History of Matsuya
| 1869 | Tokube Furuya opened the Tsuruya Gofuku Store in Ishikawa-cho, Yokohama City (November 3) |  |
| 1880 | Furuya-gumi was formed, and regulations were established From around this time, classes on sewing methods began as part of employee training (Trends: Western-style clothing, shawls, black collars for kimonos, and bangs) | |
| 1889 | Acquired the Matsuya Gofuku Store located at Imagawa-bashi, Kandakajicho | |
| 1890 | Opened the Imagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store (expansion of business into Tokyo) | |
| 1901 | Imagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store was renovated and had showcases installed | |
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| 1902 | Annual salary system was changed to a monthly salary system | |
| 1906 | First female employee was employed | |
| 1907 | trademarks were abolished, and the shokaku  mark was introducedImagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store was expanded to a three-story Western-style building, and it became the first real department store in Tokyo, as well as the first to use the term "XX day" to indicate "bargain days" |
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| 1908 | Started sales of New Year's grab bags | |
| 1910 | Opened a three-story Western-style building for the Yokohama Tsuruya Gofuku Store | |
| 1911 | Tohachi Furuya succeeded Tokube's name (Tokube Furuya II) | |
| 1913 | Established a Gofuku sewing division in the Imagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store (predecessor of the present-day Shotoku Gakuen Tokyo Fashion Institute) |
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| 1918 | Imagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store started selling custom-made Western-style clothing | |
| 1919 | "Matsuya Tsuruya Gofuku Store Co., Ltd." was established First president: Tokube Furuya II |
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| 1923 | (The Great Kanto Earthquake) Major store facilities including the Ginza building, which was just leased the previous year, burned down in the disaster, and employees were temporarily laid off |
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| 1924 | Opened the Tsuruya Gofuku Store at Yoshida-bashi, Isezaki-cho, Yokohama Imagawa-bashi Matsuya Gofuku Store opened in a new building Business name was changed to Matsuya Gofuku Store Co., Ltd. |
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| 1925 | Ginza Store opened at Ginza 3-chome (May 1) Tradition of requiring customers to remove their footwear at the store entrance was abolished First department store to introduce a cafeteria-style dining area, tourist bureau, lifelike dolls by artist Kamehachi Yasumoto, etc. "The crowd of people looking at the lifelike dolls at the Matsuya Gofuku Store was like a wall." (Quoted from "Danchotei Nichijo," the diary of the writer Kafu Nagai) (Department stores became popular with the general public) |
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| 1926 | Flagship store moved to Ginza 3-chome, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo City |
| 1927 | Ginza Annex opened at Ginza 4-chome (Appearance of the "mobo" modern boy and "moga" modern girl) |
| 1929 | Ryuko Fudoson was enshrined on the rooftop of the Ginza Flagship Store |
| 1930 | Yoshida-bashi Yokohama Store opened in a new building (former Tsuruya Gofuku Store was renamed to Matsuya Gofuku Store) |
| 1931 | Asakusa Store opened and started sales (November 1) Rooftop sports land was the first to use the term "land" |
| 1934 | Tsuruya Co., Ltd. was established at Isezaki-cho, Yokohama (Later the company changed its name to Kotobuki Department Store Co., Ltd.) |
| 1936 | Sohachi Furuya became president |
| 1937 | Touei Co., Ltd. was established Yujiro Furuya succeeded Tokube's name (Tokube Furuya III) |
| 1938 | Tokube Furuya III became president |
| 1941 | (Outbreak of the Pacific War) |
| 1942 | Completed registration of the ownership transfer of the Ginza Flagship Store building and land |
| 1944 | Kotobuki Department Store Co., Ltd. opened as our company's Yokohama location |
| 1945 | (The Great Tokyo Air Raid; end of the war) |
| 1946 | Entire Ginza Flagship Store and Yokohama Store were taken over and occupied by the U.S. military's GHQ (general headquarters) as a PX (postal exchange), and the sales space at the Asakusa Store significantly decreased due to damage from the war (Promulgation of the Constitution of Japan) |
| 1948 | Business name was changed to "Matsuya Co., Ltd." |
| 1951 | Establishment of the incorporated educational corporation Shotoku Gakuen was approved |
| 1952 | Land at Kanda Imagawa-bashi was sold Occupation of the Ginza Flagship Store ended |
| 1953 | All Ginza Flagship Store buildings reopened Occupation of the Yokohama Store ended All Yokohama Store buildings reopened All-Matsuya Labor Association was formed |
| 1954 | Instituted a non-working day every Thursday |
| 1955 | Issued the first installment of the in-house magazine "Matsuya Tsuho" Good Design area was established in the Ginza Flagship Store |
| 1956 | Mizuho Co., Ltd. (predecessor of A Table Matsuya Holdings) was established An "aerial" escalator was completed at the Ginza Flagship Store |
| 1957 | Matsuya-dori street was completed |
| 1960 | Opening of a children's zoo on the rooftop of Asakusa Store |
| 1961 | Shobisha Co., Ltd. was established (predecessor of CBK Co., Ltd.) A fossil of a snail (Bellerophon) from 200 million years ago was discovered in the flooring stone at the front entrance on the ground floor of Ginza Flagship Store |
| 1964 | Ginza Flagship Store was expanded and reopened (the size of the entire 3-chome block) (Tokaido Shinkansen started running; theTokyo Olympic Games) |
| 1969 | Matsuya's 100th anniversary |
| 1970 | Funabashi Matsuya Co., Ltd. opened |
| 1971 | Capital was increased to 1,920,000,000 yen Matsuya's shares were listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Ginza Core opened |
| 1973 | "ECHO" sponsored by Matsuya and "11-Store Association" sponsored by Isetan were merged to form ADO |
| 1974 | Ryutaro Furuya became president and Tokube Furuya became chairman Funabashi Matsuya Co., Ltd. was closed |
| 1976 | No dividends were paid Yokohama Store was closed |
| 1977 | Matsuya Labor Association adopted a full union shop system |
| 1978 | New CI (corporate identity) was introduced Shokaku mark was abolished, and the current  logo was introducedGinza Flagship Store's first renewal complete (second and third renewal to follow) Appeal was made to reinvent the Matsuya brand |
| 1979 | Kan Yamanaka became president |
| 1980 | "Global Matsuya" plan was formulated |
| 1981 | Resumption of dividends Tokube Furuya III received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star |
| 1982 | Matsuya employee stock-ownership plan was established |
| 1983 | Concept of "Multi-specialized large-scale store" |
| 1984 | 60th anniversary of the Ginza store "Lifestyle creation group" was adopted as the corporate philosophy of the Matsuya Group (Department store wars began in the Ginza/Yurakucho area) |
| 1986 | Increased the dividend payment M and A Co., Ltd. was established Matsuya Client Stock Ownership Association was established Shares issued at the market price Capital was increased to 4,470,000,000 yen |
| 1987 | Tokyo Daijingu Matsuya Salon opened Dollar-denominated bonds with warrants were issued |
| 1988 | Regular non-working day changed from Thursday to Tuesday ("Hanamoku," literally "flower Thursday," won the Silver Prize in Japan's "Keywords-of-the-Year" contest that year) Tokyo Lifestyle Research Center was established |
| 1989 | Ginza Flagship Store fully introduced the sophisticated  mark Store concept: "Lifestyle design department store" 120th anniversary of Matsuya Katsuhiko Furuya became president (3% consumption tax was introduced) |
| 1990 | Scandex Co., Ltd. was established Specialized shop business started |
| 1992 | Chung Yo Department Store opened in Taichung City, Taiwan, through the provision of Matsuya's know-how Matsuya Tomonokai Co., Ltd. was established |
| 1994 | President Katsuhiko Furuya received the National Order of Merit from the French government |
| 1996 | Convertible bonds were issued |
| 1997 | Matsuya website was launched (Consumption tax was increased to 5%) |
| 1998 | LG Department Store in Guri, Korea, opened through the provision of Matsuya's know-how MG Merchandise Test Center was established |
| 1999 | President Katsuhiko Furuya received the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight 1st Class Acquired Old Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ginza-dori branch site, and the entire Ginza-dori side of Ginza 3-chome became the site of the Matsuya Ginza Flagship Store |
| 2001 | Grand opening renewal of the Ginza Flagship Store complete, with of the slogan, "Matsuya, a source of fashion and information" CI (corporate identity) color was changed from blue to white Core Pacific City Living Mall opened in Taipei City, Taiwan, through the provision of Matsuya's know-how |
| 2002 | Ginza L newly opened in the Ginza Flagship Store |
| 2003 | Kokichi Furuya became president, and Katsuhiko Furuya became chairman Through the loan of the Matsuya trademark and provision of know-how, the Hsinchu Windy City Matsuya Department Store opened in Hsinchu City, Taiwan Matsuya's point-card system was established |
| 2005 | New customer analysis system was introduced Restaurants in Ginza Flagship Store were renovated Ginza Beauty opened |
| 2006 | A Table Matsuya Co., Ltd. was divested and transferred to a holding company comprising A Table Matsuya Holdings and six other entities Earthquake-resistance construction work on the outer wall of Ginza Flagship Store was completed, and the storefront was renovated Through the loan of the Matsuya trademark and provision of know-how, the Nice Matsuya Department Store opened in Chiayi City, Taiwan |
| 2007 | Enoteca Pinchiorri opened on the 42nd floor of the Nagoya Midland Square building Greenification plan for the Ginza Flagship Store rooftop Masaki Akita became president |
| 2008 | CBK Co., Ltd. absorbed M and A Co., Ltd. Executive officer system was introduced Ittala Ginza, the first standalone Ittala shop in Japan, opened |
| 2009 | 140th anniversary of Matsuya Started renovating the Ginza Flagship Store 2nd floor into an international miscellaneous goods floor |
| 2010 | No dividends were paid Store concept: "Ginza Specialty Store" Basement floor, 1st floor and 3rd floor in the Asakusa Store opened to customers Petit Petit Marche opened in Ginza Inz |
| 2011 | Complete renewal of the Ginza Store Design Collection Ginza Fashion Week, the first joint event with Ginza Mitsukoshi, was held (Great East Japan Earthquake) |
| 2012 | Sora-to-niwa Ginza, the first Internet radio station in a department store, opened on the rooftop of Ginza Store Official Facebook page (Matsuya Ginza Gourmet) was created Matsuya Tokyo Marunouchi opened in the Tokyo Station Hotel (Tokyo Skytree was completed) |
| 2013 | Tokyo Lifestyle Research Center was liquidated Beer & BBQ & Bar Terrace @888, "a beer garden that made guests more beautiful," opened on the rooftop of the Ginza Store Ginza Store grand renewal 100th anniversary of Tokyo Fashion Institute First ever ice rink in a department store opened on the rooftop of the Ginza Store |
| 2014 | (Consumption tax was increased to 8%) Ginza Food Stage on the 1st and 2nd basement floors in the Ginza Store was renovated Resumption of dividends Newly established a duty-free counter on the 1st basement floor of the Ginza Store "tab Mall" opened LIEU DE VINTAGE Mejiro opened |
| 2015 | First female director was appointed Men's apparel floor in the Ginza Store was renovated |
