Business Brand
Every item discovered through the sound aesthetic sense of Metropolitan Gallery’s METROCS business, or planned, developed, and sold independently, is packed with its creators’ ingenuity and sensitivity, as well as an inherited “chic” stylishness of materials and techniques. By incorporating these items into their everyday living as tools or personal fashion statements, users are able to resolve problems, discover new value, and experience creative lifestyles. It is precisely for this reason that METROCS is committed to being a business that evolves people’s everyday living through use of our products.
None of the items discovered through METROCS’ sound aesthetic sense, or planned, developed, and sold independently, is a “fad” item that will soon become obsolescent as fashion trends change;rather, a mandatory condition for each of our products is that users be able to continuously savor the value over the course of an item’s utilization. Needless to say, each item is a “truly high-quality product” in every respect, from materials and parts through construction method, but ideally, each item also imparts a sense of the thinking and philosophy of its designer. Accordingly, METROCS is committed to not only selecting and selling truly high-quality products but also reviving lost items or designs that are essential to our times, or to the future, and to passing these on to future generations. Furthermore, if there is any item or design that could be essential to our times or to the future but does not currently exist, we will collaborate with contemporary designers to create it and pass it down in perpetuity.
Company Outline
Name
Metropolitan Gallery Inc.
Business Details
Import and Export of interior Goods, Production of Original Furniture, Retail and Wholesale of Product Design Furniture, Interior Goods and Japanese Handicrafts.
CEO
Yuji Shimotsubo
History
- Mar. 1993
- Established Metropolitan Gallery Ltd. in Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Apr. 1993
- Opened “Metropolitan Gallery” as an interior shop in Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Oct. 1998
- Opened the office in Sapporo, Hokkaido and launched Import and Wholesale business.
Established “Metropolitan Products” as Product development business - Sep. 2000
- Opened Online shop
- Aug. 2002
- Changed the shop name to “METROCS”
- Mar. 2003
- Reorganized from a limited company to a stock company
- May. 2003
- Opened the second shop in Minato-ku, Shimbashi, Tokyo
- Feb. 2009
- Relocated the head office to Minato-ku, Shimbashi, Tokyo
- Feb. 2009
- Spun off the shop in Sapporo
- Mar. 2010
- Launched Export business
- Sep. 2019
- Launched the original brand “nuskool” with young designers
- Sep. 2022
- Opened Product development, Collection management, Distribution Center in Takasaki, Gumma
Location
6-18-2, Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, JAPAN
Merchandising Division
TEL:+81-(0) 3-5777-5938
e-mail:md@metropolitan.co.jp
Operating Hours:10:00~18:00
Business holiday:Sat, Sun & National Holiday
METROPOLITAN PRODUCTS
[Product development / Repair & Maintenance / Collection management / Distribution Center]
337-1, Iizukamachi, Takasaki-shi, Gumma 370-0069
TEL:+81 (0) 27-388-0820
e-mail:products@metropolitan.co.jp
Operating Hours:10:00~18:00
Business holiday:Sat, Sun & National Holiday
Wholesale Division
TEL:+81-(0) 3-5777-4787
e-mail:wholesale@metropolitan.co.jp
Operating Hours:10:00~18:00
Business holiday:Sat, Sun & National Holiday
e-mail:overseas@metropolitan.co.jp
Retail Division
TEL:+81-(0) 3-5777-5866
e-mail:info@metrocs.jp
Operating Hours:10:00~18:00
Business holiday:Sat, Sun & National Holiday
e-mail:tokyo@metrocs.jp
Operating Hours:12:00~18:00、Sat 11:00~19:00
Close:Wed, Sun & National Holiday
e-mail:info@metrocs.jp
Franchise store
8engine Inc.
METROCS Sapporo Main Store
1F, Takusyoku Bldg. 28-145, Kita10jonishi 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-0010
TEL:+81 (0) 11-615-8777
e-mail:info@metrocssapporo.jp
Open Hours:12:00~20:00、Sun & National Holiday 12:00~18:00
Close:Wed, Thu
METROCS Sapporo Ebetsu
14-1, Makiba-cho, Ebetsu-shi, Hokkaido 067-0005
TEL:+81 (0) 11-887-7511
Open Hours:10:00~20:00 Open all year round