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PENTAX Corporation is pleased to announce the opening in April 2007 of PENTAX SQUARE in the Shinjuku Center Building in the Nishi-Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan. Planned and developed under the concept of ” photographic imaging,” this facility is designed to function as PENTAX's new visual communications space that provides a wide variety of services and programs to PENTAX camera users.
The details of PENTAX SQUARE's business operations have been finalized as follows : |
Overview of PENTAX Square :
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PENTAX SQUARE |
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MB ( Middle Basement ) Floor, Shinjuku Center Building, 1-25-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0690 Japan |
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81-3-3348-2945 ( accessible from Wednesday, April 18, 2007 ) |
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| FOCAL |
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Phone ( direct line ) |
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81-3-3348-5838 ( accessible from Wednesday, April 18, 2007 ) |
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Business hours |
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10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ( Monday to Friday )
10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ( Weekends and holidays ) |
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Business functions |
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- Management and operation of FOCAL, a members-only photo culture club, including planning and organization of photo workshops, photo trips and photo-related events;
- Management and operation of in-house facilities such as workshop classroom, photo studio, lounge, relaxation room, personal computer room, and camera equipment rental desk
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| PENTAX FORUM |
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Phone ( direct line ) |
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81-3-3348-2941 ( unchanged from the current PENTAX FORUM phone number ) |
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Business hours |
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10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
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Business functions |
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- Management and operation of photo gallery;
- Management and operation of photographic products showroom, including product demonstrations;
- Management and operation of photographic products service/repair desk;
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| PENTAX Family Secretariat |
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Phone ( direct line ) |
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81-3-3348-2979 ( accessible from Wednesday, April 18, 2007 ) |
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Business hours |
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10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
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Business functions |
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- Management and operation of PENTAX Family, a nationwide photographers' club for devoted PENTAX camera users
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| Opening schedule |
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- April 18, 2007 (Wednesday) :
- PENTAX FORUM and PENTAX Family Secretariat start business operations.
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- The current PENTAX FORUM, located in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building, will retain its service/repair and showroom functions until Tuesday, April 17, while its gallery will stay open through Wednesday, April 18.
- June 1, 2007 (Friday) :
- FOCAL starts business operations, marking the full-scale launch of PENTAX SQUARE.
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Tuesdays, New Year holidays and building maintenance days |
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Opening events :
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The following photo exhibitions and talk shows are scheduled for the opening of PENTAX SQUARE.
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Talk shows |
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April 18 (Wed)
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May 3 (Thurs) |
”Three-Man Landscape Exhibition” featuring FOCAL lecturers |
Yukihito Arai, Hideaki Sato and Toshiaki Tanji — a trio of renowned professionals and lecturers of the FOCAL photo school — will showcase their landscape images.
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April 21 (Sat) |
Toshiaki Tanji |
Speakers will present interesting topics related to their photo exhibitions. |
| April 22 (Sun) |
Yukihito Arai |
| April 28 (Sat) |
Hideaki Sato |
May 4 (Fri)
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May 17 (Thu) |
”Shinjuku” featuring female FOCAL lecturers |
Mayako Kajiyama, Sonoe, Saeko Hatada, Erina Yamazaki and Michiko Yone — five female lecturers of the FOCAL photo school — will unveil their original images of the Shinjuku neighborhood captured with the PENTAX K100D digital SLR camera.
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May 12 (Sat) |
Michiko Yone |
June 1 (Fri)
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June 14 (Thu) |
Title to be announced |
Saya Takagi, a popular actress, will exhibit her photographic works.
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June 2 (Sat) |
Saya Takagi |
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Each talk show has an attendance capacity of 100. Advance bookings are required for the talk shows. Bookings can be made by calling PENTAX FORUM ( phone: 81-3-3348-2941 ) after Tuesday, March 20, 2007. |
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Floor layout ( Conceptual image ) :
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| PENTAX SQUARE |
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PENTAX FORUM |
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