Free invitation to 300 Kobe residents to pre-opening event of Kobe Kitano Nosta, a gourmet complex built from a renovated elementary school
GLION Group Press release: September 26, 2024 300 Kobe residents are invited free of charge to a pre-opening event at Kobe Kitano Nosta, a gourmet complex built from a renovated elementary school. Kobe Kitano Sweets & Cafe Co., Ltd., operated by GLION Group (Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) and Aqua Ignis Co., Ltd. (Location: Tokyo), will open in the Kobe Kitano area on Friday, November 8, 2024. We will be inviting 300 people living in Kobe City to the pre-opening event of “Kobe Kitano Nosta” for free. Kobe Kitano Nosta will open on the site of the former Kitano Elementary School (closed in 1996), for which the city of Kobe solicited businesses to use the facility.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36445/387/36445-387-1627e233c38d07ba2b8dc523df8c65b3-3900×2194.jpg NOSTA CAFE (image) ・NOSTA CAFE *New business format A sweets cafe with an open terrace that serves as the gateway to Kobe Kitano Nosta. We deliver seasonal sweets and food menus from over 100 recipes. Located in the center of the building, the kitchen where you can watch demonstrations by pastry chefs and baristas is truly impressive! Please enjoy it in various situations such as morning coffee time, wake-up, lunch, snack, date, meeting, etc. Please also pay attention to Kobe ingredients and collaboration menus with various shops. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36445/387/36445-387-3c3d6df3dbb49c5f01b92b6207de85a2-3900×2194.jpg Kitano Grill & Bar (image) ・Kitano Grill & Bar (restaurant) *New business format A restaurant that repurposes the entire second floor of an elementary school as a store, and features an open dining experience. A group store of GLION GROUP, which operates “AKARENGA STEAK HOUSE” and “LA VIE 1923” in Osaka Akarenga Warehouse. You can casually enjoy an original menu using ingredients from the five regions of Hyogo, mainly Kobe, including domestic beef and Kobe beef. We have a spacious main dining room with over 60 seats, 4 private rooms, and a semi-private room for groups, so you can use it for a variety of occasions. The attached bar lounge and wine cellar that surrounds the room at 270 degrees Celsius are also special points. ■About other tenant details (already announced information) Kobe Kitano Nosta will reuse the 1st and 2nd floors of a 3-story school building and operate a restaurant and retail store that utilizes local ingredients related to Kobe’s food. In 2023, the City of Kobe held a public call for businesses to utilize the former Kitano Elementary School, with the concept of “a facility that is popular and lively with visitors and local residents as a base for disseminating the high-quality Kobe lifestyle.” Due to its history as a prosperous port city, Kobe has a unique and diverse food culture. We aim to become a base for local residents and visitors from Japan and abroad to experience the charm of Kobe’s food. ・LE CHOCOLAT DE H Kobe Kitano Nosta store (Chocolatry) *First store in Kansai “Le Chocolat de Ash”, created by world-famous pastry chef Hirohiro Tsujiguchi, is opening its first store in Kansai. At our shop, whose main store is in Ginza, Tokyo, we fuse the scent and taste of cacao from around the world with Japanese materials and culture to create a single chocolate. We are also planning original products using materials from Kobe. Chef Tsujiguchi, who pursues the possibilities of cacao, delivers his special chocolate from the town of Kitano, Kobe, which is made by roasting cacao beans carefully grown in his own farm in Peru in his own laboratory. ・Mariage de Farine Kobe Kitano Nosta store (Bakery) *First store in Kobe A bakery run by Tomohiko Nakanishi, who won 3rd place in the world bread competition. The shop, which is also popular at the resort complex VISON (Mie Prefecture) and Aqua Ignis Awajishima (Hyogo Prefecture), will open its first store in Kobe, the city with the highest bread consumption in Japan. Aiming to create “bread that you won’t get tired of even if you eat it every day,” we deliver a carefully selected menu that makes use of carefully selected wheat and Kobe ingredients. The aroma of freshly baked goods wafts through the town of Kitano every morning from the workshop that can be seen along Tor Road. ・Kobe Kitano Roastery (Roastery) *New business format *First store in Kobe The sister store of “Shinsaibashi