Tokyo’s Ginza district is gearing up for the opening of its biggest shopping centre, Ginza Six mall.
It occupies the site of the former Matsuzakaya Ginza department store, which closed in June 2013.
Ginza Six mall has a total floor area of about 150,000 sqm over 19 floors. Its commercial offering takes up the second of six basement levels through to the sixth level above ground, as well as part of the 13th floor.
Six high-end fashion brands, including Christian Dior, will fill units facing the main road, while the sixth floor will house Tsutaya Books and a food court.
Aiming to attract the growing number of tourists visiting Japan, the mall plans to offer a tourist information centre on the ground floor containing an outlet of convenience store Lawson, which will sell souvenirs. There will also be a tourist bus terminal outside.
From the seventh floor upward will be office space, with about 6000 sqm on each level, the largest floor area of its kind in Tokyo. Already 60 per cent of the office spaces are reserved, and up to 3000 people are expected to work in the offices.
Ginza Six’s exterior design is inspired by “hisashi” canopies and “noren” store curtains, and the complex is scheduled to open on April 20.