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Shopping & Merch Guide

Shibuya Vintage Clothing: 4 Shops, and Why Two of Them Are in Harajuku

Shibuya has two vintage shops worth the trip and they are both in Jinnan 1-chome. Everything else people call Shibuya vintage is fifteen minutes north in Jingumae. Verified addresses, hours, and the shop that has no Shibuya branch at all.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Akihabara Gunpla: 4 Shops, and the One That Is Not in Akihabara

Where to actually buy Gundam kits in Akihabara — the eight-floor hobby store, the sixth floor of Yodobashi, and the Radio Kaikan shop whose own website still sends you to a store that closed in 2023.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Pilgrimage & Events

Is the Odaiba Gundam Still There? It Came Down on 31 August 2026

After nine years, the life-size Unicorn Gundam at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza is being removed on 31 August 2026. Final show times, the farewell ceremony on 29 August, and what stays in Odaiba afterwards.
2026.08.26
Pilgrimage & Events
Shopping & Merch Guide

Akihabara Gachapon: 4 Stops, and the Floor That Stays Open Until 11pm

Akihabara capsule toys are concentrated in three buildings, not spread across the district. Verified addresses and hours, including the 800-machine floor inside namco that runs to 23:00 and the veteran shop that shuts at 19:00 on Sundays.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Shinjuku Card Shops: 4 Stores, One Open Until 1am

Akihabara and Ikebukuro shut by 21:00. Shinjuku is the card district that stays open after dinner — including one official shop trading until 1am. Four stores across three clusters, plus the address every listing still gets wrong.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Kichijoji Vintage Clothing: 4 Shops, and Which Side of the Station They Are On

Kichijoji splits by exit: the independents and designer resale are south of the station, the chains are north in Sunroad. Four verified shops, their real hours, and the two that are registered tax-free.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Ikebukuro Record Shops: 3 Stores, and One of Them Moved This Week

Ikebukuro has three record shops worth the trip, not the twelve other lists claim — and Disk Union Ikebukuro moved to a new building on 26 August 2026. Verified addresses, hours and what each one is actually for.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Nakano Broadway Card Shops: 4 Stores for Vintage Pokémon, Carddass and Yu-Gi-Oh

Akihabara sells sealed product. Ikebukuro sells you a seat. Nakano sells the cards Japan stopped printing — Carddass, old Bikkuriman, back-of-the-catalogue Pokémon. Four shops, three of them inside one building.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Ikebukuro Card Shop Guide: 4 Stores for Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and MTG (2026)

Ikebukuro has more trading card shops than Akihabara, almost all of them upstairs. Four verified stores, the opening-hours trap, and what changed at Pokémon Center MEGA TOKYO on 24 August 2026.
2026.08.26
Shopping & Merch Guide
Shopping & Merch Guide

Akihabara Card Shops 2026: 4 Stores for Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh

Radio Kaikan is a trading card mall now, and a whole building became a Pokemon card shop in February 2026. Four shops, correct hours, and what changed.
2026.08.23
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