Waltz Tokorozawa

Waltz Tokorozawa (ワルツ所沢, WALTZ Tokorozawa) is a shopping center located in Hiyoshicho, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is managed and operated by Kabushiki Gaisha Waltz Tokorozawa, a third-sector company established jointly by Tokorozawa City and private enterprises including Sogo & Seibu. The complex is composed of the Seibu Tokorozawa S.C. (formerly the Seibu Tokorozawa store) together with a range of specialty shops. The center originated from the Tokorozawa Station West Exit Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project, which was planned as part of Tokorozawa City's modernization initiative. In 1980, Seibu Department Stores (as it was then known) was asked to participate and accepted, launching the project. Construction began in 1983 and the facility was completed and opened in April 1986. The Seibu Tokorozawa store opened as a core tenant alongside local specialty shops, and for Seibu Department Stores it represented a store that consolidated the urban-development know-how gained from Yurakucho Seibu and Tsukashin. While Yurakucho Seibu was developed around "information" and Tsukashin around "entertainment," the Tokorozawa store was developed under the theme of "community and lifestyle," positioned as a "living information hall" for citizens. Operating hours were differentiated by floor—the first-floor information service corner was open until 8 p.m. and the restaurant floor until 11 p.m.—and technologies such as CCTV-based in-store environmental staging were inherited from Yurakucho Seibu and Tsukashin. An eight-floor cinema, Cine Saison Tokorozawa, was also attached (it closed on May 28, 2003). The Tokorozawa store, with an investment of 20.9 billion yen, posted sales of 21.9 billion yen in its second year, putting early profitability within sight. Ahead of the full opening of Grand Emio Tokorozawa, in autumn 2019 the existing Seibu Tokorozawa store was gradually renewed into "Seibu Tokorozawa S.C.," combining a department store with specialty shops. Through this format conversion, the area of directly operated sales floors was reduced and the specialty-shop area expanded greatly from 25% to 75%, with about 50 new stores including Bic Camera and GU opening. The nickname "Waltz" was chosen through a public competition, carrying the hope that Tokorozawa—blessed with nature such as the Musashino forest, the Sayama Hills, and Lake Sayama—would become a town with an image like Vienna. The building houses specialty shops, Seibu Tokorozawa S.C. specialty shops and directly operated Seibu shops, and a basement parking garage across multiple floors.

Waltz Tokorozawa originated from the Tokorozawa Station West Exit Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project, planned as part of Tokorozawa City's modernization initiative. In 1980, Seibu Department Stores (as it was then known) was asked to participate and accepted, launching the project. Construction began in 1983, and the facility was completed and opened in April 1986. The Seibu Tokorozawa store opened as a core tenant alongside local specialty shops. For Seibu Department Stores, it was a store that consolidated the urban-development know-how gained from Yurakucho Seibu and Tsukashin. While Yurakucho Seibu was developed around "information" and Tsukashin around "entertainment," the Tokorozawa store was developed under the theme of "community and lifestyle," positioned as a "living information hall" for citizens. Operating hours were differentiated by floor—the first-floor information service corner was open until 8 p.m. and the restaurant floor until 11 p.m.—and technologies such as CCTV-based in-store environmental staging were inherited from Yurakucho Seibu and Tsukashin. An eight-floor cinema, Cine Saison Tokorozawa, was also attached; it closed on May 28, 2003. The Tokorozawa store, with an investment of 20.9 billion yen, posted sales of 21.9 billion yen in its second year, putting early profitability within sight. Ahead of the full opening of Grand Emio Tokorozawa, in autumn 2019 the existing Seibu Tokorozawa store was gradually renewed into "Seibu Tokorozawa S.C.," combining a department store with specialty shops. Through this format conversion, the area of directly operated sales floors was reduced and the specialty-shop area expanded greatly from 25% to 75%, with about 50 new stores including Bic Camera and GU opening. The nickname "Waltz" was chosen through a public competition, carrying the hope that Tokorozawa—blessed with nature such as the Musashino forest, the Sayama Hills, and Lake Sayama—would become a town with an image like Vienna.

• 2019

  In autumn, the existing Seibu Tokorozawa store was gradually renewed into "Seibu Tokorozawa S.C." ahead of the full opening of Grand Emio Tokorozawa.

• 2003

  Cine Saison Tokorozawa closed on May 28.

• 1986

  The facility was completed and opened in April.

• 1983

  Construction began.

• 1980

  Seibu Department Stores was asked to participate in the Tokorozawa Station West Exit redevelopment project and accepted, launching the project.

A community- and lifestyle-oriented shopping center serving as a "living information hall" for Tokorozawa citizens, combining a department store with specialty shops.

• Seibu Tokorozawa S.C.

  The core department store and specialty shop component of the complex.

• Waltz specialty shops

  Specialty shops located on multiple floors including B1F, 1F, 4F, 7F, and 8F.

• Waltz underground parking

  Parking located on floors B3-B2F.

1. 1ワルツ所沢 公式サイトwaltz-tokorozawa.com
2. 2ワルツ所沢 - Wikipediaja.wikipedia.org
3. 3Waltz Tokorozawa - Wikidatawikidata.org