Private company
Hands
Logo: ハンズ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
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Japanese departmental store chain
Hands Inc. (株式会社ハンズ, Kabushiki gaisha Hanzu), known as Hands (formerly Tokyu Hands), is a Japanese department store chain. Hands is now part of Cainz (itself a member of the Beisia Group). Tokyu Hands opened their first store in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1976 as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) store, hence the logo with two hands, and the emphasis on crafts and materials for projects.2 It is part of Tokyu Fudosan Holdings.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
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Hands Inc. (株式会社ハンズ, Kabushiki gaisha Hanzu), known as Hands (formerly Tokyu Hands), is a Japanese department store chain. Hands is now part of Cainz (itself a member of the Beisia Group). Tokyu Hands opened their first store in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1976 as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) store, hence the logo with two hands, and the emphasis on crafts and materials for projects.2
Corporate structure
Hands is part of a group headed by Tokyu Fudosan Holdings. 7 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Dōgenzaka
- Hands Shinjuku Eastside Square
- Tokyu Community Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyu Land Subsidiary · Dōgenzaka
- Sports Oasis Subsidiary
- Tokyu Stay Subsidiary · Shibuya, Japan
- Tokyu Livable Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Products and brands
Japan
Hands operates 49 stores in Japan, including in:
Tokyo
Shibuya (closing November 2026)
Shinjuku
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Tokyo Station
Ginza
Yokohama
Chiba
Sapporo
Shizuoka
Nagoya
Kyoto
Nara
Osaka
Umeda
Namba
Shinsaibashi
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Kagoshima
Okinawa
Naha
Urasoe
Singapore
In Singapore, Hands opened its first store in Westgate in 2014, and currently operates three stores across the country:
Orchard Central
Suntec City
Great World City
Former outlets:
Westgate
Jewel Changi Airport
Paya Lebar Quarter
Taiwan
In 2000, an overseas branch of Tokyu Hands, named Hands Tailung (台隆手創館) opened in Taipei, Taiwan, in the Ximending area; as of 2017, Hands Tailung operates 15 stores in Taiwan.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hands (store), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- Aug 28, 1976Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitehands.net1
- Websiteinfo.hands.net/ch11
- X (Twitter)x.com/TokyuHands1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/Hands.official.en1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/tokyuhandsinc1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJhZWf1lAsv_LOe0pG42exA1
- WikipediaHands (store)
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ859212
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataHands on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHands on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsHands logo by ハンズ, Public domain
- 4WikipediaHands on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 5Wikimedia CommonsHands photo by しんぎんぐきゃっと, CC BY-SA 4.0