BAR Lemon Heart's Oizumigakuen Bar To Close at End of December 2026
BAR Lemon Heart, the real-life bar connected to Mitsutoshi Furuya's manga of the same name, will close its Oizumigakuen branch in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on December 31, 2026.
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Reporting from 1 source: Otakuma Economic News (Anime/Manga).
Why it matters
The Tokyo storefront that fans visited as the physical version of the manga is ending its run, and the operator's stated plan is to carry Mitsutoshi Furuya's works across Japan from Nishiogi Coffee's ARTASTE rather than keep the Oizumigakuen location open.
Key Facts
- BAR Lemon Heart's Oizumigakuen branch in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, will close on December 31, 2026.
- Riku Furuya, grandson of Mitsutoshi Furuya and a bartender at the store, announced the closure on October 31.
- Mitsutoshi Furuya, who died in 2021, owned the real-life bar.
- The manga BAR Lemon Heart marked the 40th anniversary of its serialization in 2025, and Mitsutoshi Furuya's 90th birth anniversary came in 2026.
- Riku Furuya plans to work at Nishiogi Coffee's ARTASTE storefront, with operations after the temporary relocation scheduled to begin around February 2027.
Riku Furuya, the author's grandson and a bartender at the store, announced the closure on October 31. The manga marked the 40th anniversary of its serialization in 2025, and Mitsutoshi Furuya's 90th birth anniversary came in 2026.
Mitsutoshi Furuya, who died in 2021, owned the bar, and Riku Furuya runs it as a bartender while also managing his grandfather's original art exhibitions and publications.
After the manga's 40th serialization anniversary in 2025 and Mitsutoshi Furuya's 90th birth anniversary in 2026, the decision was to end operations in Oizumigakuen and expand the work nationwide. Riku Furuya said the delivery of his grandfather's works will continue, and he plans to work at the storefront of Nishiogi Coffee's ARTASTE, with operations after the temporary relocation scheduled to begin around February 2027.
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Sources
- Otakuma Economic News (Anime/Manga) 漫画「BARレモン・ハート」の実店舗が年末で閉店へ 大泉学園での営業に幕