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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 ...
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 period. [2] After a devastating fire in 1872 burned down most of the area, [2] the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as a "model of modernization ...
Ginza Six is a luxury shopping complex located in the Ginza area of Tokyo, jointly developed by Mori Building Company, J. Front Retailing, Sumitomo Corporation and L Catterton Real Estate. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name Ginza Six or G Six reflects the building address in Ginza 6-chome as well as the desire to provide an exceptional "six-star" shopping ...
1872: A fire consumes much of the Ginza area. In its aftermath, the governor of Tokyo re-plans Ginza to be a modern European-style commercial district between Shinbashi (the city's main railway terminal at the time) to the south and Nihonbashi (the main business and financial district) to the north.
Sushi Yoshitake is a Michelin 2-star sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It is owned and operated by sushi chef Masahiro Yoshitake. [1] Restaurant.
Where: At Ralph Lauren flagship stores in New York, London, Tokyo, and Chicago. Why: Ahead of the holiday season, Ralph Lauren has revealed its newest interactive window displays. The installation ...
The Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center is a building located in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.Built in 1967, it is considered to be the first realization of Kenzo Tange's Metabolist movement, which called for a new urban typology that could self-perpetuate in an organic, "metabolic" way. [1]
Matsuya Co., Ltd. (株式会社松屋) TYO: 8237 is a Japanese department store in Tokyo. Founded in 1869, [1] it has stores in Ginza (est. 1925) [1] and Asakusa (est. 1930s). [2] [3] The Ginza branch is the company's headquarters. [4] Arising from the Meiji Restoration, the company was founded in 1869 in Yokohama as Tsuruya, a store selling ...