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Mitsukoshi, Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki gaisha Mitsukoshi) is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings , which also owns the Isetan department store chain.
Ginza in the early 1900s, photographed by William H. Rau Ginza in 1936 with the Wako store. Ginza was built upon a former swamp that was filled in during the 16th century. The name Ginza comes after the establishment of a silver-coin mint established there in 1612, during the Edo per
Location: 2-2-1 (Ginza Line) 1-8-1 (Hanzomon Line) Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chuo City, Tokyo ... The station is adjacent to the Mitsukoshi Department Store and the ...
The first "modern-style" department store in Japan was Mitsukoshi, founded in 1904, which has its root as a kimono store called Echigoya from 1673. However, Matsuzakaya has an even longer history, dating from 1611. The kimono store changed to a department store in 1910.
Ginza (銀座): Tokyo's most expensive shopping district, housing large stores such as Matsuya (松屋), Matsuzakaya (松坂屋), Mitsukoshi (三越), Wako (和光), and Printemps (プランタン), as well as the famous Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座) theater. At night, Ginza is ablaze with neon lights.
Wako Co., Ltd. (株式会社和光, Kabushiki-gaisha Wakō) is a department store retailer in Japan, whose best known store (commonly known as the Ginza Wako) is at the heart of the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. This store is famous for its watches, jewellery, chocolate, porcelain, dishware, and handbags, as well as upscale foreign goods ...
The Mitsukoshi Department Store. Muromachi (室町), or officially Nihonbashi-Muromachi (日本橋室町), is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It formerly belonged to the Nihonbashi Ward (日本橋区), which corresponds to the present-day Nihonbashi area. Muromachi is a business district, home to a number of long-established companies.
Ukiyo-e print of Nihonbashi by Keisai Eisen, c. 1836 [4] (from The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō). The Nihonbashi district was a major mercantile center during the Edo period: its early development is largely credited to the Mitsui family, who based their wholesaling business in Nihonbashi and developed Japan's first department store, Mitsukoshi, there.