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KORG INC.
1938 | June | Ishibashi begin operation as a small shop handling musical instruments in Suruga-dai, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku. |
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1950 | Ishibashi changes its name as “Ishibashi Music” | |
1953 | January | With a capital fund of 300 thousand yen, “Ishibashi Music S/A” is established. |
1973 | March | With a capital 10 million yen, “Ishibashi Music S/A” reorganize as “Ishibashi Music Corporation.” |
April | “Rock Side” opens in Ochanomizu. Tokyo, which is specialized in digital musical instruments. | |
1976 | April | “Shibuya” branch opens in Shibuya Koen St. |
1979 | February | “Keyboard Mart” branch opens in Ochanomizu |
1981 | February | “Shinjuku” branch opens near Isetan Department Building in Shinjuku St. |
1983 | June | Add capital stock to 40 million yen. |
1986 | April | “Ikebukuro” branch opens in Ikebukuro Sunshine Street. |
1988 | January | “Yokohama” branch opens in Kanagawa prefecture. |
June | Add capital stock to 1 hundred million yen. | |
1989 | November | “Shinsaibashi” branch opens in Osaka prefecture. |
1991 | October | “Shinsaibashi” branch re-opens in Shinsaibashi Parco department building. |
1994 | March | “Ikebukuro” branch re-opens in Ikebukuro P’Parco department building. |
1995 | July | “Shibuya” branch re-opens in Capri Building. |
1996 | September | Ishibashi Web Shop opens. |
1997 | December | “Kawagoe” branch opens in Saitama prefecture. |
1998 | October | “Tsudanuma” branch opens in Chiba prefecture. |
1999 | March | “Machida” branch opens in Machida City, Tokyo. |
2000 | April | Add capital fund to 125 million yen. |
October | “Kobe Sannomiya” branch opens in Hyogo prefecture. | |
November | “Nagoya Sakae” branch opens in Aichi prefecture. | |
2001 | November | “Ochanomizu Book Side” branch reopens and “*1 Kaitori Center” opens in Ochanomizu. *1 Kaitori Center: A place where we buy used (second hand) instruments from our customers. |
2003 | June | “Yokohama” branch reopens with floor space expanded. |
2004 | November | “Shibuya” branch reopens in Shibuya BEAM building with floor space expanded. |
2005 | April | “Nagoya Sakae” branch reopens in Skyle department store building. “Lesson” (A Music School for Grown-ups) begin a series of musical instrument lessons. |
October | “Umeda” branch opens in Nu Chayamachi department building of Osaka. | |
2007 | March | “Kawagoe” branch opens inside Kawagoe Modi department store building with floor space expanded. “Lesson” begins series of musical instrument lessons for grown-ups at the same time. |
September | “Tachikawa” branch opens in Tokyo. | |
October | “Machida” branch reopens inside Machida Jorna department store building. | |
2008 | May | "Ikebukuro" branch reopens on the 7th floor of P'PARCO department building. |
2009 | August | All stores in the Ochanomizu area reopens. |
October | "Shibuya WEST" (Drums/Used Wind and Brass musical instrument shop) opens on the 2nd floor of ASSORTI building. | |
2010 | March | "Fukuoka-parco" branch opens in Fukuoka. |
2011 | April | Shinsaibashi branch reopens in America-mura. |
October | Umeda branch reopens. | |
December | In Shanghai (China), founded subsidiary of the 100% owned, the Shanghai Ishibashi Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. | |
2012 | April | Shanghai branch opens in China. |
2014 | Sep. | All stores in the Ochanomizu area reopens.And "Ochanomizu Drum-Kan" branch opens |
2015 | Aug. | Yokohama branch reopens on the 2nd,3rd floor of Soutetsu Minami Saiwai 7th building. |
December | "Music-Cash Omiya" branch opens in Omiya,Saitama."Music-Cash" is a coined word of the meaning the musical instrument store which changes a musical instrument to money. | |
2016 | Feb. | Tsudanuma branch as "Music-Cash City Tsudanuma" reopens |
Jun. | Machida branch as "Music-Cash Machida" reopens on the 6th floor of RINS ONE building. | |
Sep. | "Music-Cash Sapporo" branch opens in Sapporo,Hokkaido | |
Dec. | "Music-Cash Sendai" branch opens in Sendai,Miyagi | |
2017 | May. | "SHIBUYA EAST" branch opens in Shibuya,Tokyo |
Jul. | All stores in the Ochanomizu area reopens.And "Ochanomizu Honten South" branch reopens | |
2018 | Jun. | "FINEST GUITARS" branch opens in Ochanomizu,Tokyo |
Apl. | "HARVEST GUITARS" branch opens in Ochanomizu,Tokyo |