| 1897 |
| The elder Mr. Tashiro Yamane established a rice-selling store called "Maruta" at 322 Gomura, Torahime (now Gomura, Nagahama) |
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| 1926 |
| His son, Mr. Taiichi Yamane renamed the company to Yamane Grocery Store |
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| 1930 |
| Acquired the licence to retail alcoholics , started to sell alcoholics and liquors |
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| 1968 |
| Mr. Tashi Yamane, the third generation entrepreneur, changes the organizations’ name in "Yamane Ltd.” |
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| 1975 |
| The company moves to 191 Gomura, Torahime and changed name into “Supermarket Yamane” |
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| 1990 |
| February |
Mr. Nobu Yamane, the fourth generation entrepreneur, founds Liquor Mountain Co. Ltd, transferring the alcoholics retail licence from Supermarket Yamane and operating within its premises |
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Introduced the POS sale system LMS1990 |
| September |
After acquiring the Liquor import and distributing license, import operations began |
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| 1991 |
| May |
Completed the Head Office in Torahime (Shiga-ken, Nagahama, Gomura) |
| September |
Started the "LM Membership Card" |
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| 1992 |
| March |
LM Membership Card customers reach 10,000 persons |
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| 1993 |
| December |
LM Membership Card customers reach 50,000 persons |
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| 1994 |
| April |
Started to develop and import private brand products, such as Tengu Beer |
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| 1995 |
| August |
Established subsidiary company Nagahama Roman Beer Ltd. |
| September |
LM Membership Card customers reach 100,000 persons |
| October |
Acquired the licence to wholesale alcoholics |
| November |
10th store opens |
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| 1996 |
| April |
Nagahama Roman Beer restaurant opens. Offers in-house made beer |
| May |
Introduced the POS sale system LMS1996 |
| September |
Expanded warehouse and in-house distribution Center |
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| 1998 |
| April |
Introduced Staff evaluation system based on sales performance |
| September |
Introduced new distribution policy system in order to improve distribution efficiency |
| November |
First publication of the quarterly magazine “Cavatappi”, reviewing alcoholics and gourmet food |
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| 1999 |
| February |
Opened company’s Internet homepage and E-Commerce website |
| June |
Increased capabilities of Head Office computer servers |
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Started a "LM PRO CARD" for wholesale customers |
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| 2000 |
| March |
Established Wholesale Dept. |
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Started the Liquor Mountain Recycle System |
| April |
Celebration of 10 years from company foundation at the Kyoto International Conference Center |
| September |
Opened a wine cellar webshop on the Rakuten website “Cellar Senka” |
| December |
LM Membership Card customers reach 200,000 persons |
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| 2001 |
| December |
Liquor Mountain is selected in the "100 Kansai companies employing IT systems” at the 2nd Kansai IT Strategy Conference |
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Liquor Mountain is awarded the 2001 Aluminium can recovery cooperation award from the Aluminium Can Recycling Association |
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| 2002 |
| April |
Introduced the new POS sale system LMS2002 |
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20th store opens |
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Staff number exceeds 100 regular employees |
| July |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 10 million items |
| October |
Liquor Mountain is awarded the Chairman award at the 2002 Reduce Reuse Recycle Promotion Conference |
| December |
LM Membership Card customers reach 200,000 persons |
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| 2003 |
| February |
Yearly turnover exceeds 10 billion JPY |
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| 2004 |
| June |
30th store opens |
| August |
LM Membership Card customers reach 400,000 persons |
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| 2005 |
| March |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 50 million items |
| June |
Established Yasu distribution center |
| July |
40th store opens |
| November |
LM Membership Card customers reach 500,000 persons |
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Renewal of LM Membership Card type Added capability to add Recycle Points to the LM cards Started issuing LM Memberships card for families
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Developepment and first airing of Liquor Mountain company song “suki suki Likaman” |
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Staff number exceeds 200 regular employees |
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| 2006 |
| January |
Established Head Office in Kyoto (Shimogyo-ku) |
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Yearly turnover exceeds 20 billion JPY |
| March |
Started issuing a Silver LM Membership Card |
| April |
50th store opens |
| July |
LM Membership Card customers reach 600,000 persons |
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Started issuing a Ladies LM Membership Card |
| September |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 100 million items |
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| 2007 |
| January |
60th store opens |
| February |
Redesigned the wine cellar webshop website “Cellar Senka” on its own website |
| April |
Staff number exceeds 300 regular employees |
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Established Nagahama distribution center |
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Opened the wine cellar showroom in Kyoto Karasuma |
| May |
70th store opens |
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LM Membership Card customers reach 700,000 persons |
| October |
80th store opens |
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| 2008 |
| January |
Yearly turnover exceeds 30 billion JPY |
| February |
LM Membership Card customers reach 800,000 persons |
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Introduced reusable LM ECO-Bag in order to reduce use of disposable plastic bags |
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Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 200 million items |
