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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 ...
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 ...
Futako-tamagawa Station (二子玉川駅, Futako-tamagawa-eki) is located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, on the northeast bank of the Tama River. The area surrounding the station is commonly called Futako-tamagawa, and often refers to the Tamagawa and Seta districts of Setagaya, but there is no precise definition. It is colloquially referred to as ...
Chūō-ku, as a combination of Kyōbashi and Nihonbashi, is the core of Shitamachi, [2] the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo. Literally meaning "Central Ward", it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has risen to challenge it since the end of World War II.
Shinjuku (Japanese: 新宿区, Hepburn: Shinjuku-ku, IPA: [ɕiɲdʑɯkɯ] ⓘ), officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan.It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administrative center of the Tokyo Metropolitan ...
Shinjuku Southern Terrace (Japanese: 新宿サザンテラス) is a commercial zone located at Yoyogi 2-chōme, Shibuya, Tokyo, at the western side of Shinjuku Station Southern Exit. History [ edit ]
Kinokuniya is the largest bookstore chain in Japan, with 70 shops around the country, in cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. There are 43 Kinokuniya shops outside Japan. [6] Its first overseas store opened in San Francisco in 1969. Several other bookstores have since opened in the United States, in cities including Los Angeles and New York ...
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.