- Yodobashi Camera
Infobox Company
name = Yodobashi Camera Co.,Ltd.
type =Kabushiki kaisha
foundation = April,1960
location_city =Shinjuku, Tokyo
location_country =Japan
area_served =Japan
products = Electronic products
revenue = JPN 88,000,000
num_employees = 3,100 (2006)
homepage = [http://www.yodobashi.com/ Official site]Yodobashi Camera Co.,Ltd. (ヨドバシカメラ) is a
chain store mainly selling electronic products. Currently, there are 20 stores in Japan.The store in Akihabara (Akiba), immediately next to JR Akihabara station, is 9 storeys tall and sells a wide selection of toys, videos, computers, laptops, cameras and audio equipment, including high-end items.
In Shinjuku near the west entrance to the JR station, Yodobashi has several tall stores close together, also providing a wide selection of electronics.
The store's theme song is a bouncy cover of
The Battle Hymn of the Republic [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwJ3m6i_iE Youtube] ] .History
*1960 - Started off as Fujisawa Shashin Shokai
*1974 - Changed its name to Yodobashi Camera Co.,Ltd.
*1975 - Shinjuku Nishiguchi Store opens (first store created)
*1989 - Publishes Yodobashi Point Card
*1998 - Internet shopping store opens
*2005 - Akiba megastore location openstores
*Shinjuku Nishiguchi Honten
*Multimedia Shinjuku Higashiguchi
*Multimedia Akiba (Yodobashi Akiba)
*Multimedia Ueno
*MultimediaKichijōji
*Hachiōji
*Multimedia Machida
*Multimedia Kinshichō
*Multimedia Kawasaki Le FRONT
*Yodobashi Outlet Keikyū Kawasaki
*MultimediaYokohama
*Multimedia Keikyu Kami-Ōoka
*Chiba
*Multimedia Utsunomiya
*MultimediaSapporo
*MultimediaSendai
*Kōriyama ekimae
*Niigata
*MultimediaUmeda (Yodobashi Umeda)
*Multimedia Hakata (Yodobashi Hakata)References
External links
* [http://www.yodobashi.com/ Official Site] ja icon
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