Businessweek

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation, merchandising, real estate, and other businesses primarily in Japan. Its transportation activities comprise railway, bus, taxi, sightseeing boat, and ropeway services in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka regions. The company’s railway network transports approximately 1.94 million passengers per day, including school and work commuters, and leisure travelers through 3 lines that span a total of 120.5 kilometers. Its merchandising activities include the operation of department stores that offer fashion and food products in Shinjuku; and retail stores comprising convenience stores and supermarkets, which offer fresh foods and other daily necessities, as well as shops that make and sell baked goods and confectioneries in Tokyo and Kanagawa regions. The company’s real estate operations include the development and leasing of real estate properties comprising retail and office space, as well as the provision of real estate brokerage and remodeling services. It also operates the Hyatt Regency Tokyo, an international urban hotel in Shinjuku; resort hotels; restaurants; advertising agencies; and golf courses, as well as engages in travel agency, railway maintenance, motor service station and car dealer, building management and maintenance, horticulture and gardening, insurance agency, bookkeeping, and nursing and child care businesses. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.