| April |
90th store opens |
| June |
In order ro reduce CO2 emission and resource use, started charging the disposable plastic bags |
| October |
LM Membership Card customers reach 900,000 persons |
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| 2009 |
| January |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 300 million items |
| April |
Staff number exceeds 400 regular employees |
| December |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1 million persons |
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| 2010 |
| January |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 400 million items |
| March |
Established the Yamashina distribution center (Kyoto, Yamashina-ku) |
| April |
100th store opens |
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Celebration of 20 years from its foundation at the Kyoto International Conference Center |
| June |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.1 million persons |
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| 2011 |
| January |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.2 million persons |
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Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 500 million items |
| February |
Established the Yokaichi distribution center (relocation of the Yasu distribution center) |
| September |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.3 million persons |
| October |
Renewal of the 1st store at Torahime |
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| 2012 |
| January |
Opened “LM My page”, a website for LM customers |
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Started the “LM keitai”, to have the LM Memberships card on own mobile phone |
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Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 600 million items |
| February |
Opened Suomachi store (Osaka, Chuo-ku) |
| March |
Acquisition of all the properties from Toko Trading Ltd. and started wholesale of imported alcoholics in the Tokyo area |
| April |
Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa in KYOTO” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
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Opened Kuwana store (Mie-ken, Kuwana) |
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Opened Saiin store (Kyoto, sakyo-ku) |
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Opened Hibino store (Nagoya, Atsuta-ku) |
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Opened Hozumi store (Gifu-ken, Mizuho) |
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110th store opens |
| May |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.4 million persons |
| June |
Opened Sofue store (Aichi-ken, Inazawa) |
| July |
Opened Kariya store (Aichi-ken, Kariya) |
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Opened Hira store (Nagoya, Nishi-ku) |
| August |
Patented the Smart Point System for mobile phones (patent 5054489) |
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Acquisition of Izumise Ltd. |
| September |
Agreement of joint operations Nishizaki Ltd. (now Tamura Shoten Ltd.) |
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Introduced BYB system to promote bringing of wine bottles in selected restaurants |
| October |
Opened FC Daigo Izumi store (Kyoto, Fushimi-ku) |
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Opened Furukawabashi store (Osaka, Kadoma) |
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Presentation of Liquor Mountain own iPhone application |
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Opened Handa store (Aichi-ken, Handa) |
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Opened Miyoshi store (Aichi-ken, Miyoshi) |
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Opened Sakae store (Nagoya, Naka-ku) |
| November |
Opened Takaoka store (Shizuoka-ken, Hamamatsu, Naka-ku) |
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120th store opens |
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Opened Hirabari store (Nagoya, Tenpaku-ku) |
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Opened Fujigaoka store (Nagoya, Meito-ku) |
| December |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.5 million persons |
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Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 700 million items |
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| 2013 |
| January |
Yearly turnover exceeds 40 billion JPY |
| February |
Opened Kabukicho Ichome store (Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku) |
| April |
Opened Mittera store (Osaka, Chuo-ku) |
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Opened Shijo Takasegawa store (Kyoto, Shimogyo-ku) |
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Opened Katsura Minami store (Kyoto, Minami-ku) |
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Opened Mukomachi store (Kyoto, Mukomachi) |
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Opened Toyohashi Yamada store (Aichi-ken, Toyohashi) |
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Opened Ichinomiya Showa store (Aichi-ken, Ichinomiya) |
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Opened Iwakura store (Aichi-ken, Iwakura) |
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130th store opens |
| May |
Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa 2013” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
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Opened Iwakura Chuzaiji store (Kyoto, Sakyo-ku) |
| June |
Opened Hanahakudori store (Osaka, Tsurumi-ku) |
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LM Membership Card customers reach 1.6 million persons |
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Opened Miyamaki store (Kyoto, Tanabe) |
| October |
Opened Chikugeni store (Kyoto, Kita-ku) |
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Established Iwata Distribution center |
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Opened the flagship store RAKZAN Sanjo Onmae store (Kyoto, Nakagyo-ku) |
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Opened Inabaji store (Nagoya, Nakamura-ku) |
| November |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 800 million items |
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| 2014 |
| January |
Liquor Mountain web shop is awarded the Rakuten Shop of the year Award |
| February |
LM Membership Card customers reach 1.7 million persons |
| March |
Relocateda Nabari store (Mie, from Natsumi to Konodai) |
| May |
Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa 2014” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
| June |
140th store opens |
| October |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches 900 million items |
