Mitsukoshi, Ltd. is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, which also owns the Isetan department store chain.
Nihonbashi main branch
Utagawa Hiroshige designed an ukiyo-e print with Mount Fuji and Echigoya as landmarks. Echigoya is the former name of Mitsukoshi named after the former province of Echigo. The Mitsukoshi headquarters are located on the left side of the street.
Nihonbashi main branch interior
Courtesy bus for customers of Mitsukoshi's main store going to Tokyo station in 1932. Mitsukoshi was the first company to offer such a service in Japan.
Department stores in Japan
Department stores in Japan are referred to as hyakkaten or depāto (デパート), an alteration of the English term.
Mitsukoshi in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
An 1856 ukiyo-e depicting Echigoya, the current Mitsukoshi.