It has been 10 days and one month since the second big fire at Tanga Market in Kitakyushu City.
People were seen shopping in the market from the morning, but many shops have not resumed operations, and it is an issue of how to restore the bustle before the fire.
At the Tanga Market in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, on the night of the 10th of last month, a large-scale fire broke out again following April, and 45 stores, a total of 3,324 square meters, were damaged.
A lot of rubble still remains in the surrounding area, but traffic restrictions were lifted on the 3rd of this month, and on the 10th, one month after the fire, people were seen shopping there from the morning. rice field.
On the other hand, the damaged store is surrounded by a fence and cannot operate, and according to market officials, the number of customers has decreased compared to before the fire.
The owner of a whale butcher shop in his 80s, who resumed business on the 4th of this month, said, "I couldn't open after the fire, and I felt that I had been preparing for a long time. There are still few customers, but I will do my best to open. I was talking.
A local woman who visited the market said, ``The arcade is now open, but there are still shops that are not open, and I feel lonely. .