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29-510: Shirokiya, Inc. (the store) is overseen by a seven-person board, all of whom own a part of Shirokiya's parent company, Shirokiya Holdings, LLC. The CEO and President is Japanese native Koji Hayashi, who also oversees the few functions of the company that still remain in Japan. Director and Store Manager Walter Watanabe, as well as the remaining directors, oversee the bulk of the operations, also serving as store senior management. Hikotaro Omura opened

58-554: A dry goods store at Nihonbashi in Edo , (now Tokyo) in August 1662. Omura called the store Shirokiya Gofukuten , a name that would last until the 20th century. Over the next few hundred years, the store slowly expanded, and as Japan entered the Meiji era , Shirokiya and its main rival at the time, Mitsukoshi , expanded into selling clothing and other goods in 1886. In 1903, Shirokiya opened

87-458: A dry-goods store carries consumer goods that are distinct from those carried by hardware stores and grocery stores . Downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan had as many as 15 stores that sold dry goods. Dry goods can be carried by stores specializing only in those products (a type of specialty store ), or may be carried by a general store or a department store . ‘Dry goods’ is the collective name of textile fabrics and manufactured articles. In

116-416: A petition signed by 30,000 residents of Hawaii and Japan was sent to Tokyu, in the hopes that Tokyu would find a fitting end to the "Shirokiya crisis". News reports both in Japan and Hawaii began to report that Tokyu would simply close all of its retail outlets and sell off its other properties and focus only on its Japanese businesses. This was compounded when Tokyu declined to renegotiate its leases for all

145-555: A term for textiles dates back to 1742 in England or even a century earlier. In Commonwealth countries and the Philippines , dry goods are dry (dried, preserved) food items which have a years-long or indefinite shelf-life. They are "dry" because they are not stored in a preserving anti-fungal or anti-bacterial liquid which fully wets the preserved goods. The "dry goods" usage is made with reference to pre- refrigeration days of

174-466: A western-style department store, followed by the creation of a larger store down the street eight years later. The turning point for Shirokiya was a series of natural, financial and man-made disasters that devastated the company's fortunes. The first was the Tokyo earthquake of 1923 that completely destroyed the original department store building (it was then reconstructed using modern architecture ). This

203-685: Is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The governor is responsible for enforcing laws passed by the Hawaii State Legislature and upholding rulings of the Hawaii State Judiciary . The role includes being commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Hawaii and having the power to use those forces to execute laws, suppress insurrection and violence and repel invasion. The lieutenant governor of Hawaii becomes acting governor upon

232-545: Is limited to two four-year terms. Inauguration takes place on the first Monday in December following a gubernatorial election. A single term ends at noon four years later. There is no lifetime limit on the number of times a governor may be elected, but a governor who has been elected to two consecutive terms must be out of office for at least one election cycle before being eligible once again for re-election. A Governor is: The governor and lieutenant governor (running together on

261-682: Is located across the street from the Hawaii State Capitol , where the Office of the Governor is located, and is accessed from the Capitol through underground passages beneath Beretania Street in downtown Honolulu . Befitting of its history as a former royal palace, the governors of Hawaii have entertained royal families from around the world at Washington Place including Queen Elizabeth II and Emperors Hirohito and Akihito . In 2001,

290-501: The counties , and unlike other states there are no local school districts . Included within the governor's sphere of jurisdiction is the power to appoint all judges of the various courts within the Hawaiian judicial system, subject to Senatorial approval. The state of Hawaii does not have fixed cabinet positions and departments. By law, the governor of Hawaii has the power to create their cabinet and departments as needed as long as

319-626: The Japanese media about the loss of one of Japan's oldest companies to the U.S. The newly formed Shirokiya Holdings acted immediately, streamlining operations and assets, and renegotiating the lease on the remaining store. On November 17, 2002, Shirokiya reopened its doors, with then- Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano declaring the day to be "Shirokiya Day". The following year, on July 14, 2003, Shirokiya Holdings reported net sales of $ 35 million. On March 31, 2016, Shirokiya closed its Ala Moana Center department store location, and on June 25, 2016 opened

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348-620: The Shirokiya Japan Village Walk at a new street-level location in the same shopping center. Themed after a traditional Japanese town reminiscent of old Kyoto, the Japan Village Walk consisted of four main themes: Yataimura (food court & beer garden), Zeppin Plaza (shopping alleys), Omatsuri Hiroba (festival and event square) and Guardian Spirits Sanctuary (good luck deities). The former Shirokiya space above

377-670: The Vintage Cave Club was converted into another Ala Moana Center food court called "The Lanai." Shirokiya's Japan Village Walk and its adjacent Vintage Cave restaurant closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2021, Ala Moana's parent company sued Shirokiya Holdings Inc. over almost $ 8 million in back rent for its locations which had never reopened following the 2020 closure. Shirokiya countersued claiming that Ala Moana had illegally terminated its leases and had not given

406-543: The businesses concerned. As an example, The Denver Dry Goods Company became known to a generation simply as The Denver , a mall anchor store in the western United States. Governor of Hawaii The governor of Hawaii ( Hawaiian : Ke Kiaʻaina o Hawaiʻi ) is the head of government of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It

