Department store quitting shopping arcade a sign of the times in central Japan
“I’ve always come to Yanagase because Takashimaya was here. If the store closes, it will be gloomy all around,” says part-time building cleaner Akira Hayashi, 77, on one weekday afternoon in May while standing in the sparsely populated street of closed storefronts. Hayashi fondly recalls his days of drinking at thriving taverns along the shopping … Read more
