Mitsukoshi

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The Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Nihonbashi section of Tokyo

Utagawa Hiroshige printed an Ukiyoe, in which Mt. Fuji and Echigoya are located as landmarks. Echigoya (越後屋）is the former name of Mitsukoshi named after the former province of Echigo.

Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, 500 Hennessy Road

Mitsukoshi Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki-gaisha Mitsukoshi^?) (TYO: 2779 ) is an international department store chain founded in 1673 with the yagō (shop name) "Echigoya." Its headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent Mitsukoshi department store. Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group.

Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Nihonbashi Main Store

1 Stores
- 1.1 Stores in Japan
- 1.2 Foreign branches
2 The closure of Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, Causeway Bay
3 External links

[edit] Stores

[edit] Stores in Japan

In Japan, there are a number of stores. Here are the main ones:

Nihonbashi Main Branch (Tokyo Chūō-ku) 日本橋本店(東京都中央区日本橋室町）
Shinjuku Mitsukoshi ALCOTT (Tokyo Shinjuku-ku) 新宿三越アルコット（東京都新宿区）
Ginza Mitsukoshi (Tokyo Chūō-ku) 銀座三越（東京都中央区）
Ikebukuro Mitsukoshi (Tokyo Toshima-ku) 池袋三越（東京都豊島区）
Ebisu Mitsukoshi (Tokyo Shibuya-ku) 恵比寿三越（東京都渋谷区）
Tama Center Mitsukoshi (Tokyo Tama-shi) 多摩センター三越（東京都多摩市）
Musashimurayama Mitsukoshi (Tokyo Musashimurayama-shi) 武蔵村山三越（東京都武蔵村山市）
Chiba Mitsukoshi (Chiba Chūō-ku) 千葉三越（千葉市中央区）
Sapporo Store (Sapporo Chūō-ku) 札幌店（札幌市中央区）
Sendai Store (Sendai Aoba-ku) 仙台店（仙台市青葉区）
Niigata Mitsukoshi (Niigata Nishibori-dōri) 新潟三越（新潟市西堀通）
Nagoya Sakae Main Branch (Nagoya Naka-ku) 名古屋栄本店（名古屋市中区）
Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi (Nagoya Chikusa-ku) 星ヶ丘三越（名古屋市千種区）
Hiroshima Mitsukoshi (Hiroshima Naka-ku) 広島三越（広島市中区）
Takamatsu Mitsukoshi (高松三越)
Matsuyama Mitsukoshi (松山三越)
Fukuoka Mitsukoshi (Fukuoka Chūō-ku) 福岡三越（福岡市中央区）
Kagoshima Mitsukoshi (鹿児島三越)

[edit] Foreign branches

London, England
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Düsseldorf, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
Munich, Germany
Madrid, Spain
Shanghai, China
Hong Kong (closed temporarily)
Taipei, Taiwan
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Tainan, Taiwan
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Orlando, Florida, USA (at Epcot's Japan Pavilion, which Mitsukoshi hosts and operates[1], Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida)

The stores in Taiwan are named Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (新光三越), a collaboration between the Shin Kong Group (a large Taiwan conglomerate) and Mitsukoshi.

In 1930, Mitsukoshi opened Gyeongseong store in downtown Seoul. Later, Samsung undertake this store and was renamed Shinsegae in 1963.

[edit] The closure of Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, Causeway Bay

Mitsukoshi Hong Kong, which is, as of 2006, the only Japanese-owned department store in Hong Kong, was opened in 1981. It was first located at 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. In June 2006, Mitsukoshi Ltd. announced the closure of its Hong Kong store on 17 September, 2006 due to the redevelopment of Hennessy Centre. The store will relocate to another location in 2007.