Apple Store Ginza (Tokyo) to open on Nov 30.
updated 08:40 am EST, Tue November 4, 2003
Apple today announced that its first retail store in Japan will open in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Sunday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. This will be Apple's 73rd retail store, and the first outside the U.S. will feature five floors where "customers can shop for and learn about the latest Apple products and solutions as well as visit the popular Genius Bar to ask the Mac 'Genius' questions and receive service." The companys says the store will host more than 400 customer events each month including a Studio Series of hands-on training classes.
"We opened our first retail store just over two years ago and have since hosted more than 23 million visitors," said Ron Johnson, Apple senior vice president of Retail. "We are thrilled to be bringing the best personal computer buying experience to Japan when we open our first Apple retail store in Tokyo on November 30."
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and not a moment too soon
11/04, 09:00am reply
here in kyoto, the stores that used to carry lots of apple gear changing over to windows. i suspect that know that apple is moving in on them big time. kyoto couldn't support an apple store, so we will be rather screwed.
steve, all your shot in the foot are belong to your customers.
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dude
11/04, 10:44am reply
someone set us up the bomb. what you say?
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Sugoi desu ne
11/04, 01:27pm reply
A, sugoi desu ne!
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Long line
11/04, 06:33pm reply
You think WE have a long line outside of an Apple store when it opens... Just wait... This will be huge when it opens- Ginza district rocks---
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Try 50,000 people
11/04, 06:49pm reply
Just wait and see.
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ming wong chung sung wing
11/04, 07:43pm reply
ming wong chung sung wing mayo fing fong ching ling ding dong
ming wong chung sung wing mayo fing fong ching ling ding dong
ming wong chung sung wing mayo fing fong ching ling ding dong
hope you guys enjoy the store, and like my song i made, its in japanese.
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Impressive, stupid
11/04, 09:08pm reply
... impressive. Anyone needs an a**hole songwriter who happens to be bilingual!? Don't waste the honorable bandwidth, moron.
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That sounds ...
11/04, 10:12pm reply
more Chinese than Japanese... get your languages straight...
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Sorry, you know nothing
11/04, 10:33pm reply
>ming wong chung sung wing mayo fing fong ching ling ding dong
is not Japanese and never will be.
馬鹿外人ですね。
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Color
11/04, 11:18pm reply
Dang, is that the real color? And to think some place in Tennessee didn't like that Apple had a backlit Apple logo.
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