Tokyo Button Store’s Retro Billboard Architecture Attracts Customers; Family Been in Clothing Business Since 1897

By Natsuki Tachino / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
16:33 JST,
February 17, 2025
A distinctive building constructed in 1928 stands on the Yanagihara-dori street along the Kanda River, a few minutes’ walk south from JR Akihabara Station in Tokyo.
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