History
- 1960 - Started off as Fujisawa Shashin Shokai
- 1974 - Changed its name to Yodobashi Camera Co.,Ltd.
- 1975 - Shinjuku Nishiguchi Store opens (first store created)
- 1989 - Publishes Yodobashi Point Card
- 1998 - Internet shopping store opens
- 2005 - Akiba megastore location opens
Yodobashi happens to be the name of a former town and ward making up present day Shinjuku ward, where the company was founded.
In the 1970s Yodobashi camera store in Shinjuku sold 1/3 of all SLR cameras in Japan.
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