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. Download high resolution version (817x1000, 160 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (817x1000, 160 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1769x2744, 1531 KB) Source: http://visipix. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1769x2744, 1531 KB) Source: http://visipix. ... View of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay, woodcut by Hiroshige, published posthumously 1859. ... Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, a Japanese term meaning pictures of the floating world) is a style of painting, but is more commonly associated with a type of woodcut printmaking that became popular in Japan in the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Mount Fuji (富士山 Fuji-san, IPA: [ɸuʝisaɴ]) is the highest mountain on the island of Honshu and indeed in all of Japan. ... Echigo (越後国; -no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side, northernmost part of the Hokurikudo (北陸道）circuit. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 377 KB) Hong Kong Mitsukoshi 香港三越在軒尼詩道500號 Photographer: MSUCWB File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mitsukoshi Hennessy Road Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 377 KB) Hong Kong Mitsukoshi 香港三越在軒尼詩道500號 Photographer: MSUCWB File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mitsukoshi Hennessy Road Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Hennessy Road (Chinese: 軒尼詩道) is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... Depato (デパート Depāto, from the English department store) is the Japanese word for Department Store. ... Events January 22 - Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged in Newgate prison in England for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation March 18 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Quakers. ... Yagō (屋号), literally meaning house name, is a term applied in traditional Japanese culture to names passed down within a guild, studio, or other circumstance other than blood relations. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... new Tokyo Metro sign and logo This office tower, above Tokyo Metro Ueno Station, houses the headquarters of the Tokyo Metro. ... Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ...

Stores

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)

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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, USA (Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort)

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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. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hennessy Road (Chinese: 軒尼詩道) is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Large crowd of shoppers can be seen on Causeway Bay. ... June 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Extraordinary renditions. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• (Japanese) Mitsukoshi
• (English) Mitsukoshi, Ltd. Annual Report
• (Chinese) Shin Kong Mitsukoshi