Fukuoka Mitsukoshi repositions as a "glocal" department store, handing its upper floors to Kyushu's largest Animate and @cosme stores
Iwataya Mitsukoshi has named the first confirmed tenants for its autumn 2027 remodel of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi and Lasic Fukuoka Tenjin: Animate and @cosme STORE will each open the largest sales floor of their kind in Kyushu, as the department store repositions around refined culture and its specialty-store zone pivots to fandom-led community consumption.
Iwataya Mitsukoshi said on 3 August it has settled the first confirmed tenants for the autumn 2027 remodel of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi and the adjoining Lasic Fukuoka Tenjin specialty-store complex in central Fukuoka, in what the company called the second report on a renovation it has been carrying out in phases since spring 2026. Animate, the nationwide anime, comic and games retailer, will open on the 8th floor on 24 October 2026, and cosmetics retailer @cosme STORE is planned for the 6th floor on 30 June 2027 — both, the company said, taking the largest sales floor of their kind anywhere in Kyushu.