Ito-Yokado Kobuchi

Ito-Yokado Kobuchi (イトーヨーカドー古淵店) is a general merchandise store (GMS) and enclosed shopping center operated by Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Seven & i Holdings. It is located at 3-13-33 Kobuchi, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near the Kobuchi Station entrance intersection on National Route 16. The building's formal name is Oji Shopping Center (王子ショッピングセンター). The store opened on August 11, 1993, on the former site of the Oji Paper Sagamihara ground, adjacent to what was then the simultaneously opened AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center. The facility is an enclosed mall with one basement floor and three above-ground floors, built in SRC and S construction, with a sales floor area of 17,500 m² — the fifth largest in Minami-ku, Sagamihara. It houses the directly operated GMS alongside approximately 36 specialty tenants, including Loft, Muji, and Akachan Honpo, covering apparel, household goods, services, and food and beverage outlets. The store underwent a food floor renovation in November 2014, when the "Food Marche" section reopened, and a full renewal in April 2015, when 21 new specialty stores were introduced and a large video screen was installed near the second-floor Forest Park entrance — a first for Ito-Yokado. The store competes directly with the adjacent AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center across the Kobuchi Station entrance intersection, and the two are connected by a pedestrian bridge over the Kobuchi Natsutsubaki-dori street. As of the official store page, the store operates from 9:00 to 21:00 on the first floor (food, cosmetics, medicine, household goods, nursing care products, pet supplies, service counter) and from 9:00 to 20:00 on the second and third floors (apparel, bedding, interior goods, toys, stationery, etc.), with some specialty stores keeping different hours. It offers online supermarket service, parking for over 1,300 vehicles across three parking areas, and various customer services including shopping assistance, baby rooms, and a maternity and child-rearing consultation room.

Ito-Yokado Kobuchi opened on August 11, 1993, on a site near the Kobuchi Station entrance intersection on National Route 16, formerly the Oji Paper Sagamihara ground. The adjacent AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center opened on the same day, and together the two large stores spurred the development of retail and service shops along the inbound (Yokohama-bound) lane of National Route 16. The store is an enclosed mall with one basement floor and three above-ground floors, built in SRC and S construction, with a sales floor area of 17,500 m², making it the fifth largest in Minami-ku, Sagamihara. It is directly across the Kobuchi Station entrance intersection from AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center, and the two are linked by a pedestrian bridge over Kobuchi Natsutsubaki-dori, allowing shoppers to move between the facilities without crossing the roadway. On November 28, 2014, the food floor was renovated and reopened as "Food Marche," with Daiki Suisan opening (now closed). On April 24, 2015, the store held a full renewal opening, with some sections opening ahead of that date. During the 2015 renewal, a large video screen was installed near the second-floor Forest Park entrance, showing Ito-Yokado commercials, store information, and local information, some with sound; similar monitors were installed in the store and food court. This was the first such installation for Ito-Yokado. The renewal also introduced 21 new specialty stores, significantly changing the floor composition, which had previously been mostly directly operated sales areas. With this renewal, the store became the second largest in Sagamihara City after Ario Hashimoto. The store houses approximately 36 tenants in addition to the directly operated GMS, including Loft, Muji, and Akachan Honpo, spanning apparel and accessories, lifestyle goods, services, and restaurants. As of the official store page, the first floor (food, cosmetics, medicine, household goods, nursing care products, pet supplies, service counter) is open from 9:00 to 21:00, while the second and third floors (apparel, bedding, interior goods, toys, stationery, etc.) are open from 9:00 to 20:00, with some specialty stores keeping different hours. The store offers online supermarket service, three parking areas with a total of over 1,300 spaces, and various customer services including shopping assistance, baby rooms, wheelchair rental, and a maternity and child-rearing consultation room.

• 2015

  Full renewal opening; 21 new specialty stores introduced and a large video screen installed near the 2F Forest Park entrance, a first for Ito-Yokado.

• 2014

  The food floor is renovated and reopens as "Food Marche"; Daiki Suisan opens (now closed).

• 1993

  Ito-Yokado Kobuchi opens on the former Oji Paper Sagamihara ground, alongside the simultaneously opened AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center.

A large-scale general merchandise store and enclosed shopping center serving the Kobuchi and broader Minami-ku, Sagamihara area, competing directly with the adjacent AEON Sagamihara Shopping Center.

• Food and groceries (1F)

• Cosmetics and pharmaceuticals (1F)

• Household goods and nursing care products (1F)

• Pet supplies (1F)

• Women's and men's apparel, shoes, bags and accessories (2F)

• Bedding, interior goods, kitchenware, stationery, toys, children's clothing and games (3F)

• Specialty tenant stores including Loft, Muji and Akachan Honpo

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2. 2Ito-Yokado Kobuchi - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3イトーヨーカドー古淵店 - Wikipediaja.wikipedia.org