gifu takashimaya: this is yanagase's number one department store. sales reached a peak of 24.9 billion yen (approximately $184 million) in 1991, but had dropped to 15.6 billion yen (approximately $116 million) by february 2005, at which point takashimaya began renovating the store to support sagging sales. the resulting renewal has again increased sales at takashimaya. in december 2006, takashimaya opened a branch of muji in a neighboring building.