is a

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chain in the

Kansai region The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropol ...

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. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku,

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

, Japan.

History

*January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station. *February, 1920: was founded. *1926: opened its own restaurant at Daiki Building in Uehommachi, Osaka. *1930: Kyoto Bussankan General Partnership opened branch store in Yanagase, Gifu. *September, 1931: Kyoto Bussankan General Partnership was renamed . *September 29, 1934: Marubutsu General Partnership was reorganised as . *1934: founded . *September, 1936: was opened in Uehommachi, Osaka. *November, 1937: Daitetsu Department Store was opened in Abeno, Osaka. *March, 1941: Daiki consolidated Sangu Kyuko Railway Company and was renamed , thus, Daiki Department Store was renamed . *April 1, 1944: Kankyu consolidated Daitetsu Department Store Company, thus, Kankyu Department Store was reestablished as and as . *June 1, 1944: Kankyu and Nankai Railway were consolidated to form . Kankyu Department Stores were renamed and . *1948: Kinki Nippon Railway Department Stores were renamed and . *September, 1960: was opened in front of Beppu Station. *July 1, 1961: Beppu Kintetsu Kaikan was renamed . *March 14, 1972: Kintetsu Department Store Nara was opened near Yamato-Saidaiji Station. *April, 1972: was founded. *June 1, 1972: The department store business in Osaka and Nara was transferred to Kintetsu Department Store from Kintetsu. *May 11, 1974: was opened in front of Kichijoji Station in Musashino, Tokyo. *May, 1977: Marubutsu Company was renamed . *October 5, 1978: Kintetsu Department Store Higashiosaka was opened in the same location as Fuse Station. *November 15, 1982: Kintetsu Department Store Nishi-Kyoto was opened in Kyoto Family, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto. *April 25, 1987: Kintetsu Department Store Kashihara was opened near Yamato-Yagi Station. *March 1, 1991: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated Beppu Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. *April 12, 1991: Kintetsu Department Store Sakurai was opened. *March 31, 1994: Kintetsu Department Store Sakurai was closed. *August 31, 1994: Kintetsu Department Store Beppu was closed. *February 28, 1995: Kintetsu Department Store Nishi-Kyoto was closed. *November 26, 1996: Kintetsu Department Store Momoyama was opened near Rokujizo Station. *March 19, 1997: Kintetsu Department Store Ikoma was opened. *September 1, 1998: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated Hirakata Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. *September 28, 1998: Kintetsu Department Store Kikyogaoka was opened. *September 30, 1999: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Gifu was closed. *March 25, 2000: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto was renewed and opened as "Platz Kintetsu". *September 1, 2000: "Hoop" was opened in the south of the department store in Abeno, Osaka. *February 20, 2001: Kintetsu Department Store Tokyo was closed. *February 28, 2001: Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated former Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. Kyoto Kintetsu was renamed Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd., and relocated its head office at Osaka Abenobashi Station in Abeno-ku, Osaka. *February 28, 2007: Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto (Platz Kintetsu) was closed. *March, 2008: The destruction of Kintetsu Department Store Kyoto (Platz Kintetsu) was finished. *September 9, 2008: "Abeno Natural Days (Abeno and)" was opened in the south of Hoop in Abeno-ku, Osaka. *March 1, 2009: Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. consolidated Chubu Kintetsu Department Store Co. (subsidiary of Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.) and Wakayama Kintetsu Department Store Co. (in front of JR Wakayama Station, subsidiary of Kintetsu Corporation). :former Chubu Kintetsu Department Store - located in Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture), Yokkaichi (Mie Prefecture) and Kusatsu (Shiga Prefecture) :former Wakayama Kintetsu Department Store - located in Wakayama (Wakayama Prefecture) *February 29, 2012: Kintetsu Department Store Hirakata was closed. *June 13, 2013: Kintetsu Department Store Abeno was reopened and renamed "Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas" (pre-opening). *February 22, 2014: The renovation was finished at the Main Store Abeno Harukas Wing Building, preparing for the opening of Abeno Harukas on March 7.