435-464: The company opportunity to succeed due to pandemic closures and the move to the new location. Following a legal battle over access to equipment and property left in the shuttered locations, mediation attempts failed in November 2021. Dry goods Dry goods is a historic term describing the type of product line a store carries, which differs by region. The term comes from the textile trade, and

464-575: The early 20th century. Such foods could be transported and stored without immediate danger of spoiling, and without the extra weight and fragility of waterproof glass or ceramic containers. Dried beans , flours , whole grains , and rolled oats are examples of this type of dry goods. In the United States , dry goods are products such as textiles , ready-to-wear clothing, toiletries , and "grocery items (such as tobacco, sugar, flour, and coffee) that do not contain liquid." In US retailing ,

493-553: The executive department is composed of no more than twenty bodies and cabinet members. The governor of Hawaii is also empowered to remove cabinet officers at will, with the exception of the attorney general of Hawaii, who must be removed by an act of the Hawaii State Senate . The governor of Hawaii's official residence was Washington Place , a mansion that was once a minor royal palace of Queen Liliʻuokalani and her husband, Prince Consort John Owen Dominis . The mansion

522-455: The late 1800s there were hundreds and thousands of dry goods wholesaling stores and retail stores in America throughout towns and villages, engaging over one million people into the industry of dry goods trades. Beginning in the early 20th century, many dry goods stores expanded into other lines of merchandise, and the term largely disappeared from both everyday usage and the official names of

551-404: The new mansion for the governor was built on the grounds of Washington Place, after the state decided to turn Washington Place into a museum, an idea supported by then-Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano and family. This new mansion: Hale Kia Aina was completed in 2002 and Cayetano became the first governor to live in it for a few days before leaving office. His successor, Governor Linda Lingle , became

580-575: The officeholder's absence from the state or if the person is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office. Historically, the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaii or Hawaii Republican Party . The current governor of Hawaii is Democrat Josh Green , who assumed the position on December 5, 2022. Hawaii was the first U.S. state to have an Asian American chief executive; George Ariyoshi served three terms between 1974 and 1986. The governor of Hawaii

609-658: The renaming of the Nihonbashi site in 1967. However, the fusion with Tokyu also resulted in an overseas expansion using the Shirokiya branding. On October 29, 1959, the first branch of Shirokiya outside Japan opened in Hawaii 's then brand-new Ala Moana Center . In 1966 the department store moved to a different location in Ala Moana across from Liberty House (now Macy's ) where it would remain for 50 years. A branch store

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638-543: The same ticket) are the only two elected statewide executive officers in Hawaii. All other statewide executives (attorney general, auditor, etc.) are appointed by either the governor or the state legislature. Also, the governor of Hawaii has wide-reaching authority comparably stronger than the other governors in the Union; administrative powers are more centralized than that of most other states with little authority devolved to

667-481: The shops appear to have spread with the mercantile trade across the British Empire (and former British territories ) as a means of bringing supplies and manufactured goods to far-flung settlements and homesteads. Starting in the mid-18th century, these stores began by selling supplies and textile goods to remote communities, and many customized the products they carried to the area's needs. This continued to be

696-493: The stores. In a surprise move, Tokyu opted to sell the Shirokiya company to the seven highest-ranking executives of the Hawaiian store for the amount of $ 1, taking a $ 23 million loss. The deal, which included the rights to build a future expansion at Tokyu's lone remaining Hawaii asset, the Shirokiya Department Store at Ala Moana Center , ensured the survival of Shirokiya, though there were some reports in

725-465: The trend well into the early 20th century. With the rise of department stores and catalog sales, the decline of dry goods stores began, and the term has largely fallen out of use. Some dry goods stores became department stores especially around the turn of the 20th century. The term goes back to the 17th century and originally referred to any goods measured in dry measure , not liquid measure, of volume , such as stere , bushel or peck . Dry goods as

754-593: The west but unheard of in Japan, Mitsukoshi continued to have a commanding lead in Japan's retail industry. In 1958, in order to protect itself from a hostile takeover , Shirokiya agreed to be absorbed into the Tokyu Group , a railway company expanding into the retail industry at that time. In a move to unite all Japanese stores under the Tokyu Department Store chain, the Shirokiya brand progressively disappeared from Japanese life, culminating with

783-442: Was followed a few years later by a major fire on December 16, 1932 , which destroyed the larger building and caused 14 fatalities. Finally, Shirokiya's assets, centered mainly in Tokyo, were devastated during World War II and the subsequent occupation of Japan , whereas Mitsukoshi, spread throughout the nation, fared better. By 1958, Shirokiya was clearly on the downturn; despite the use of innovative marketing techniques common in

812-577: Was forced to close its 330-year-old flagship location in Nihonbashi. In order to further cut costs, Tokyu began to shed its overseas businesses, either selling them off or closing them outright. Eventually, attention turned to the Shirokiya stores, with the Pearlridge store closing in March 2001 and the Maui store shuttering in May of that same year. Customer outcry was immense. Led by Senator Daniel Inouye ,

841-513: Was opened in Maui in November 1973. A second branch was opened up at Pearlridge , near Pearl Harbor , on April 2, 1981. Though the three stores were popular with both local residents and tourists, the stores had an uneven profit record. By the 1990s, as the Japanese economy collapsed, the Tokyu Group went heavily into debt. By 2001, the company was already $ 470 million in debt, and in 1999, it

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