Sogo returns to its roots for resurrected operations
IHT/Asahi.com, September 8, 2005
...Sogo is returning to its birthplace in Osaka's southern Shinsaibashi district.. shut down in December 2000...for bankruptcy...
On the 11th and 12th floors, Sogo reproduced Shinsaibashi streets from the early Showa era ...
Lining the streets like old-time tenement houses are 60 stores specializing in everything from cameras and bonsai to smoker's requisites and stained glass-items that middle-aged and elderly customers might enjoy for their hobbies....more...
