OSAKA, Jan 12 (News On Japan) –
One of Osaka’s oldest cafes has closed, highlighting how a file surge in restaurant bankruptcies is sweeping up even long-established eateries.
According to a survey launched in December 2025, the variety of meals and beverage companies that went bankrupt between January and November 2025 reached 820, placing the full-year complete on observe to set a brand new file. The pattern is now affecting long-running institutions which have lengthy been a part of the native meals tradition.
In one case, a restaurant mentioned to be the oldest in Osaka shut down after its getting older constructing required reconstruction, a value the enterprise couldn’t cowl with its modest earnings. A widely known udon restaurant beloved by many well-known comedians additionally closed as its proprietor grew older, with comparable circumstances changing into more and more frequent.
What these two institutions share, nonetheless, is the emergence of successors. The cafe’s successor plans to reopen in a special location by means of a short lived leasing association, whereas the udon store’s successor efficiently recreated a once-lost taste, resulting in the event of a multi-store operation.
Even as areas and names change, the attraction of those famend eateries is being handed down, underscoring how the essence of a “famous shop” can endure past its authentic kind.
Source: KTV NEWS