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The right side of the signboard of the large "MITSUKOSHI" on the wall is the original building part completed in 1914.

The "Lion Exit" with two lion statues gives the appearance of the front entrance.

On the wall of the underground concourse at Mitsukoshi-mae Station on the Tokyo Metro, emakimono depicts Nihonbashi from the Edo period more than 200 years ago.

A copy of "Kidai Shoran" is on display.

Among them, as shown in the photo above, Mitsui Echigoya, the predecessor of Mitsukoshi (the word "three" is written on a round-circled well girder.

It depicts a vast store in Japanese shop curtain.

The signboard of the store says "the current silver price", which was epoch-making at the time, "cash sales as per the right bill" was performed, and it was thriving.

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Two bronze lion statues that can be said to be "the symbol of Mitsukoshi".

In 1914 (1914), the manager of the time, Ousuke Hibi, ordered at U.K. during his visit to Europe and the United States.

The four lion statues under the Nelson Memorial Tower in Trafalgar Square in London are modeled.

It is shaped by British sculptor Merrifield and cast by Balton.

This lion statue was offered to the Ministry of Navy in 1941 during the war, but escaped dissolving and was left at Togo-jinja Shrine after the war.

It was discovered that it was once again installed at the front entrance of the main building, and it is also famous as a "good luck statue."

In the upper part of the Lion Exit of the main building, there is a statue of Mercury, which is worshiped as a god of commerce.

The 2.7-meter-high statue is located in the National Florence Museum of Italy in 1598 of Jobanida Poronia.

The work is the prototype.

The upper part of the right door is a design lined with arches.

The left stills are decorated with designs that combine flowers and spiral decorations.

In addition, jars and spiral-like designs are lined up in the beam part.

Underground concourse from Mitsukoshi-mae Station on the Ginza Line to Mitsukoshi.

The construction of the subway starting from Asakusa Kaminarimon toward Kyobashi was completed in 1932 (1932) near Nihonbashi.

The building was completed, and on April 29, the same year, Mitsukoshi-mae Station opened.  There is a passage connecting the subway station and the Mitsukoshi Underground Sales Office.

Marble walls, cylinders, show windows, showcases, etc. were used.

Most of the construction costs for stations and passages were borne by Mitsukoshi, so it became the station name of "Mitsukoshi-mae".

This is the first time in Japan that one company name has become a railway station name.

10 marble cylinders remaining in the underground concourse

The design of the pillars was when the Mitsukoshi-mae station opened.

This is the work of French decorative artist Rene Pull.