Yanagase

Gifu's position as a center of the fashion industry also helped make Yanagase a popular shopping area.

Yanagase is located approximately 700m north of JR Gifu Station on the city's main street (Nagarabashi-dōri), which also forms its eastern border.

It covers an area approximately 500m wide and is bordered on the west by Chūsetsubashi-dōri.

Kinkabashi-dōri runs through the center of Yanagase, effectively dividing it into eastern and western portions.

Sales reached a peak of 24.9 billion yen (approximately $184 million) in 1991, but had dropped to 15.6 billion yen (approximately $116 million) by February 2005, at which point Takashimaya began renovating the store to support sagging sales.