TOAI Co., Ltd.

Representative Director and President: Motoki Higashihara

Established: June 17, Showa 61 (1986)

TOAI Co., Ltd. Corporate Site: https://www.toai.co.jp/

Jankara Service Site: https://jankara.ne.jp/

Business Overview: Operates entertainment businesses centered on "Jankara," the largest karaoke chain in Western Japan. Leveraging the know-how and abundant resources cultivated in the karaoke business, we continue to create new experiences that excite customers. Currently, in addition to the karaoke business, we are broadly developing services such as online karaoke apps, women-only fitness, shopping agency, virtual restaurants (8 business types, over 200 stores), hot spring facilities, restaurants, trunk rooms, and self-service flower shops. We plan to boldly challenge new businesses in the future to foster management talent and build a dynamic business portfolio.

<Related Links>

Online Karaoke App "UTAO": https://utao.jp/

Shopping Agency App "HELP!": https://help-solutions.jp/

Women-only Body Make Studio "PORT": https://port-fitness.jp/

Hot Spring Facility "Yukainoyu": https://yuk

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