(2308) Signs of the times #1: Department stores

I have written several times about Takashimaya, one of the very expensive department stores in Nihonbashi. Here is its bag which (like all the bags from all these stores) is considered prestigious enough to be used as a handbag by female office workers. At the bottom left corner, the store's slogan.  

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).