Getting Started & Progression
Shop Hours & NPC Schedules
Most village facilities follow weekly opening hours, and several story events only start while the relevant building is accessible. Chinana, Chawantei, Tree Construction and Hunter Lodge each have different holidays. An NPC can be present without their shop being open, and a shop can be open while an item remains seasonal or progression-locked.
Weekly Shop Hours
Quick schedule table
These are game-week schedules, not real-world calendar predictions.
| Facility | Hours | Closed | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sazanka's General Store | 09:00–17:00 | Friday | Seeds, tools, bags, blueprints and rotating Shrine-related stock. |
| Chinana's Street Stall | 07:00–17:00 | Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | Livestock, clothing and progression-aware equipment. |
| Chawantei / Rokkaku Restaurant | 11:00–22:00 | Thursday, Friday | Regular and seasonal dishes; recipe learning remains separate. |
| Tree Construction | 10:00–17:00 | Saturday, Sunday | Building, renovation and selected relocation services. |
| Hunter Lodge | 10:00–17:00 | Monday, Tuesday | Hunting licenses, traps, bait and related exchanges. |
| Library | Not verified | Saturday, Sunday | Story and Lost Books facility; not treated as a shop. |
| Clinic | Not verified | Not verified | Treatment and story facility; exact schedule is unresolved. |
| Chief's House | Not verified | Not verified | Chief Delivery and story facility; delivery-box schedule is unresolved. |
Week at a glance
What is open each day?
The matrix uses structured weekdays from the shared schedule dataset. Unknown-hour facilities stay unresolved rather than being guessed open.
| Facility | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sazanka's General Store | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open |
| Chinana's Street Stall | Open | Closed | Open | Closed | Open | Closed | Open |
| Chawantei / Rokkaku Restaurant | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Closed | Open | Open |
| Tree Construction | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Closed |
| Hunter Lodge | Closed | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
Library appears in the quick table because its weekend closure is canonical, but it is not included in this Open/Closed matrix because exact hours are unresolved.
sazanka-general-store
Sazanka's General Store
- Hours
- 09:00–17:00
- Closed
- Friday
- Owner
- sazanka
Seeds, tools, bags, blueprints and rotating Shrine-related stock.
street-vendor
Chinana's Street Stall
- Hours
- 07:00–17:00
- Closed
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
- Owner
- chinana
Livestock, clothing and progression-aware equipment.
chawantei
Chawantei / Rokkaku Restaurant
- Hours
- 11:00–22:00
- Closed
- Thursday, Friday
- Owner
- rokkaku
Regular and seasonal dishes; recipe learning remains separate.
tree-construction
Tree Construction
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00
- Closed
- Saturday, Sunday
- Owner
- kisuke
Building, renovation and selected relocation services.
hunter-lodge
Hunter Lodge
- Hours
- 10:00–17:00
- Closed
- Monday, Tuesday
- Owner
- Not assigned
Hunting licenses, traps, bait and related exchanges.
Access overrides
NPC presence is not shop operation
Schedule state is modeled independently.
- Chinana: after Rule V, her NPC presence can continue on closed stall days. The stall schedule remains Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday closed.
- Rokkaku: Friendship Stage 3 is recorded as a building-access override. It does not automatically make restaurant purchasing available at all times.
- Story events: Rule V, Rule VI and the Library story reference facilities by ID instead of duplicating weekday literals.
Inventory availability
Open does not mean everything is available
Stock has its own gates.
- General Store seeds and seedlings can be seasonal or progression-based.
- Chinana's livestock stock is progression-aware; clothing is a separate daily-rotation category.
- Restaurant dishes can be seasonal; eating the same eligible dish three times teaches its recipe.
- Hunter licenses follow hunting progression, not shop closure state.
- Daily refresh times remain null where the repository does not isolate them.
Story schedule blockers
When opening hours affect progression
Only explicit facility dependencies are listed.
- Rule V: begin at Chinana's Street Stall on a normal business day.
- Rule VI: the Rokkaku route starts after 11:00 and follows restaurant access conditions.
- Library route: weekend closure can require returning on another day.
Festival vendors
Event shops stay event-specific
Festival stock does not leak into ordinary shop inventory.
The current Summer Festival vendor schedule is Summer 15–16 from 16:00–20:00. Colored Chicks and festival food remain owned by the Festivals dataset. The repository does not establish a universal rule that all normal shops close during festivals or contests.
Festivals & Contests →Why is it closed?
Troubleshooting
Check the independent gates in order.
1. Day
Is this facility's weekly holiday?
2. Time
Are you inside its opening hours?
3. Access
Is the building accessible even though normal service is closed?
4. Stock
Is the item seasonal, rotating or progression-locked?
FAQ
Shop schedule questions
When is Sazanka's General Store open?
Sazanka's General Store is open 09:00–17:00 and closed Friday.
When is Chinana's Street Stall open?
Chinana's Street Stall is open 07:00–17:00 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. It is closed Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Why is Chinana in the village when her stall is closed?
After Rule V, Chinana's village presence can continue on closed days. That does not make the Street Stall open or make its stock purchasable.
What are Chawantei's hours?
Chawantei is open 11:00–22:00 and closed Thursday and Friday. Rokkaku Friendship Stage 3 is modeled as a building-access override, not an automatic 24/7 purchasing rule.
When is Tree Construction open?
Tree Construction is open 10:00–17:00 on weekdays and closed Saturday and Sunday.
When is Hunter Lodge open?
Hunter Lodge is open 10:00–17:00 and closed Monday and Tuesday.
When is the Library open?
The Library is confirmed closed Saturday and Sunday. Exact opening and closing times are not canonical in the current repository.
Why is an item missing even though a shop is open?
Opening hours are separate from seasonal stock, progression unlocks, daily rotation and event-only inventory.
For the other half of the shopping question, use Shop Inventory Unlocks for availability conditions, refresh timing and current-versus-future stock.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.