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Production of Business

• 1 Japan's first domestic match exclusive dealer

  • Present

    Maruzen

  • Origin

    1876 (Meiji 9)

  • Address

    2-3-10, Nihonbashi

  We exclusively sold Shinsui products, which were manufactured by Makoto Shimizu.
  The word "new flint" means "new flint."

• 2 The store where the Moeyo mosquito net originated

  • Present

    Nihonbashi Nishikawa

  • Origin

    1615 (Genna 1)

  • Address

    1-5-3, Nihonbashi

  Invented by the second generation Jingoro Nishikawa. Mosquito net fabric is dyed in Moe-yellow color, and a red cloth is attached.
  "Oomi mosquito net" was sold and gained popularity.

• 3 The first shirt shop in Japan

  • Present

    Yamatoya Shirt Store

  • Origin

    1876 (Meiji 9)

  • Address

    6-7-8, Ginza

  We opened the first shirt shop in Japan on Benten Street in Kannai, Yokohama.
  At first, I was doing business with foreigners who were full of ports.
  It was burned down in the Great Yokohama Air Raid and revived in Ginza in 1953.

• 4 Launched Japan's first purgatory toothpaste

  • Present

    Shiseido

  • Origin

    1888 (Meiji 21)

  • Address

    7-5-5, Ginza

  Released Japan's first purgatory toothpaste "Fukuhara Sanitary Toothpaste Soap". Toothpaste soap is made by purifying the toothpaste into a solid soap shape, and was used by rubbing the surface with a moist toothbrush. Until then, there was only powdered toothpaste in Japan.

• 5 The birthplace of the shoe industry

  • Present

    Monument
    

  • Origin

    1870 (Meiji 3)

  • Address

    3-2-10, Irifune

  In Irifune-cho, adjacent to the reservation, a shoe factory was established for the first time in Japan, and shoe manufacturing began in Japan. Katsuzo Nishimura founded the Ise Katsuzo Shoe Factory.

• 6 Place of establishment of Fuji Bank (currently Mizuho Bank)

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    Invention 13 (1880)

  • Address

    8-1, Nihonbashikobunacho

  This is the place where the head office of the former conglomerate Yasuda Bank was first placed. Fuji Bank was established as a result of a change in the trade name of the GHQ conglomerate.

• 7 The first subway service in Japan

  • Present

    Existence

  • Origin

    Departure in Showa 2 (1927)

  • Address

    Ginza Line

  It opened from Asakusa to Kaminoma (2.2km) on December 30, 1927. The extension to Shimbashi Station was in 1934.

• 8 Shops that originated with gift certificates

  • Present

    Ninben "Nihonbashi Honten"

  • Origin

    1831 (Tenpo 2)

  • Address

    Nihonbashimuromachi 2-2-1COREDO Muromachi 1st floor

  The sixth generation Ihei Takatsu has launched a “gift certificate” that can be redeemed for bonito at any time.

• 9 The birthplace of rickshaws

  • Present

    Resurrection

  • Origin

    1870 (Meiji 3)

  • Address

    At the base of Nihonbashi

  Yosuke Izumi and others gave birth to the first rickshaw in Japan.
  It can be used in front of the Royal Park Hotel.

• 10 Birthplace of Sony

  • Present

    COREDO Nihonbashi

  • Origin

    1946 (Showa 21)

  • Address

    1-4-1, Nihonbashi

  Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita and others established Tokyo Telecommunications Industry on the third floor of Shirakiya in Nihonbashi. This is the predecessor of Sony. At first, we were producing vacuum tube voltage gauges.

• 11 Organization No. 1

  • Present

    Maruzen

  • Origin

    1869 (Meiji 2)

  • Address

    2-3-10, Nihonbashi

  Since its founding, it is virtually known as Japan's first stock company, such as operating by an organization consisting of shareholders and employees without taking the business practices of the time when it was based on hereditary succession.

