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flagship store; signature shop; star establishment
A shop or restaurant that serves as the representative or most prominent establishment in a group, area, or brand. The store that best represents the brand's identity.
この通りの看板店はあのラーメン屋だ。
The star establishment on this street is that ramen shop.
商店街の看板店が閉店して寂しくなった。
The shopping street's flagship store closed, and it became less lively.
この百貨店はブランドの看板店として知られている。
This department store is known as the brand's flagship location.
A compound of 看板 (signboard; figuratively, the face/representative of something) and 店 (store). The concept of 看板 in Japanese goes beyond a physical sign — it represents reputation and identity. A 看板店 is the store that carries and represents that reputation.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 地域の看板店: the area's flagship store
- 商店街の看板店: the shopping street's signature shop
- 看板店を任される: to be entrusted as the flagship store
RELATED TERMS:
- 看板: signboard; figuratively, the face/star of something
- 看板商品: flagship product, signature item
- 本店: main store, head office
- フラッグシップ: flagship (loanword)