Written by peke　[update:2023/07/22]

First of all, Japanese card shops display almost all of their cards in the showcases like the pictures.

If you find cards you want, ask the shop worker then you need to accompany to the showcase. When the shop worker pick it up, you can check the condition and decide to buy or cancel on the spot.

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You might be able to check the card you want and price in advance on the online but you need to be there in most cases.

So, I’m going to introduce the card shops from my viewpoints.

Contents

  1. Akihabara
  2. Ikebukuro
  3. Events Info / Community Tournaments
  4. Other

※1: Even if the card shops are same chain, each store has different lineup and not same price.

※2: Almost all shop tournaments do not have pre-reservations. Some card shops run a raffle to participate at the day. Some card shops run the tournament first-come first-served at the day.

1. Akihabara

Akihabara is the best town in Japan for card game player.

It's a small town but tons of card game player come to Akihabara because there are probably close to 100 card shops not only pokemon.