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Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
三越日本橋本店Chuo, Tokyo
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What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store is a department store in Muromachi, Nihombashi, Tokyo, and the flagship of the Mitsukoshi brand. Its roots lie in Echigoya, a kimono merchant founded in Edo in 1673. In 1904 the business announced itself as Japan's first department store. The present building was completed in 1914, a five-storey Renaissance-style steel-frame structure that drew wide attention at the time.
A pair of lion statues at the main entrance has been the store's symbol since it opened. When finished, the building had a hall open through all floors with ten marble Corinthian columns, and it introduced Japan's first permanent escalator. A rooftop garden with a teahouse and a Japanese garden was laid out above. After a fire from the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed the entire stock, the store advertised its reopening within a week.
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Visit Duration
75 minutes
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