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Maison Hermès, Tokyo. Maison Hermès is a building in Tokyo, Japan.It is located at 5-4-1 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo.Constructed between 1998 and 2001, it was designed by Renzo Piano assisted by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson of Berkeley, California and in collaboration with Takenaka Corporation.
In 2008, Takashimaya announced plans to merge with H 2 O Retailing, the parent of the Osaka-based Hanshin Department Store and Hankyu Department Store chains, which would have formed the largest department store operator in Japan. Takashimaya and H 2 O entered into a cross-shareholding relationship prior to the merger, with each acquiring 10% ...
In Minami, Takashimaya expanded from 56,000 to 78,000 m 2, and in Abeno, Kintetsu grew from 48,000 to a whopping 100,000 m 2, [2] making it the largest department store in Japan. [3] The resulting market saturation led West JR–Isetan to close in 2015, less than 4 years after opening; two-thirds of the space was converted to midsize shops and ...
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 ...
constructed after the Great Kantō earthquake at a cost of six million yen after the design by Watanabe Hitoshi; now the Tokyo National Museum [3 35°43′07″N 139°46′35″E / 35.71869186°N 139.77631825°E / 35.71869186; 139.77631825 ( Former Tokyo Imperial
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.
Nordstrom, the upscale department store chain, is going private in a $6.25 billion deal with its founding family. The retailer announced Monday that the family — Erik, Pete and Jamie Nordstrom ...
Sogo Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう, Kabushiki gaisha Sogō) is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. In 2009, it merged with The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店) to become Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう・西武).