Starbucks Japan closing only Shinkansen platform branch for popularity-triggered renovations

Even the massively popular coffee chain itself wasn’t expecting such a positive response, prompting temporary closure less than half a year after opening. It was with great fanfare that, in November, Starbucks Japan opened its first-ever branch on a Shinkansen station platform. With the coffeehouse chain popular all over Japan, the idea of a branch […]

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