Nihonbashi Takashimaya: New Building B3 Secret Parking Lot

Parking lot on the 3rd basement floor with no sign on the elevator

It was sunny and warm in Tokyo on that day, and the weather was very pleasant.

I'm going out at Ferrari California T for the first time in a long time from the morning.

After finishing my errands, I had something to buy, so I decided to head to Nihonbashi Takashimaya.

For those who regularly read this blog, I think it's like "Oh, Nihonbashi Takashimaya story?"

… That's right (laughs). Also about Nihonbashi Takashimaya parking lot.

To Nihonbashi Takashimaya New Building Parking Lot

The parking lot in the new building was used this time.

Before,I've parked California T mechanically in the East Building parking lotSo, in fact, the mechanical parking lot in the East Building is okay, but it seems that many people in charge are guided to say, "This is only mechanical, so please go to the new building." ..

This is the state when I parked in the East Building parking lot before ↓

So, this time I headed to the new building parking lot from the beginning. The new building parking lot of Nihonbashi Takashimaya that I have visited many times.

Nevertheless.

This time, my first experience was waiting for me. Hmmm, Nihonbashi Takashimaya parking lot, there is still an unknown world!

Normally, the parking lot in the new building is only on the 4th basement floor.

What happened was ... after entering the new building parking lot and going underground ... after issuing and receiving the parking ticket. The parking lot in the new building basically has only a "parking lot on the 4th basement floor".

Normally, there is a person in charge, and in the parking lot on the 4th basement floor, "I will guide you to flat placement", or in the case of Porsche 911, "Which is flat or mechanical?" I was asked, but this time it was different.

The person in charge told me ... suddenly ...

"We will guide you to the parking lot on the 3rd basement floor. Have you ever used it?"

What's that new attack!

Suddenly hit by the first strike from Takashimaya

"eh!"

Although he was a little frustrated, he admitted defeat and replied, "No, no ...". Nununu. Nihonbashi Takashimaya parking lot, which I didn't know yet. They got me…. It's a feeling of defeat. (What are you fighting, I (laughs)?)

Takashimaya continued, "Then, I will guide you. Please continue to run toward the exit. When you go up one floor toward the exit, another guide will stand. Because we are doing it. "

Oh oh.

It's kind of exciting, like "I can go where I couldn't go before" with Dragon Quest.

As I was told, I spent more and more on the flat parking lot in the new building and suddenly headed for the exit. I just entered.

But when I finally started to climb the slope toward the exit, it was kind of

"Huh? Maybe I'm really going home like this? If there was no one in the future, this is the exit soon, so come around the parking lot and say goodbye today? Can't you go to Takashimaya?"

I feel a little uneasy.

But.

When I went up the slope to the exit, the person in charge was waiting for me! It was good. I thought it was a new "customer repelling method" (a lie).

The person in charge is visible in the yellow circles ↓

Please park your car with the guidance "Please go here ~, please stop at number 3."

Parking completed.

What exactly is a B3 parking lot?

This secret (not (laughs)) B3 parking lot seems to be a place reserved for non-standard cars.

Even if it is not completely out of the standard, if it seems to be big like Ferrari at my home this time, I may be able to guide you when it is vacant.

When you get out of the car, the person in charge will be waiting for you and will come to the elevator with you to guide you.

Nihonbashi Takashimaya, the first floor of the new building "B3". This is a "rare" floor that can be understood by those who really understand it! !! A floor that shouldn't exist for customers! (exaggerated)

Oh yeah, and the parking ticket also says "B3" like this.

When I handed over the parking ticket with B3 written on it, I also received a guide sheet saying "How to return to the parking area on the 3rd basement floor of the new building" ↓

That's right, when you come home after shopping, you pay at the B4 floor, just like you parked in the normal new building parking lot.

How to return to the parking lot on the 3rd basement floor of the new building

Now that I've finished shopping, I'd like to go back from the department store to the car.

As mentioned above, first go to the B4 floor of the new building parking lot and settle the parking lot fee.

The person in charge will take care of all the payments at the checkout machine, so when you give the parking ticket to that person, the moment you see the parking ticket, you will say "Oh! B3 floor parking lot ^^" ..

Fufufu. Somehow, there was such an exciting feeling that "the secret code passed". It's like "Oh, that's right, it's B3. Fufu." How common people are (laughs).

After the payment is completed, the person in charge will come to the elevator with you.

This elevator is a direct elevator that only goes from the parking lot of B4 to the department store contact floor of B1.

Therefore, the buttons that push the floor inside the elevator are only "B4" and "B1" like this. There is no other floor display. No B3 button. I want to press it, but I can't.

But.

If you get in this elevator and the person in charge does something a little bit ...

Look, look, look!

Oh ~. "Next is the B3 floor" or "Next B3 Floor" is displayed.

Even though there is no B3 floor button, the phantom B3 floor comes out! Hmm, this is definitely Dragon Quest.

"There was a B3 floor in such a place! Hidden door!" I felt like a dungeon, and when I took a photo of the elevator stopped on the B3 floor from the inside with my smartphone ...! !! !!

The moment the door opened, I was able to see the next usher, who was waiting outside, taking a picture from the front.

That person also looked at me as a super climber and laughed unintentionally, saying, "That's right, the B3 floor is rare (laughs), you take pictures."

Ue. It's too embarrassing ... I'm no longer a complete redneck ...

Anyway, I was able to safely return to the parking lot on the 3rd basement floor.

When I returned to the car and tried to leave, the guide told me, "In the case of B3 parking lot, the gate does not open automatically at the exit, so sorry to trouble you, but please insert a parking ticket."

Normally, the settlement is completed on the B4 floor, so the return gate will open automatically when the number is read, but it certainly will not open this time.

Insert the parking ticket and open the gate safely. * After that, when I stopped for the second time, the gate opened automatically by reading the number for some reason.

What a fun (?), The Nihonbashi Takashimaya New Building B3F parking lot experience, which was a new experience for me, has ended.

If the only problem is the "size" of the car, except when the slope goes down to the underground parking lot (or goes up on the way back) and there is a problem such as rubbing the lip. If you go to the new building parking lot, you will be guided to this non-standard parking lot.

If you have been hesitant to go to Nihonbashi Takashimaya by your own car because of the size of the car, please try this new building parking lot.

This time it was an experience that was kind of like a redneck (laughs), but from now on, I'd like to be able to say "Oh, B3 parking lot? I've used it."