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▼ Takashimaya Opens Commercial Complex in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major Japanese department store Takashimaya Co. opened a new commercial complex in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district on Tuesday, hoping to widen the age range of its customers and attract more tourists from abroad.
The Nihonbashi Takashimaya Shopping Center, which houses shops and restaurants, is widely expected to gather attention as a new hot place to visit in the district conventionally known as home to long-established stores.
It consists of four buildings, including a new building that has seven floors aboveground and one below.
The complex’s total store space reaches 66,000 square meters, one of the largest in the Nihonbashi district.
Of some 110 stores housed in the new building, about 40 percent are eating and drinking establishments, including a coffee shop that opens at 7:30 a.m. to attract people working at nearby offices.
The complex also has spaces where customers can enjoy a variety of experience-based services, such as a yoga studio and a beauty salon.
“We want to invite young people living in high-rise condominiums in the neighborhood,” in addition to the department store’s main customer segment of people in their 60s and up, a Takashimaya official said.
As a lot of customers lined up before the new complex’s opening, originally set at 10:30 a.m., Takashimaya moved up the opening time by 15 minutes.
“I’ve been coming to this area for some 50 years because I love Nihonbashi,” said a man in his 80s who visited the complex from Okinawa Prefecture with his wife. “I want to eat something delicious.”
The Nihonbashi Takashimaya Shopping Center, which houses shops and restaurants, is widely expected to gather attention as a new hot place to visit in the district conventionally known as home to long-established stores.
It consists of four buildings, including a new building that has seven floors aboveground and one below.
The complex’s total store space reaches 66,000 square meters, one of the largest in the Nihonbashi district.
Of some 110 stores housed in the new building, about 40 percent are eating and drinking establishments, including a coffee shop that opens at 7:30 a.m. to attract people working at nearby offices.
The complex also has spaces where customers can enjoy a variety of experience-based services, such as a yoga studio and a beauty salon.
“We want to invite young people living in high-rise condominiums in the neighborhood,” in addition to the department store’s main customer segment of people in their 60s and up, a Takashimaya official said.
As a lot of customers lined up before the new complex’s opening, originally set at 10:30 a.m., Takashimaya moved up the opening time by 15 minutes.
“I’ve been coming to this area for some 50 years because I love Nihonbashi,” said a man in his 80s who visited the complex from Okinawa Prefecture with his wife. “I want to eat something delicious.”
- September 26, 2018
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