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was a large Japanese retailer and distributor, best known outside Japan as the company that revived the Plaubel Makina 67 camera in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its roots go back to Doi Shōten (), also referred to as Doi Shōkai (). This was a Japanese retailer, distributor, or both, that started in 1949. (''Doi'' here is a surname, ''shōten'' means "retailer", and ''shōkai'' means "trading company".) In the early fifties it was based in Osaka. Kimio Doi (, ''Doi Kimio''), son of the Mr. Doi of Doi Shōten, started a branch in Fukuoka at some time around 1956. In 1959 this became plain Doi (, ''Kabushiki Kaisha Doi''). Doi provided diverse services, such as professional darkroom work. Retail stores were branded "Camera no Doi" (, ''Kamera no Doi''); these were known for the array of used cameras as well as competitive prices of new equipment. By the 1980s, Doi was as large a presence as Yodobashi Camera in the Nishi-Shinjuku area of west-central Tokyo. Its sales peaked in March 1989.〔According to (this article ).〕 However, it faltered in the 1990s and closed down in 2003. Doi Technical Photo seems to have survived this, even running a photography gallery in Yūrakuchō,〔 (Gallery description ) (via Wayback; in Shift-JIS).〕 but now (2006) appears to be defunct. ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doi (retailer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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