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April, 1972: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社近鉄百貨店) was founded. June 1, 1972: The department store business in Osaka and Nara was transferred to Kintetsu Department Store from Kintetsu. May 11, 1974: Tokyo Kintetsu Department Store (東京近鉄百貨店) was opened in front of Kichijoji Station in Musashino, Tokyo.
Department stores in Japan generally offer a wide range of services and can include foreign exchange, travel reservations, ticket sales for local concerts and other events. Due to their roots, many Japanese department stores have sections devoted to kimono and traditional Japanese crafts , including pottery and lacquerware .
Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent Mitsukoshi department store. Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group. In the 1970s, Mitsukoshi bought the Oriental Nakamura department store in Nagoya and re-branded them as Mitsukoshi Nagoya. Genichiro Inokuma designed the wrapping paper in white and red. [1]
In 1969, Takashimaya opened Japan's first American-style suburban shopping center near Futako-Tamagawa Station, to the southwest of Tokyo. [4] The Japanese department store industry went through a wave of consolidation during a revenue slump in the 2000s, with Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings (parent of Mitsukoshi and Isetan) becoming the largest ...
Millions of yen Millions of USD* Year Isetan Shinjuku Owned Japan Tokyo Sep 28, 1933 open 64,296 692,080 2007 256,980m 2,357m 2007 Flagship. Attracts over 30 million shoppers per year. As of 2007, was often the #1 in apparel sales among all department store locations in Japan. Makes the claim to be one of the most influential department stores in Japan and often first in showcasing new trends ...
Annual ekiben fairs are held at various department stores, the first of which was held in 1966. The largest of these are the ones at the Keio Department Store in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, and Hanshin Department Store in Osaka. [1] Japanese railfans who have a particular enthusiasm for ekiben are known as ekiben-tetsu. [7]
Tokyu Hands opened their first store in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1976 as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) store, hence the logo with two hands, and the emphasis on crafts and materials for projects. [3] The name Tokyu Hands was in reference to its then parent company, the Tokyu Group keiretsu. Cainz acquired the brand in March 2022 and renamed the store Hands. [4]
Tōkyō Station (Japanese: 東京駅, pronounced [to̞ːkʲo̞ːe̞kʲi]) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the ...