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| 2015 |
| January |
Yearly turnover exceeds 50 billion JPY |
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Started the Liquor Mountain Shop Blog |
| February |
Opened the official Liquor Mountain online store |
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Relocated and renamed KamiUeno store to Nagaokagyo store (Kyoto Pref., Nagaokakyo) |
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Opened Hiroshima Ebisucho store (Hiroshima, Naka-ku) |
| May |
Opened Shizuoka Ryogaecho store (Shizuoka, Aoi-ku) |
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Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa 2015” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
| June |
Opened Kurume Bunkagai store (Fukuoka, Kurume-shi) |
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Held “1st Charity Toast with 10,000 people”
Over 6,000 participants took part in, donated approximately 600,000 yen to the Scholarship Foundation for Traffic Accident Orphans |
| July |
Opened Sannomiya Kitanozaka store (Kobe-shi, Chuo-ku) |
| September |
Number of aluminium cans collected for recycle reaches a billion items |
| September |
Opened Kyobashi store (Osaka, Osaka-shi) |
| October |
Opened Kumamoto Ginzadori store (Kumamoto, Kumamoto-shi) |
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Opened Bashamichi store (Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku) |
| November |
Launched the official Liquor Mountain application |
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| 2016 |
| February |
Opened Matsuyama Sanbancho store (Matsuyama-shi, Ehime) |
| March |
Got an award for collecting aluminum can by Japan Aluminum Can Recycling Association |
| April |
Opened Okazaki store (Okazaki-shi, Aichi) |
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Opened Imaike store (Chikusaku, Nagoya-shi) |
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Opened Hiroshima Nagarekawa store (Nakaku, Hiroshima-shi) |
| May |
Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa 2016” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
| June |
Opened Kochiotesuji store (Kochi-shi, Kochi) |
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Held “2nd Charity Toast with 10,000 people”
7,749 participants took part in, donated 774,900 yen for Kumamoto Earthquake and bicycles to the 5 child welfare facility |
| July |
Opened Tokushima Akitamachi store (Tokushima-shi, Tokushima) |
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Opened Matsuyama Nibancho store (Matsuyama-shi, Ehime) |
| August |
Opened Hachioji store (Hachioji-shi, Tokyo) |
| September |
Opened Oitamiyakomachi store (Oita-shi, Oita) |
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Opened Kanazawa Katamachi 1chome store (Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa) |
| October |
Opened Doyama store (Kita-ku,Osaka-shi) |
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Opened Hamamatsu Chitosecho store (Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi) |
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Opened Tenmonkan store (Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima) |
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Opened Kawasaki Isago store (Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa) |
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Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa in Nagoya 2016” at the Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel |
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LM Membership Card customers reach 2 million persons |
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Received the MOF (Ministry of Finance) Minister’s Prize of the 3Rs Promotion Merit Awards |
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| 2017 |
| April |
Opened Roppongi Delivery Station store (Minato-ku,Tokyo) |
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Opened Shinbashi store (Minato-ku,Tokyo) |
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Opened Ginza store (Chuo,Tokyo) |
| May |
Opened Nakasukokutaidoro store (Hakata-ku,Fukuoka-shi,Fukuoka) |
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Held “Whisky Messe 2017 in KYOTO” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
| June |
Opened Sannomiya Higasimongai store (Kobe-shi,Hyogo) |
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Opened Okayamachuocho store (Okayama-shi,Okayama) |
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Held “3rd Charity Toast with 10,000 people”
17,527 participants took part in, donated bicycles to the 13 child welfare facility |
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Donated 504,433 yen for Kumamoto Earthquake |
| September |
Opened Shinsaibashi store (Chuo-ku,Osaka) |
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Opened Kinsanhigashi store (Naka-ku,Nagoya-shi) |
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Held “Liquor Mountain Wine Festa in Nagoya 2017” at the Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel |
| November |
Opened Nakanowasedadori store (Nakano-ku,Tokyo) |
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Opened Machida store (Machida-City,Tokyo) |
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Opened Fukuikatamachi store (Fukui-City,Fukui) |
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| 2018 |
| January |
Opened Ginza777 store (Chuo-ku,Tokyo) |
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Opened Noge store (Naka-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa) |
| February |
LM Membership Card customers reach 2,100,000 persons |
| April |
Opened Niigatakomachi store (Niigata city,Nigata) |
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Opened Nishiazabu store (Minato-ku,Tokyo) |
| May |
Held “Wine Festa 2018 in KYOTO” at the Kyoto Granvia hotel |
| June |
Opened Yokosukachuou store (Yokosuka-City, Kanagawa) |
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Opened Chibafujimi store (Chiba-city, Chiba) |
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Opened Shimonodekibuzenda store (Shimonoseki-ctiy, Yamaguchi-prefecture) |
| July |
Opened Akasakamitsuke store (Minato-ku, Tokyo) |
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Opened Zyosidai store (Nagiya-City, Aichi) |
| October |
Opened Ota store (Ota-city, Gumma) |
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Opened Hiratsuka store (Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa) |
| November |
Opened Akitakawabata store (Akita-city, Akita) |
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Opened Ichinomiyahamachou store (ichinomiya-city, Aichi) |
| December |
Opened Kofu store (kofu-city, Yamanashi) |
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Opened Machidahigashiguchi store (machida-city, Tokyo) |
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