Costco Yawata Officially Opens Today
As of today, Kyoto can boast of having a Costco located within the prefectural boundaries! Yawata City, which lies just along the northeastern border of Osaka prefecture, is host to one of the latest Costco stores to be opened in Japan. Tons of people will be flocking to the store today to get a glimpse of the latest addition to the Costco Japan family. Roads leading into the Yawata Costco will most likely be jammed with cars as members and visitors head to the store to shop on Opening...
Read MoreCostco Kyoto Opening Date Announced
Two days after we posted that Costco would probably open their doors to the Yawatashi, Kyoto store on December 8th, Costco changed the sign outside the store and added the opening date. Costco Yawata will open December 9th! If you are not a member yet, get your membership now before the doors open at a 1000 yen discount. Go to the store to sign up. View Kyoto Costco Yawata in a larger...
Read MoreCostco Kyoto: Opening Day is…
We have been writing about the Kyoto Costco store in Yawatashi for months. People who live near Kyoto have been anticipating and wondering when it will finally open ever since we got wind that it would be built in Yawata. Well, get ready because we may have found out the day it will open! Locals in the Yawata Costco area have heard, either from a little bird or from those who work or will work at Costco there that the new store will open on Dec 8th, in time for Christmas and right after...
Read MoreOpen Up Costco Kyoto!
Are you excited about Costco opening in Kyoto? Many people up to this point have become excited. They are waiting with anticipation. Problem is, however, that Costco keeps pushing the opening date back. At first Costco was supposed to open in spring of this year. Later, they pushed it to autumn. Late in autumn, they changed the sign in front of the store reading it would open in winter. For whatever reason they chose to push the date back, anyone close to Kyoto that knows about Costco is...
Read MoreCostco Ringing in People’s Ears in Kyoto
Costco has projected the new Kyoto store located in Yawatashi would open around the end of July beginning of August. From the outside, the building looks ready to open for business. But the doors aren’t open yet. Residents living just across the street from the unfinished store have been complaining to other residents about hearing loud construction noises, banging and clanging, late at night. My guess is probably because Costco headquarters is flexing their corporate muscles to make the...
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