is a

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...

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 metr ...

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

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

, 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 on the

Osaka Line is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2 ...

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

and the Nara Line *

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...

- NaRa Family, Saidaiji-higashimachi, Nara, close to Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Nara Line, the Kyoto Line and the

Kashihara Line The is a north-south bound railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Yamato-Saidaiji Station and Kashiharajingu-mae Station. Service outline Most Express and ...

* Kashihara - Kita-Yagicho, Kashihara, close to Yamato-Yagi Station on the Osaka Line and the Kashihara Line * Ikoma - Tanidacho, Ikoma, close to Ikoma Station on the Nara Line, the Ikoma Line and the Keihanna Line *Momoyama (MOMO) - Momoyamacho Yamanoshita, Fushimi-ku,

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ...

, close to Rokujizo Station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, the Keihan Railway

Uji Line The is a 7.6-km long commuter rail line in Kyoto, Japan, operated by the Keihan Electric Railway. It connects Chushojima Station on the Keihan Main Line in Fushimi, Kyoto and Uji Station in Uji, Kyoto, forming an alternative route to JR West's ...

, and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line * Kusatsu - Shibukawa, Kusatsu, close to Kusatsu Station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) ( Tokaido Line (

Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagaha ...

), Kusatsu Line) * Wakayama - Tomodacho, Wakayama, close to Wakayama Station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) (

Kisei Line The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and . The line is operated by Cen ...

, Hanwa Line, Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line) *

Yokkaichi is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-centra ...

- Suwa-Sakaemachi, Yokkaichi, the same location as

Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station 260px, Track layout is a major interchange railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. The third-sector Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway, which is jointly own ...

on the Nagoya Line *Shop Kikyogaoka - Kintetsu Plaza Kikyogaoka, Kikyogaoka Ichibancho,

Nabari is a Cities of Japan, city located in central Mie Prefecture, Japan, bordering on Nara Prefecture to the west. , the city had an estimated population of 77,022 in 34,658 households and a population density of 590 persons per km². The total are ...

, close to Kikyogaoka Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line *

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...

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

Kintetsu Nagoya Station is a terminal station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station (JR Central, Aonami Line, and Nagoya City Subway) and Meitetsu Nagoya Station (Nagoya Railroad). Layout The station has four bay platform In the U ...

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

Keio Corporation () is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries. The name is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railw ...

Inokashira Line *Nishi-Kyoto (1982-1995) - Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, inside Kyoto Family * Sakurai (1991-1994) *

Beppu is a city in Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city had a population of 122,643

(1960-1994) - close to Beppu Station on the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)

Nippo Main Line Nippo may refer to: Companies and organizations * Nippo, colloquial name for * Nippo Batteries, an Indian battery manufacturer * Nippo Corporation, a Japanese construction company and sponsor of cycling teams ** EF Education–Nippo, a cycling te ...

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,

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

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

Keihan Electric Railway , known colloquially as the , , or simply , is a major Japanese private railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. The transit network includes seven lines; four main lines with heavy rolling stock, two interurban lines, and a funi ...

Keihan Main Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains ...

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

Ikebukuro Station Ikebukuro Station ( ja, 池袋駅, ) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operat ...

, at the present PARCO Ikebukuro **Shinjuku (-1965) - along Yasukuni-dori, at the present

Isetan ( unlisted on March 26, 2008, ) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and South East Asia, including in Jinan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin, and formerly in Ba ...

Shinjuku Men's Building **Shibuya (-1969) - Udagawasho, Shibuya, at the present Shibuya PARCO *Toyohashi Marubutsu (-1973) - close to

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Sh ...

on Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) *Yahata Marubutsu (-1969) - Yahatahigashi-ku,

Kitakyushu is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of ...

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