Newly built Tokyo Nihombashi store opened
（Nihombashi-dori, Nihombashi-ku）
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History
Valuing our traditions and history going back more than 180 years to our 1831 founding, we have continued to provide customers in Japan and overseas with new value.
Timeline
| Year | Takashimaya Events |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Takashimaya founded. The first generation Shinshichi Iida started a used clothing business on the Matsubara-agaru, Karasuma, Kyoto |
| 1876 | American trading company Smith, Baker & Co. visits our store（Start of large-scale transactions with foreign countries） |
| 1898 | Osaka store opened (Shinsaibashi-suji, Minami-ku) |
| 1899 | Lyon office（France） opened |
| 1900 | Nihombashi store opened (Nishi-konyamachi, Kyobashi-ku) |
| 1912 | Newly built Kyoto store opened (Yakushimae-cho, Takatsuji-sagaru, Karasuma. first commercial facility built in 3-story reinforced concrete building, part basement） |
| 1916 | Newly built Tokyo store opened (Minami-denma-cho, Kyobashi-ku） |
| 1919 | Takashimaya Dry Goods Store Co., Ltd. founded (Name changed to Takashimaya Co., Ltd. in Dec. 1930) |
| 1922 | Newly built Osaka store opened (Nagahori-bashi-suji, Minami-ku） |
| 1930 | Changed trade name to "Takashimaya Co., Ltd." |
| 1932 | Osaka Nankai store fully opened（Namba-shinchi, Minami-ku） |
| 1933 |
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| 1952 | It became a rose wrapping paper（From then on, the rose became the symbol of Takashimaya） |
| 1958 | Takashimaya New York opened (Closes Jun. 2010) |
| 1959 | Yokohama store opened |
| Licensing contract with Pierre Cardin signed | |
| 1969 |
Tamagawa store opened（Japan's first full-fledged suburban shopping center）
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| 1973 | Kashiwa store opened |
| Takashimaya Paris store opened (inside Printemps) (Closes Aug. 2011) | |
| 1992 | Toshin Development’s Kashiwa Station Mall opened（Apr.） |
| 1993 | Singapore Takashimaya S.C. opened（Oct.） |
| 1996 | Shinjuku store opened (Oct.) |
| 2000 | JR Nagoya Takashimaya opened (Mar.) |
| 2002 | Iyotetsu Takashimaya opened（Mar.） |
| 2007 |
Toshin Development’s Nagareyama Otakanomori S･C opened（Mar.）
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| 2012 | Shanghai Takashimaya opened (Dec.) |
| 2016 |
Saigon Centre Ho Chi Minh Takashimaya opened
（Jul.）  |
| 2018 |
Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. opened（Sep.）
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Siam Takashimaya（Bankok, Thailand） opened
（Nov.）  |
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| 2023 | Kyoto Takashimaya S.C. opened（Nov.） |