Stores

*Main Store Abeno Harukas - Abenobashi Terminal Building, Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka :The same location as Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Minami Osaka Line, and close to Tennoji Station on the three lines of

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(JR West) and the two lines of Osaka Municipal Subway. Located on the lower level floors of 60-story skyscraper Abeno Harukas. It houses the largest floor area of any department store in Japan. The store was renamed from "Kintetsu Department Store Abeno" on the pre-opening day, June 13, 2013. *Uehommachi - Uehommachi Rokuchome, Tennoji-ku, Osaka :The same location as

Ōsaka Uehommachi Station is a railway station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, served by the Kintetsu Railway's Osaka, Nara, and Namba Lines. Trains on the Nara Line arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station ...

on the

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* Higashiosaka - Ajiro, Higashiosaka, the first floor of Fuse Station on the

and the Nara Line *

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- NaRa Family, Saidaiji-higashimachi, Nara, close to Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Nara Line, the Kyoto Line and the Kashihara Line * Kashihara - Kita-Yagicho, Kashihara, close to Yamato-Yagi Station on the Osaka Line and the Kashihara Line * Ikoma - Tanidacho, Ikoma, close to

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on the Nara Line, the Ikoma Line and the Keihanna Line * Kusatsu - Shibukawa, Kusatsu, close to Kusatsu Station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) ( Tokaido Line ( Biwako Line), Kusatsu Line) * Wakayama - Tomodacho, Wakayama, close to Wakayama Station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) ( Kisei Line,

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, Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line) *

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- Suwa-Sakaemachi, Yokkaichi, the same location as

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on the Nagoya Line *

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(Kintetsu Pass'e) - Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, the same location as

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on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Related stores

*Hoop - Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka, the south of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station *and (Abeno Natural Days) - Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka, the south of "Hoop" *Star Island - Suwa-Sakaemachi, Yokkaichi, close to Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station *Uehommachi Yufura - Uehommachi Rokuchome, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, the south of Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi and Osaka Uehommachi Station.

Former stores

*Tokyo (1974-2001) - Kichijoji-honcho, Musashino, at the present Yodobashi Kichijoji. close to Kichijoji Station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Chuo Line, the

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Inokashira Line *Nishi-Kyoto (1982-1995) - Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, inside Kyoto Family * Sakurai (1991-1994) * Beppu (1960-1994) - close to Beppu Station on the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)

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*Momoyama (MOMO) (1996-2014) - Momoyamacho Yamanoshita, Fushimi-ku,

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, close to Rokujizo Station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, the Keihan Railway Uji Line, and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line *Shop Kikyogaoka (1998-2018) - Kintetsu Plaza Kikyogaoka, Kikyogaoka Ichibancho, Nabari, close to Kikyogaoka Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line

Former Marubutsu

*Kyoto (former Marubutsu, former Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store) (1920-2007) - Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, at the present Kyoto Yodobashi *Kyoto Kintetsu Department Store Gifu (former Marubutsu Gifu) - Yanagase,

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, at the present Gifu Chunichi Building * Hirakata (former Hirakata Marubutsu) (1975-2012) - Oka-higashicho, Hirakata, close to Hirakatashi Station on the

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Keihan Main Line, at the present Hirakata T-SITE *Tokyo Marubutsu stores (present PARCO) **Ikebukuro (1958-1969) - close to

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, at the present PARCO Ikebukuro **Shinjuku (-1965) - along Yasukuni-dori, at the present Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building **Shibuya (-1969) - Udagawasho, Shibuya, at the present Shibuya PARCO *Toyohashi Marubutsu (-1973) - close to Toyohashi Station on Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) *Yahata Marubutsu (-1969) - Yahatahigashi-ku,

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References

External links

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Floor guide to Kintetsu Main Department Store in Abeno Harukas in EnglishCorporate information in English
{{Authority control Department stores of Japan Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Kintetsu Group Holdings