Next to Koshigaya Lake Town station, Saitama, retail giant Aeon opened *the largest shopping mall in Japan on Oct 2. (*According to Wikipedia)

Name: Aeon Lake Town (イオンレイクタウン)
Mall length: 1km.
Shops : 565.
Parking: 8200.
It expects 200k to 300k shoppers this weekend.
Built eco-friendly.

As a Japanese, I think this is huge. I wonder if Americans feel this is middle-sized.

Koshigaya Lake Town Sta. is on JR Musashino Line. Easy access from Maihama Sta. near Tokyo Disney Resort.

An English article:
Aeon Opens One of Japan's Largest Malls
http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=20122

Youtube video ( low/ may have copyright violation )
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=cOEw9tdWrNI

FNN news video article ( high/ may be expired soon )
http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlin...N00141658.html

Official Site
http://www.aeon-laketown.jp/

Shop List in Japanese
Fashion
Goods
Restaurants and Cafe (Soba, Sushi, Tonkatsu, Japanese Buffet, 2 Starbucks etc..)
Service (Postal ATM which accepts foreign credit cards, travel agency, massage, clinic, dentist, haircut etc..)

Wikipedia page in Japanese
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%8 2%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3

Google news articles in Japanese.
http://news.google.co.jp/news?hl=ja&...ncl=1244488185