AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom Grand Opening at 9:00 AM on April 25, 2015 (Saturday)

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1 January 26, 2015 AEON MALL Co., Ltd. AEON Ryukyu Co., Ltd. AEON Co., Ltd. An Authentic Leisure Shopping Center to Welcome Customers with Unique Okinawa Experiences AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom Grand Opening at 9:00 AM on April 25, 2015 (Saturday) On April 25, 2015 (Saturday), AEON will celebrate the grand opening of AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom (hereinafter referred to as the Mall ) located in Kitanakagusuku, Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, the largest shopping center in the prefecture. Located in Kitanakagusuku, Nakagami District in middle Okinawa Island, the Mall adjoins the main artery Japan National Route 330 which connects the south and north of Okinawa Island. On the north side is the east-west Okinawa Loop Line. Therefore it is very convenient for residents in Okinawa City and neighboring municipalities to come to the Mall. Additionally, the Mall is close to Kitanakagusuku IC and Okinawa-minami IC, making it easier for customers from a large area in Okinawa Island to visit the Mall. In a word the Mall enjoys convenient communication and superior geographical location. The Kitanakagusuku Awase land planning and consolidation business area where the Mall is seated is considered as a typical case of early land industrialization after the U.S. army returned the lands, while the Mall is positioned as a core facility of the Kitanakagusuku Awase land planning and consolidation business area. Moreover, over 6.9 million Japanese and overseas tourists come to Okinawa Prefecture every year (annual objective of the Visit Okinawa Plan 2014), making it one of the top tourist attractions in Japan. Based on the objective of 10 million tourists in 2021 in the 5th Okinawa Travel Revitalization Plan of Okinawa Prefecture made by Okinawa Prefecture, besides offering tourists a shopping environment, AEON will also provide authentic food, recreation and experiences originated in Okinawa through the transmission of Okinawa culture, and strive to create the No.1 Leisure Shopping Center in Asia. -Features of AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom- The Mall has gathered approx. 220 stores, including 46 first-ever stores in Kyushu and Okinawa regions and 70 first-ever stores in Okinawa. From special local cuisine to cuisines from all over the world, the Mall is the largest food court in Okinawa. With over 60 restaurants and approx. 5,500 seats, the Mall has gathered both special local food culture and foods from all over the world. Moreover, there is a duplex gourmet world with approx. 2,200 seats, which is the largest in Okinawa. It offers the culture and entertainment that can make people feel the charm of Okinawa. 1

2 In the large duplex space Rycom Square Aqua, there is a large water tank Rycom Aquarium jointly created with Okinawa Mirashima Consortium, which represents the sea of Okinawa. Activities about Ryukyu culture, Okinawa culture and American culture, music & dance performances and street performances are held 365 days a year. The Mall sets Rycom Welcome Station to support Okinawa sightseeing tour The Mall will ensure Japanese and overseas customers to have a happy travel experience by setting sightseeing receptionists, Kitanakagusuku sightseeing guide stations, foreign currency exchange windows, flight information stations, car rental and souvenir shops. AEON Rycom is the first AEON Style mall in Okinawa. AEON will launch a wholly new comprehensive business type AEON Style for the first time in Okinawa, which seeks a unique best international style that combines both local characteristics and international features to provide Japanese and overseas customers with wholly new commodities and reception services. 2

3 -Philosophy of AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom- Welcome customers with unique Okinawa experiences A leisure mall where customers can experience unique culture and rich natural resources in Okinawa, and where local residents in Okinawa and customers from Japan and overseas can enjoy a happy time in the same space and a mall that represents Asian features and is filled with happiness. A new story originated in Okinawa as a bridge connecting Asia and the world. A leisure shopping center of the new era surrounded by the blue sea and clear sky will be born on the Rycom land. Food, culture and tradition. A place to experience traditional and new Okinawa. A place to experience local culture and latest trends of Okinawa. And a place that cures tourists with the warmth of local people unique to Okinawa. A wholly new resort that has combined people s lives and the touching experiences in Okinawa is right here. It will make every visitor, no matter local residents, people in travel or tourists from overseas, forget time and daily chores and enjoy the moment. We wish you join us to create wholly new happy experiences in life and travel. Start from Rycom and experience more fun of Okinawa Island. 3

4 AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom will welcome customers with four major contents. Four Major Contents Gourmet & Shopping Approx. 220 specialty stores including 46 first-ever stores in Kyushu and Okinawa and 70 first-ever stores in Okinawa It has gathered approx. 60 stores and approx. 5,500 seats, including restaurants, gourmet world and coffee shops that have both special local food culture and foods from all over the world. Here customers can enjoy all kinds of foods in the beautiful environment in which they can overlook the blue sea or they are surrounded by green plants. The gourmet world where customers can easily find authentic and delicious food has set a duplex structure. The duplex gourmet world with approx. 2,200 seats is the largest in Okinawa. Customers will be intoxicated in a luxury leisure mood, in the open-air corridor and the beautiful environment with a sea view. Additionally, there are also large restaurants that serve group tourists and support the traditional financial mode of Okinawa--- Moai Customers can have a great delightful talk together in this leisure space. As the trend transmission stronghold of Okinawa No.1, the first featured global brand of Okinawa, the Mall has gathered Okinawa No.1 stores of children s products, and many stores that are attractive to local residents and visitors to Okinawa. 4