• 12 Tokyo Stock Exchange (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange)

  • Present

    Tokyo Stock Exchange

  • Origin

    1878 (Meiji 11)

  • Address

    2-1, Nihonbashikabutocho

  As Japan's first public securities trading agency, we started trading. Later, it became Nippon Securities Exchange and became the headquarters of the exchange.
  In 1947, Nippon Securities Exchange was dissolved and started trading as the Tokyo Stock Exchange in May 1949. However, due to the progress of computerization, the former site was reopened as the Tokyo Stock Exchange Arrows in May 2000.

• 13 The birthplace of the first National Bank of Japan

  • Present

    Current Mizuho Bank Monument

  • Origin

    1873 (Meiji 6)

  • Address

    4-3, Nihonbashikabutocho

  In 1873, Japan's first national bank was established based on the National Bank Ordinance. The first president was Eiichi Shibusawa.

• 14 The birthplace of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce　

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    1878 (Meiji 11)

  • Address

    6-17, Ginza

  The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, the first Chamber of Commerce in Japan, was established on March 12, 1878.

• 15 Place of inspection work

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    Invention 9 (1876)

  • Address

    8-20-26, Ginza

  The site where the glass laboratory was located in the telegraph dormitory of the Ministry of Engineering. At the time of the establishment of the same place, the electrical test of glass for telegraphs was the beginning of the work of purchasing goods.

• 16 The birthplace of pedestrian paradise

  • Present

    Saturday Sunday and public holidays

  • Origin

    1970 (Showa 45)

  • Address

    Chuo-dori (Ginza 1-8-chome)

  Beginning with a strong reflection on traffic congestion and air pollution, it was also held in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Asakusa.

• 17 The birthplace of Tokyo Customs

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    1867 (Keio 3)

  • Address

    14-19, Akashicho

  The area around Edo Tsukiji Tepposhu (currently around Akashicho) has been designated as a foreign settlement, and a sales office has been set up in this area to perform customs duties.

• 18 Bank of Japan Foundation

  • Present

    Relocation and Monument

  • Origin

    1882 (Meiji 15)

  • Address

    19, Nihonbashihakozakicho

  In 1896, it moved to the current location of Nihonbashi Honishi-cho.

• 19 Former site of Ishikawajima Shipyard, Japan's first private Western-style shipyard

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    1876 (Meiji 9)

  • Address

    2-1, Tsukuda area

  In 1853, when the Perry fleet came to port, the Mito clan, who was ordered by the Shogunate, established the Ishikawajima Shipyard here, and in 1876 after the Meiji Restoration, Tomiji Hirano re-started as a private Western-style shipyard. It is said that it started.

• 20 The birthplace of department stores

  • Present

    Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

  • Origin

    1904 (Meiji 37)

  • Address

    1-4-1, Nihonbashimuromachi

  The first department store in Japan, Mitsukoshi Kimono Store (currently Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store) was born.

• 21 The first fruit specialty store in Japan

  • Present

    Sembikiya Sohonten

  • Origin

    around 1877 (Meiji 10)

  • Address

    Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower 2-1-2 Nihonbashi Muromachi

  Jiro Oshima, the third generation, focused on improving the quality of domestic fruits and importing foreign fruits and seeds, and established a fruit specialty store.

• 22 Tendon Tenya No. 1 Store

  • Present

    Tendon Tenya Yaesu Store

  • Origin

    1989 (Heisei 1)

  • Address

    Yaesu 2-1 Yaesu Underground Shopping Center South No. 1

  In anticipation of the 100 store concept, we started at Yaesu Underground Shopping Center as a suitable place for the first store.
  At that time, there was a rare restaurant where Tendon could be eaten for 500 yen, and it became a long line from the first day of opening.

• 23 Legal Shoes No. 1 Store

  • Present

    Legal Shoes Yaesu Store

  • Origin

    1970 (Showa 45)

  • Address

    1-9-9, Yaesu

  Legal Corporation was established in Yariyamachi (now Ginza) in 1902 as a manufacturer and sales company of mechanical shoes. In 1961, we concluded a technical introduction contract for Legal Shoo, and nine years later, we opened our first store in Yaesu.

