Shinjuku Alta opened in 1980 as a fashion building with two floors underground and seven floors above ground at the east exit of Shinjuku Station. The studio on the 7th floor was known as the location for the public live broadcast of the commercially available variety show.
The building is owned by an Osaka real estate company, and the company says that the use of the building after it closes is undecided. "We will continue to welcome our customers wholeheartedly until the end of our business," the store says.