5 Entertainment & Culture Create spaces and activities from which customers can experience Okinawa through Okinawa s nature and culture, traditional art, modern music and American music In the open large space on duplex 1F, there is a large ornamental water tank Rycom Aquarium with a volume of over 100 tons. Some 25 tropical fish species (1,000 fish) with unique characteristics and bright colors represented by Napoleon Wrasse and zebra sharks from the offshore of Okinawa roam in the transparent seawater, which presents the image of Okinawa s beautiful sea and gives the mysterious sense of space. In the day, in the Rycom Stage AIR on 3F, authentic concerts and traditional art performances about Ryukyu and Okinawa culture will be held; in the night, in the Rycom Stage Sky, there will be live pop music shows and street performances brought by American artists. In 365 days a year, tourists and local residents can enjoy the fun every day. 5

6 Space By making use of the harmonious coexistence with local natural resources such as flowers and trees and the soothing BGM, seawater, sky and breeze, the Mall will provide tourists a space where they can immerse themselves in a leisure mood. Rycom Village, a leisure, holiday space In the Rycom Village designed by world-renowned Ishihara Kazuyuki, the scattering sunshine, shady trees and beautiful waterfalls and streams and so on give a sense of leisure compatible with the nature of Okinawa. It will provide every visitor with a comfortable space where they want to stay for a whole day. The Mall has set a space with approx. 280 seats in the open space on duplex 5F for relaxation and leisure, which has further complemented the leisure environment here. Additionally, there is also Sky Garden where children can play freely and mosaiculture jointly created with Okinawa Mirashima Consortium, creating a wholly new landscape in harmonious coexistence with the rich natural resources in Kitanakagusuku. At the Arrival Gate, there are ceramic lions crafted by lion ceramists in Yomitan, while in Rycom Village there are a group of ceramic lions jointly crafted by local ceramists in Kitanakagusuku. Customers can appreciate and also photo with those guardians of the Mall. 6

7 Service Rycom Welcome Station will provide local residents and tourists with reliable and satisfactory services. The Rycom Welcome Station in the Mall that covers an area of approx. 1,600m 2 provides not only services that can improve convenience for local residents but also services helping Japanese and overseas tourists. To ensure tourists from Japan and overseas can enjoy a happy time in the Mall to the fullest, the Mall will provide all kinds of convenience services from the perspective of tourists. Rycom Welcome Station The Mall is equipped with Kitanakagusuku Travel Market KITAPO (Kitanakagusuku sightseeing guide stations) which will spread the charm of Kitanakagusuku and sightseeing receptionists who will give suggestions on travel according to the demand of tourists. To make it more convenient for customers during shopping, the Mall has equipped foreign exchange windows and ATMs accepting overseas credit cards. The Mall also provides temporary storage service of carry-on luggage delivery service to airports and hotels and express delivery to other places in Japan and overseas. The Mall has also set rental car stops and flight information stations where tourists can check flight information, to improve convenience for individual tourists. Additionally, for customers using shuttle bus and group tour bus, there are also bus waiting rooms. Moreover, there are also souvenir shops and convenience stores where customers can buy local specialties of Okinawa and enjoy desserts, as well as Prayer Room for prayers and special waiting rooms for bus drivers and attendants, in the hope of providing satisfactory services to all people. Moreover, considering the convenience for tourists, besides Wi-Fi throughout the Mall, there are signs, floor instructions and fronts pages in English, Chinese (traditional and simplified Chinese) and Korean. The Mall will enrich means of transportation to make it convenient for customers in south regions represented by Naha Airport and Naha direction, and the central region nearby. The Mall will make tourists from Japan and overseas visiting AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom know more about the central region, and urge them to visit more surrounding areas, making contributions to promoting the development of the central region. 7

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9 [Overview of AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom] N a m e : AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom Address : Block 4, Kitanakagusuku Awase land planning and consolidation business area, Kitanakagusuku, Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Tel. : AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom To be confirmed AEON Rycom To be confirmed URL : Responsible Person : AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom General Manager Ohtawara Takahiro AEON Rycom Store Manager Nakamura Toshihino Number of stores : Anchor store AEON Rycom Specialty store Approx. 220 Site area : Approx. 175,000m 2 Floor area : Approx. 160,000m 2 (including the multistorey parking garage) Gross leasable area : Approx. 78,000m 2 Building structure : Five floors above ground, bar construction Vehicle parking capacity : Approx. 4,000 Bicycle parking capacity : Approx. 260(number submitted by land law) Designed by : Takenaka Corporation Constructed by : Takenaka Corporation, Kokubagumi, Takenaka-doboku specific construction engineering enterprise Opening date : April 25, 2015 (Saturday) Business hours : Specialty stores 10:00~22:00 1F, 2F Rycom Village 10:00~22:00 (Restaurants in Rycom Village 10:00~23:00) 3F, 4F Rycom Gourmet World 10:00~22:00 4F Food Street 10:00~23:00 5F Rycom Sky Diner 11:00~23:00 Cinema 10:00~24:00 AEON Rycom (2F) 8:00~23:00 AEON Rycom (3F, 4F) 9:00~23:00 The business hours of some stores may be slightly different. Holidays : Open 365 days a year Number of employees : Approx. 3,000 in the entire shopping mall (AEON Rycom: approx. 450) Basic trading zone : Approx million in Okinawa + approx. 6.9 million Japanese and overseas tourists(annual objective of VISIT Okinawa Plan 2014) 9