Roundabout

The Roundabout is a well-known convenience store with a house situated above and a basement below, located in downtown Kōwan. It's popularity with students comes from thier unique fresh-baked goods and selection of assorted imports. It is run and maintained by owners Minami and Sojiro Kita. Being in a hotspot has made it a meeting ground for and at times target of, Stand users looking to brawl or establish a foothold within the area. This in turn has led to many fights brought on by the Azure Dragon, in it's defense.

Although the frequency of fights involving or nearby the store has calmed down somewhat (aside from the occasional Stand User looking to test thier might), it remains protected by it's, and once the district's, most infamous resident.

Residents

Kita Minami Co-owner and founder of the Roundabout, Minami oversees the perishable stock such as fruits and vegetables, and is one half of the store's maintainance crew (her husband being the other half). She also helps bake and manage imported goods with both Sojiro and Amerie.

A sweet-natured woman with a passion for Home Improvement and an obssession with Game Shows (which sometimes gives birth to ideas bearing questionable safety), Minami has run the shop for over 15 years. Within the last five at the request of a friend, as well as for personal reasons, she has offered her home as part of program pairing students from overseas with local homestays.

Kita Sojiro

Co-owner of the Roundabout, Sojiro keeps track of the non-perishables such as packaged snackfoods, and makes up half of the store's maintainance crew (his wife being the other half). Together with Minami and Amerie, he helps with baking the store's specialty goods and managing thier imported selection.

A Jolly-natured man who is enamoured with the world of cooking television as well as dramas, he has co-run the store for 10 years and ongoing. He is described by his wife as having a "silver tongue, but a big mouth" and by Amerie as "like that one chatty auntie". In the buisness world Sojiro mainly uses his mentioned skills to make connections with others in the supply chain sector, building mutual networks with other shop owners internationally. At the request of a friend as well as personal reasons, he's opened his home along with Minami to a homestay program pairing students from overseas with local residents.

Lyn Amerie

A resident of the Kita household through an overseas student hosting program at the request of her uncle, she has over time, taken to assisting with the everyday operation of the store as a part-time cashier and baker. She has become incredibly attached to her homestay parents as well as the store, often referring to them as 'Nana' and 'Pops'.

In addition to baked goods she also makes suggestions or requests on which imported snackfoods the Kitas should bring in, even attempting to incentivize customers by offering discounts for bulk purchases or trying new goods.