Ginza is a famous up market destination in Tokyo. It was originally going to be a site for a silver coin mint but it turned into a famous shopping area.
In Ginza there are fine Japanese restaurants and inexpensive Italian cafés, sake and scotch bars, art galleries, second-hand camera stores and product showrooms. Ginza bustles with tourists, shoppers and others, throughout the year.
Mitsukoshi Department Store
Ginza Mitsukoshi is the oldest department store in Tokyo. The store is known as "the Harrods of Tokyo." The store chain was opened in 1930 and offers goods and services on twelve floors. Mitsukoshi's history reaches back to the year 1673. It is one of Japan's first western style department stores. Mitsukoshi is located opposite Wako and plays host to brand shops such as Tiffany & Co. while the lion statue at the entrance is always a popular meeting spot with the Japanese phrase, "Today I go to Teigeki (Teikoku Gekijou Theater), tomorrow I will go to Mitsukoshi," once being used as an ad of sorts for the lifestyle of the capital's wealthier and more leisured of women. ADDRESS:
4-6-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3562-1111.
Open daily 10am-8pm.
Nearest station: Ginza. There are other department stores in Ginza like: Matsuya: The Matsuya department store chain offers fashion, foods, household goods, a pet shop, a travel agency and an exhibition hall on its eleven floors. Printemps: The Paris based Printemps department store chain offers fashion, accessories, wines, foods and restaurants on ten floors.
Seibu: The Yurakucho store of the Seibu department store offers a wide collection of fashion and accessories. The store is located in Yurakucho Marion Building. The chain consists of nine floors. Hankyu: Osaka based Hankyu operates the "Yurakucho Hankyu", a conventional department store in the Yurakucho Marion Building and "Mosaic Ginza Hankyu", a collection of fashion and lifestyle stores. Matsuzakaya: The Nagoya based Matsuzakaya department store chain offers goods and services on ten floors. Barney's New York: Swanky branch of the New York City department store has clothes from well-known designers.
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