Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Department store in Nihonbashi Muromachi, Tokyo, Japan.
Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store is a department store in Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Tokyo, and holds the status of an Important Cultural Property. The building displays a Renaissance design with a central hall featuring French red marble and Italian egg-yolk marble beneath a skylit ceiling.
The business began in 1673 as a kimono shop called Echigoya and opened under its current name on December 6, 1904. The ground-floor hall received cultural property status in 2016, recognizing its influence on Japanese retail architecture.
The central hall draws visitors with its European design and serves today as a meeting point on the ground floor. The lion statues at the entrance have become a popular landmark for people arranging to meet here.
The entrance sits one minute on foot from Mitsukoshimae Station and the building opens daily from 10 AM to 7 PM. International visitors can use the tax-free shopping service available at a dedicated counter.
The ground floor holds the Magokoro statue, a smaller artwork that visitors often overlook as they pass through the hall toward the shopping areas. The lion statues outside the door carry no plaque explaining them, yet locals know them as a fixed part of the cityscape.
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