Kintetsu Department Store

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Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. 株式会社近鉄百貨店
Type	Stock company (Osaka Securities Exchange: 8244)
Founded	September 29, 1934 (Marubutsu Company) Kyoto, Japan
Headquarters	1-43, Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Industry	Retail
Parent	Kintetsu Corporation
Subsidiaries	Wakayama Kintetsu Department Store Co. Chubu Kintetsu Department Store Co. Kinsho Store
Website	http://www.d-kintetsu.co.jp/

Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社近鉄百貨店, Kabushiki gaisha Kintetsu Hyakkaten^?) is a department store chain in West Japan especially the Kansai region. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.

1 History
2 Stores
3 See also
4 Link

[edit] History

January, 1920: Kyoto Product Building (京都物産館, Kyoto Product Building^?) was opened in front of Kyoto Station.
February, 1920: Kyoto Product Building General Partnership (合名会社京都物産館^?) was founded.
1930: Kyoto Product Building General Partnership opened branch store in Yanagase, Gifu.
September, 1931: Marubutsu General Partnership (合名会社丸物, Marubutsu General Partnership^?) was founded.
September 29, 1934: Marubutsu General Partnership was reorganised Marubutsu Company (株式会社丸物, Marubutsu Company^?).
1934: Osaka Railway Company (大阪鉄道, Osaka Railway Company^?) founded Daitetsu Department Store Company (株式会社大鉄百貨店, Daitetsu Department Store Company^?).
September, 1936: Daiki Department Store (大軌百貨店, Daiki Department Store^?) was opened in Uehommachi, Osaka.
November, 1937: Daitetsu Department Store (大鉄百貨店, Daitetsu Department Store^?) was opened in Abeno, Osaka.
March, 1941: Osaka Denki Kido consolidated Sangu Kyuko Railway and was renamed Kansai Kyuko Railway, thus, Daiki Department Store was renamed Kankyu Department Store (関急百貨店, Kankyu Department Store^?).
April 1, 1944: Kansai Kyuko Railway consolidated Osaka Railway Company, thus, Kankyu Department Store was reestublished as Kankyu Department Store Uehommachi (関急百貨店上本町店, Kankyu Department Store Uehommachi^?) and Daitetsu Department Store (大鉄百貨店, Daitetsu Department Store^?) as Kankyu Department Store Abeno (関急百貨店阿倍野店, Kankyu Department Store Abeno^?).
June 1, 1944: Kankyu and Nankai Railway were consolidated to form Kinki Nippon Railway Company (Present: Kintetsu Corporation). The department stores were renamed Kinki Nippon Railway Uehommachi Department Store (近畿日本鉄道上本町百貨店^?) and Kinki Nippon Railway Abeno Department Store (近畿日本鉄道阿倍野百貨店^?).
1948: The department stores were renamed Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi (近鉄百貨店上本町店, Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi^?) and Kintetsu Department Store Abeno (近鉄百貨店阿倍野店, Kintetsu Department Store Abeno^?).
September, 1960: Beppu Kintetsu Kaikan (別府近鉄会館, Beppu Kintetsu Kaikan^?) was opened in front of Beppu Station.
July 1, 1961: Beppu Kintetsu Kaikan was renamed Beppu Kintetsu Department Store (別府近鉄百貨店, Beppu Kintetsu Department Store^?).
March 14, 1972: Kintetsu Department Store Nara was opened near Yamato-Saidaiji Station.
June 1, 1972: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社近鉄百貨店, Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.^?) was founded to own department stores instead of Kintetsu.
May 11, 1974: Tokyo Kintetsu Department Store (東京近鉄百貨店, Tokyo Kintetsu Department Store^?) was opened in front of Kichijoji Station.
May, 1977: Marubutsu Company was renamed Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社京都近鉄百貨店^?).
October 5, 1978: Kintetsu Department Store Higashiosaka was opened in the same location as Fuse Station.
November 15, 1982: Kintetsu Department Store Nishi-Kyoto was opened in Kyoto Family, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto.
April 25, 1987: Kintetsu Department Store Kashihara was opened near Yamato-Yagi Station.
March 1, 1991: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. merged Beppu Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
April 12, 1991: Kintetsu Department Store Sakurai was opened.
March 31, 1994: Kintetsu Department Store Sakurai was closed.
August 31, 1994: Kintetsu Department Store Beppu was closed.
February 28, 1995: Kintetsu Department Store Nishi-Kyoto was closed.
November 26, 1996: Kintetsu Department Store Momoyama was opened near Rokujizo Station.
March 19, 1997: Kintetsu Department Store Ikoma was opened.
September 1, 1998: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated Hirakata Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
September 28, 1998: Kintetsu Department Store Kikyogaoka was opened.
September 30, 1999: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Gifu was closed.
March 25, 2000: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto was renamed Plats Kintetsu.
September 1, 2000: Hoop was opened in the south of the department store in Abeno, Osaka.
February 20, 2001: Kintetsu Department Store Tokyo was closed.
February 28, 2001: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated former Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. and the department store was renamed Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
February 28, 2007: Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto (Platz Kintetsu) was closed.
March, 2008: The distruction of Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto (Platz Kintetsu) was finished.

[edit] Stores

Abeno, Osaka - the same location as Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line, and close to Tennoji Station on the three lines of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the two lines of Osaka Municipal Subway. It is due to be rebuilt into a 59-story skyscraper, scheduled for completion in 2014. Once finished, it will house the largest floor area of any department store in Japan.
Hoop (Abeno, Osaka) - the south of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line
Uehommachi, Osaka - the same location as Uehommachi Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line
Higashiosaka (Fuse) - the first floor of Fuse Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line and the Nara Line
Hirakata - close to Hirakatashi Station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line
Nara - close to Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line, the Kyoto Line and the Kashihara Line
Kashihara - close to Yamato-Yagi Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line and the Kashihara Line
Ikoma - close to Ikoma Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line, the Ikoma Line and the Keihanna Line
Kikyogaoka (Nabari) - close to Kikyogaoka Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line
Momoyama (Kyoto) - close to Rokujizo Station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, the Keihan Electric Railway Uji Line, and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line