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　将棋の王将戦七番勝負第5局が、旧渋沢邸「中の家（なかんち）で行われ、藤井聡太さんが永瀬拓矢さんに勝ってタイトルを防衛しました。
　その対戦中に注文された食べ物、飲み物の中に、当社得意先のものもありました。

麵屋忠兵衛（新吉の系列店）の煮ぼうとう・とろろご飯　

50 COFFEE&ROASTERY （ロータスカフェの系列店）のスペシャリティコーヒー　
など

　麵屋忠兵衛は、会場の隣にあるので、当日はさぞかし売り上げが増えたのでは？
と思い、小内社長に聞いてみたところ、意外な答えが。

「対局の日の売り上げはゼロ。　実は店を閉めていたんだ。」
　え？なぜ？
「王将戦に出すいろいろな食べ物を調理するところが必要なので、その場所に麺屋忠兵衛を提供したというわけ。」

　華やかな舞台の裏に、このような地元の方の貢献があるのですね。

　下妻液化ガス株式会社
　代表取締役社長　下妻慶悟

Ōshō Title Match in Fukaya – Fujii Defends His Title

The 5th game of the Ōshō title match (best-of-seven) was held at the former Shibusawa Eiichi residence, Nakan-chi. Fujii Sota defeated Nagase Takuya to successfully defend his title.

Among the food and beverages ordered during the match, some were from our valued business partners:

• Menya Chuubei (a store run by Shinyoshi) – Nibōtō (stewed udon) & Tororo gohan (grated yam over rice)
• 50 COFFEE & ROASTERY (a sister store of Lotus Café) – Specialty coffee

Since Menya Chuubei is located right next to the venue, one might assume that their sales soared on the day of the match. Curious about this, we asked President Onai for his thoughts.

His surprising response was:
"Sales on the day of the match? Zero. Actually, we closed the store.
The reason is that the venue needed a place to prepare various dishes for the match, so we offered Menya Chuubei's space for that purpose."

Behind the scenes of this prestigious event, there were contributions like these from the local community.

SHIMOZUMA Kaygo
President, Shimozuma LPG Corporation