1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers enter the first H&M outlet in western Japan that opened in Osaka on March 6, 2010, after queuing in the rain. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward.

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers wait in the rain for first H&M outlet in western Japan to open in Osaka on March 6, 2010. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward.

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Some 2,500 people lined up ahead of the opening of first H&M outlet in western Japan in rainy Osaka on March 6, 2010. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward.

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers enter the first H&M outlet in western Japan that opened in Osaka on March 6, 2010, after queuing in the rain. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo)

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers wait in the rain for first H&M outlet in western Japan to open in Osaka on March 6, 2010. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo)

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

1st H&M store in western Japan opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Some 2,500 people lined up ahead of the opening of first H&M outlet in western Japan in rainy Osaka on March 6, 2010. Swedish casual clothes chain H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB officially opened the 900-square-meter store, the seventh H&M outlet in Japan, in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo)