Taiyo Department Store fire
The Taiyo Department Store fire (Japanese: 大洋デパート火災) was a fire that broke out at the Taiyo Department Store in Shimotori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 1:15 p.m. on November 29, 1973. 103 people died and 124 were injured. In October 1979, the Kumamoto Jouya (熊本城屋) opened on the site of
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Taiyo Department Store fire (Japanese: 大洋デパート火災) was a fire that broke out at the Taiyo Department Store in Shimotori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 1:15 p.m. on November 29, 1973. 103 people died and 124 were injured.
In October 1979, the Kumamoto Jouya (熊本城屋) opened on the site of the Taiyo Department Store as a mixed commercial facility of a department store and supermarket capitalized by Uneed (Uneed). Afterwards, following a series of twists and turns including the merger of Uneed, the building that had been the Taiyo Department Store is currently operated as the directly managed store of Daiei, Daiei Kumamoto Shimotori Store.
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