At the end of the year, the Tanga Market in Kitakyushu City, where large-scale fires broke out twice this year, is crowded with people buying ingredients for the New Year.
At the Tanga Market in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, two large-scale fires occurred in April and August this year, and more than 40 stores were burned in each fire.
Some shops have resumed operations in their original locations or in plazas made by removing debris, and the bustle is gradually returning.
Of these, the shop that sells marine products, whose shop was burnt in the fire in August, has started operating in a tent from the 3rd of this month, and on the morning of the 29th, customers were buying kazunoko, crabs, kamaboko, etc. for the New Year. I was.
Tomohiro Yoshino, the manager of the store, said, "It's been a long time since the disaster. There are fans who have decided to buy Kazunoko at home, so I'm happy to welcome those people. , I want to make next year a bright and good year."
Sisters in their 40s who visited from Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu City said, "Every year, I shop at Tanga Market for the end of the year. The store I used to patronize was destroyed by the disaster, but I would like to do whatever I can to help restore it as soon as possible. I want to be," he said.