• 24 Invention of the character of "bag"

  • Present

    Ginza Tanizawa

  • Origin

    1874 (Meiji 7)

  • Address

    1-7-6, Ginza

  When the word "bag" is said to have been devised by Sadazo Tanizawa on the signboard, it caught the eye of Emperor Meiji passing through the store in 1889, and after this, the word "bag" was taken up in the dictionary "Kokai" and spread.

• 25 First cafeteria-style dining hall

  • Present

    Matsuya Ginza

  • Origin

    1925 (Taisho 14)

  • Address

    3-6-1, Ginza

  In line with the opening of the Ginza store, Shimo-foot custody was abolished. In addition, the first cafeteria restaurant in department stores became a hot topic.

• 26 The birthplace of Western dispensing pharmacies

  • Present

    Shiseido

  • Origin

    1872 (Meiji 5)

  • Address

    7-5-5, Ginza

  At the time when herbal medicine was the mainstream, a Western dispensing pharmacy opened for the first time.

• 27 The oldest surviving beer hall

  • Present

    Ginza Lion

  • Origin

    1899 (Meiji 32)

  • Address

    7-9-20, Ginza

  In 1899, "Ebi Jubiya Hall" opened at Shimbashi in Ginza as a promotion store for Yebisu Beer, and this is the beginning of Japan's Beer Hall.
  It was founded in 1934 by bringing together the architectural techniques of the time.

• 28 Mcdonald's Japan's No. 1 Store

  • Present

    Mcdonald's Ginza Store

  • Origin

    1971 (Showa 46)

  • Address

    4-6-16, Ginza

  Opened the first store in Japan on the first floor of Ginza Mitsukoshi. It became a very popular shop where you can easily eat hamburgers, which were not familiar to Japanese people at the time, when you can easily eat them.
  Currently, the Ginza store is closed.

• 29 The first stick specialty store in Japan

  • Present

    Ginza Takagen

  • Origin

    1882 (Meiji 15)

  • Address

    6-9-7, Ginza

  Genzo Takahashi saw an Englishman walking around with a Western cane for the first time, and fell in love with a Western cane.
  Originally, it was a sword dealer, but with that opportunity, we established a specialty store for sticks and umbrellas, and became a store for the source of sticks.

• 30 First permanent escalator automatic door elevator

  • Present

    Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

  • Origin

    1914 (Taisho 3)

  • Address

    1-4-1, Nihonbashimuromachi

  It was installed when a part of the new building was built.
  The first escalator was 2 feet wide, the floor was tatami floored, and the stairs were wooden.

• 31 First corporate PR magazine publication

  • Present

    Maruzen

  • Origin

    1897 (Meiji 30)

  • Address

    2-3-10, Nihonbashi

  Launched "Manabi no Tomoshibi" and was later renamed "Gakuto". From 1901, Roan Uchida became editor-in-chief.
  (It will be the 115th volume in 2018. It will be issued four times a year after 2012.)

• 32 First rooftop parking at a department store

  • Present

    Nihonbashi Takashimaya

  • Origin

    1963 (Showa 38)

  • Address

    2-4-1, Nihonbashi

  We installed rooftop parking at a department store for the first time.
  ※It was closed as of February 2016.

• 33 First Public Phone Box

  • Origin

    1900 (Meiji 33)

  • Address

    Near Ginza 1-chome police box

  It was written on the door as "self-working phone".
  The shape was a hexagonal pillar and looked like a lighthouse with a constricted under the roof.

• 34 The birthplace of Ginza

  • Present

    Monument

  • Origin

    1612 (Keicho 17)

  • Address

    2-7, Ginza

  The place name Ginza is derived from the fact that the Edo Shogunate moved the silver coin foundry from under Sunpu Castle to this area.