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Rooftop of a department store, the story of the past and present (one Matsuzakaya Ginza store)

[shikichan] July 24, 2009 15:30

In 1611, he opened a kimono booth dealer "Ito Kimono Store" in Owari.Matsuzakaya Zoo Advertising JPG

      It's the beginning of a Japanese department store.          

      By the way, Shirakiya opened in Nihonbashi in 1662.

      It was later taken over by Tokyu, but closed in 1999.

      In 1673, Mitsukoshi opened in Nihonbashi in Echigo Yago.

      In 1717, Daimaru in Fushimi, Kyoto and Yago.

      Takashimaya opened in Karasuma, Kyoto in 1831.

      1886 Isetan after Iseya Tanji in Kanda.

 

The Matsuzakaya Ginza store opened in 1924 (Daisho 13).

      The year after the Great East Japan Earthquake (1924), the still famous willow.

      Tread on the red brick pavement at the unburned site.

      It was at the top of the Ginza revival.           

      "Matsuzakaya 70 Years History"

 

The zoo opened on the roof of the Ginza store in 1925 (Daisho 14).  

      In the middle of Ginza, on the roof of a high-rise building.

      "Night Night" gained a reputation for keeping fierce animal.

      "The Lion's Voice in Ginza" and so on.

      It was done. "Matsuzakaya 70 Years History"

 

 

1929 (Showa 4) 

           090714_163242.jpg About 150 years ago, it was recommended and worshiped by Kyoto Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.

      A shrine. Enshrines the statue of Daimyojin in Toyokawainari brought by a white fox

      It was reported that there was a large fire in the Nippori area during the Great Kanto Earthquake.

      There is a legend that he has protected the town.

 

2003 (Heisei 15) Tree planting of "Ginza's Yanagi Shisei".

     This willow was due to the renovation of Ginza Street in 1959.

     What was transplanted into a nursery in Hino City is the first generation, and by cutting.

     He has raised the genealogy of the second, third and fourth generations so as not to lose.

 

2009 (Heisei 21) Rooftop bitter garden is now open.                                  

     We have a variety of Genghis Khan dishes.090714_164155.jpg

     It is open until September, but reservations and details are available.

     03-3569-3871 (within business hours)

     03-3571-2590 (off-hours)

 

 

 

 

 

                                

 

 
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