Nihonbashi Takashimaya was completed on March 20, 1933 (Showa 8), and the first department store-wide air-conditioning and ventilation system was introduced.
It's been 80 years since then. In the meantime, the building was expanded in 1952, 29, 38, and 40 years, and was designated as the first national important cultural property in department stores in 2009 (21).
This is a diorama created by diorama writer Takaki Yamamoto, the building at the time of its opening. This building was designed by Sadataro Takahashi, incorporating Orient-like elements into the solid Western history style. At that time, there was a streetcar running, and there was no red tent like it is now.
At that time, this eight-story building could be seen well from a distance, so TAKASHIMAYA's illumination signboard would not have been needed.
The poet Akiko Yosano wrote, "Takashimaya Overlay the towers that add the area of the shining capital."
It seems that he claimed the hard work "ro" and the tower of the tower.
