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The Mitsukoshi Ebisu store closed on February 28. On the last day, the store manager, Naoko Tashiro, appeared after the store closed at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony took place while fans, mainly local residents, were watching. With the original song “Thank you with Ebisu Kao”, which was produced when the store was closed, the store manager Tashiro expressed his appreciation for 26 years and asked “Did you enjoy it?”, And the gathered fans clapped …
“It was a store that was created by everyone in the Ebisu area. The day after the voluntary closure due to the corona storm in May 2020, we were impressed by the large number of customers,” Tashiro said. “About half a year ago, some of the lots were empty due to brand and store recalls, but in the end, all the lots on all floors were filled in for brilliant enjoyment.” The number of guests gathered at the ceremony has yet to be announced, but a spokeswoman said: “There was a line of about 500 people” before the opening at 11:00 am the same day.
After the store closes, “Life” supermarket, “Meijiya Store” imported high-end food and “Tomod’s” pharmacy will open in the “Ebisu Garden Place” commercial building from spring to autumn 2022. It will be has announced that the second floor will be a workplace. A woman in her 40s living in the neighborhood who was watching the ceremony in the front row said, “I miss my sister who works part time in the food department at opening time and has a grand entrance every days. There will be supermarkets after the store closes “). There is no shortage, but it is sad that the face of “Ebisu Garden Place” disappears. “A man in his 60s, who was watching the ceremony with his son, said:” I have been here since the store opened, but I felt that the number of clients in Oita has decreased in recent years compared to the past. taken over by customers. “A group of mothers in their 30s who were pushing the cart saying,” I used to meet frequently in the children’s items section on the first floor of the basement, “said,” I heard there will be an office (workplace) on site, and there will be fewer places to meet friends. I am alone “.
The Mitsukoshi Ebisu store opened in 1994 at the same time as the opening of “Ebisu Garden Place”. The store area is about 18,000 square meters with 4 floors (second floor from basement to second floor above ground), which is small like a department store, but with MD structure specialized in fashion, grocery, cosmetics, etc. , It’s a department. store that responds to the daily life of local residents. It seems that the fight has continued in recent years, and although it was renewed in 2017 and 2019, it did not mean a drastic improvement in the benefit structure.
Similarly, on February 28, the Barneys New York Shinjuku store and the Sogo Kawaguchi store (Saitama / Kawaguchi City) also closed.