Roastery”, which is provided by Japan’s top roasters and baristas who won Japan’s No. 1 Roasting Award (JCRC2023 Champion), is opening its first store in Kobe. We pride ourselves on high quality from the selection of green beans to roasting, extraction, and serving, and each cup is carefully hand-dripped to deliver the fresh, aromatic, and authentic taste of freshly roasted beans. In the middle of the store, we have installed a large roasting machine over 2 meters long, which produces the best cup of coffee evenly and evenly. Please also pay attention to the sweets that are carefully paired with coffee. ・Nadagogo SAKE VILLAGE (Sake shop) Nadagogo is a famous sake brewing area that stretches from Kobe City to Nishinomiya City. Kobe Kitano Nosta has a rich and fashionable selection of sake from Nadagogo, which is the collective name for Saigo, Mikagego, Uozakigo, Nishinomiyago, and Imazugo. Choose your favorite sake from a variety of new and seasonal products, and enjoy pairing it with local ingredients and sweets with your family and friends at home. Perfect for souvenirs and gifts! ・Original sweets shop (product sales store) *Tentative name *New business format ~ Scheduled to open in January 2025 ~ This is a shop where you can find Kobe Kitano Nosta’s original sweets, collaboration products with famous pastry chefs, and other sweets that are perfect for everyday use or as souvenirs. ■Overview of “Kobe Kitano Nosta” Facility name: Kobe Kitano Nosta Size: 648.94 tsubo (facility only) Address: 3-17-1 Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City Nearest station: Approximately 12 minutes walk from Sannomiya/Motomachi station on each line Large bus parking lot and general car parking lot available *Congestion is expected on the day of the event. Please use public transportation. Please follow Kobe Kitano Nosta official Instagram for the latest information!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36445/387/36445-387-fe86822d36a2859f01ec93283dc370c4-288×288.png URL: https://www.instagram.com/kobekitanonosta [About the former Kitano Elementary School] The school building, built in 1931, has a modern construction typical of Kobe, with wood-grained stairs and hallways with vaulted ceilings. Located in the Kitano Ijinkan district, the school was often attended by foreign children, but due to a decrease in the number of students and a portion of the school building becoming unusable due to the Great Hanshin Earthquake, it was merged with an adjacent elementary school and closed in 1996. The current three-story school building, which suffered little damage, was scheduled to be demolished at the time, but it still stands today as it has great cultural value and survived the Pacific War and the earthquake. [About GLION Group] GLION Group is a company that mainly operates as an authorized dealer for 30 brands of imported and domestic cars, including BMW. We have offices not only all over Japan, but also overseas, and are involved in all kinds of automobile-related businesses. In addition, in recent years, with the desire to “deliver more satisfaction to more customers,” we have expanded our fields beyond just the automobile-related business to include the food and beverage business, wedding business, and inn business. With
sophisticated brands and hospitality, we deliver to our customers the “excitement” that only the GLION Group can provide. [About Aqua Ignis Co., Ltd.] Aqua Ignis develops and operates complex hot spring resort facilities that are visited by many visitors from all over Japan, including restaurants by world-renowned chefs and pastry chefs, and hot spring facilities and accommodations designed by creators active in Japan and abroad. I am. In Latin, aqua means water and ignis means fire, and “Aqua Ignis”, which is the opposite of water and fire, represents hot springs, ingredients, and men and women nurtured by the earth. In 2012, a complex hot spring resort facility with the theme of “healing” and “food” was established in Yunoyama,
Komono-machi, Mie Prefecture, and in 2021, it will be a tourism destination that brings together all of Japan’s food culture, lifestyle, and technology, attracting tourists from Japan and abroad. We opened VISON (Beautiful Village), which is a facility but also a place where local residents can gather as a community place, combining town planning and commerce. We connect local ingredients, food culture, chefs, creators, and producers, and revitalize the region through “healing” and “food.”