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Get Your Home Ready for the New Year with Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
As you can tell from the festive decorations and Christmas trees that flank the Nihombashi store entrance, we are geared up to celebrate the season. And with our incredible selection of imported...
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Understanding Kōgei
Japanese kōgei is rapidly garnering attention globally as a genre of the arts unique in its creative energy. It's an art form that defies easy classification, given that it sits comfortably between...
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A Christmas Dinner to Remember
Add some joy to the season with Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store's special Christmas offerings. NADA MAN Christmas Course December 1st to 25th¥10,800 (tax included, service charge not included)...
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The Roots and Future of Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Those looking to experience the founding spirit of Nihombashi Mitsukoshi would do well to visit our kimono section. After all, as you may already know, the store started as a kimono dealer in 1673...
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New Traditions for the New Year
Kadomatsu ceremonyAn original kadomatsu of Mitsukoshi is being built by a local skilled craftsman. Visitors to Japan can rarely find a way to ring in the New Year exactly how they would at home. But...
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Happy New Year from Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Akemashite Omedetou! Happy New Year from all of us here at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi! We look forward to wishing visitors all the best for 2016 in person when we reopen on January 2. In a nod to our...
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Nobuko Ishikawa: Fine Jewelry from Japan to the World
Nobuko Ishikawa's eponymous jewelry brand is very much a global success story. The designer's excruciatingly detailed work, inspired by fine art, has won high-profile exhibitions and gained fans the...
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Takumi no Waza: Experience the Real Japanese Artisanal Spirit at Nihombashi...
Takumi, or artisans, are the backbone of Japan's creative industries; and their waza (techniques) are world-renowned. They are celebrated for the way they take any craft to its logical conclusion,...
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Bountiful Berries : A chance to savor Japan's best strawberries in one place
Recommended items in order : from upper left*Bottle Short cake chocolate, *Eitaro-Sohompo Ichigo daifuku, *Bottle Short cake chocolate( from the top), *Souke Minamoto-kicchoan Ichigo-andama, *Hotel New...
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The Manga of Hokusai: New Year Through Edo Eyes
Katsushika Hokusai's Edo-era ukiyo-e is well known abroad, allowing the artist to take a spot as the only Japanese person listed in The LIFE Millennium: The 100 Most Important Events and People of the...
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Unwrapping the Art of Furoshiki
The process of wrapping is at the heart of so much of Japanese traditions and sensibilities. You just have to look at the difference between a kimono and a Western suit jacket: the latter is cut to the...
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A Toast to Japanese Sake
Winter has arrived in earnest at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, and it is the perfect time for one to enjoy the world of nihonshu, Japanese sake. Before the advent of refrigeration, sake was a drink that...
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Add Art to your Life at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Join us at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi's Art Section for our annual winter celebration of the role art plays in the Mitsukoshi Culture Resort experience. The Mitsukoshi Arts Special Selection gathers some...
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The Lion Guardians of Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Guarding the main entrance of Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, the department store's sentry-like lions make for a majestic--and somewhat unexpected--sight. Who, after all, would expect to see replicas of...
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Discover Tokyo Kawaii in Time for Valentine's Day
Kawaii culture is one of Japan's biggest exports right now. But even though it's right at the heart of pop culture, it actually has roots that date deep into Japanese history--long before the rest of...
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The Art of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day may have become a well-established custom in Japan, but, like many customs assimilated from abroad, over time it has evolved to develop a unique character of its own--one in line with...
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Experience the Spirit of Creation of Shiro Tsujimura
Widely lauded as one of the greatest living ceramicist, Shiro Tsujimura has won fans the world over with his unique style that encapsulates the spirit of creation. Celebrating the improvisations,...
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Hina Matsuri: All Dolled Up for Japan's Daughters
As winter thaws into spring and plump buds promise delicate blossoms, Japan reserves a day to honor its young girls. Hina Matsuri (the Doll Festival)--also known as Momo no Sekku (the Peach Festival)...
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On the Front Line of the Nippon Avant Garde
Sadamasa MOTONAGA "Work" 1966 Enamel paint of oil-based syntehtic resin on canvas Visitors to the galleries at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store would be right to expect to see Japan's traditional arts...
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