At the End of June, Tenkaippin Closed a Large Number of Stores in Tokyo. When I Visited for the First Time in a While, the Taste Was the Same as It Was before... but Many Stores Closed Last Year as Well. Why Is the "Downsizing" Continuing?

Have you ever had an experience where a familiar chain store suddenly disappears? You don't look closely at chain stores, but they come into your field of vision. And before you know it, they've disappeared. Quietly. And then, as if they had vanished...