Introduction

• Everyone is familiar with department stores, which are extraordinary places where people of all ages can discover something new in a conveniently located wonderland.
  Welcome to our historical tour of department stores in Japan. I am Mr. Goat, and I will be your guide on a trip back in time, where we will learn about how these businesses flourished in Japan was from the end of the Meiji era to the beginning of the Showa era, a period of time that roughly coincides with the first half of the 20th century.

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

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

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

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  Afterword/
  References

• Not surprisingly, the names of department stores have changed considerably over the years, but for simplicity’s sake, in this article we will stick to the names by which each store is best known today.
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• A string in square brackets is a NDL Call Number.
• The original Japanese-language article first appeared in February 2020 as part of Small Electronic Exhibitions Kaleidoscope of Books, No. 27. Please note that the descriptions herein are based on information that was current at that time.

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