Sep 12, 2005. /Lesprom Network/. IKEA Japan KK will open an outlet in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, on April 24, 2006. With a sales floor space of 23,500 square meters, the Swedish group's first store in Japan will be one of the largest furniture shops here. To be located on the former site of an indoor ski slope, the fifth-storey outlet will sell some 10,000 low-priced furniture, interior and other items on the first two floors, where a Swedish restaurant, a cafe and a warehouse will also be housed.