Afterword

  • Oh my, where did the day go? Did you enjoy our historical tour of department stores in Japan? All the materials used to write this article are available at the NDL. We hope we have reminded you of your own fond memories of visiting department stores.

Mitsukoshi no ayumi

The Mitsukoshi department store, lit up at night during holidays in the late Meiji period.

References

Chapter 1: Let's Go to a Department Store: Where the Fashion is!

Chapter 2: Shopping at Department Stores: A Place to Discover People and Things

Chapter 3: See, Eat, and Experience: The Ways that Department Stores Make Shopping Fun



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