Character Shop / Idol Shop Spots in Japan

  • Hello Kitty Japan Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi
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    Tokyo Sumida-ku Oshiage 1-1-2 Tokyo Sky Tree Town Tokyo Sola Machi East Yard 4F
    A Hello Kitty souvenir shop located inside Tokyo Skytree Town Tokyo Solamachi, a shopping mall standing at the base of Tokyo Skytree. The shop is filled with merchandise relating to Hello Kitty, a character loved around the world, including stuffed animals, lifestyle goods, accessories, and sweets. The Japanese-style original merchandise and local products from around Japan are particularly popular with both Japanese and international tourists. The closest station is Tokyo Skytree Station.
  • Snoopy Town Harajuku
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Jingumae 6-1-9 Kidairand Harajuku Store B1
    A Snoopy Town shop located on the basement floor of Kiddy Land Harajuku in the Jingumae area of Shibuya City, Tokyo. The shop, themed after the Peanuts comic popular with young and old alike, is crammed with Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and other Peanuts Gang goods. The shop carries a variety of items perfect as gifts, including stuffed animals, lifestyle goods, and wood figures. The shop also sells items exclusive to the Harajuku location.
  • CAPCOM STORE TOKYO
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Udagawacho 15-1 SHIBUYA PARCO 6F
    Located on the 6th floor of SHIBUYA PARCO's CYBERSPACE SHIBUYA, CAPCOM's official antenna store offers a wide variety of goods featuring popular CAPCOM titles and characters, including Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Biohazard, and Ace Attorney. The shop also sells limited-edition goods that can only be purchased at this facility, making it a must-see for fans of CAPCOM.
  • Rilakkuma Store Kichijoji
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    Tokyo Musashinoshi Kichijoujihonchou 1-11-5 Kopichi Kichijoji Building A 6F
    A shop dedicated to the popular Rilakkuma character located in the Character Park section on the sixth floor of the Coppice Kichijoji shopping center. Built around the concept of a “happy life with Rilakkuma,” the shop carries Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, and Kiiroitori merchandise and lifestyle goods.
  • JUMP SHOP Shibuya Store
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Udagawacho 15-1 SHIBUYA PARCO 6F
  • Touken Ranbu Yorozuya Honpo
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Udagawacho 15-1 SHIBUYA PARCO 6F
  • Pokémon Center Fukuoka
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    Fukuoka Fukuoka-shi Hakata-ku Hakata Sta. Chuogai 1-1 JR Hakata City 8
  • miffy style Tokyo Station
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-9-1
    The official shop of the popular character Miffy, located in the Tokyo Character Street shopping facility just past the Yaesu North Exit of Tokyo Station. Miffy Style is filled with goods sure to be irresistible to Miffy fans, including stuffed animals, stationary, life goods, and bento boxes. The shop also sells items found nowhere else and is a popular destination for shoppers seeking souvenirs and gifts.
  • Hakone Yumoto Evangelion Store EVA Ya
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    Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Yumoto Shiraishi Underground 707-1 Hakone Tozan Railway Hakone Yumoto Station 1F
    This is the official store of the animated series Evangelion at Hakone Tozan Railway’s Hakone-Yumoto Station. Hakone is the main setting for the series, the futuristic Tokyo-3. They have plentiful takeout fare like Unit-01 soft serve ice cream and exclusive items like special candy, netsuke carvings, and tenugui towels. Fans come from afar to check it out, so if you’re into the anime, you won’t want to miss it.
  • Pokémon Store Gotemba
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    Shizuoka Gotenba-shi Fukasawa 1312 Gotenba Premium Outlets 2630
  • Pokémon Store Narita Airport
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    Chiba Narita-shi Narita International Airport Dai2 Passenger Terminal Building Motodate 4F
  • Nijigen COSPA Akiba Main Store
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    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Sotokanda 1-10-11 Mori Building 4F
  • Pokémon Center Sapporo
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    Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku Kita 5-jo nishi 4-7 Omaru Sapporo 8F
  • Pokémon Store New Chitose Airport
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    Hokkaido Chitose-shi Bibi 987 Shinchitose Airport Domestic Flight Terminal Building 2F
  • NMB48 Official shop
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 3-15
    This is the official shop of NMB48 who bases their activities in Osaka, located adjacent to Namba Grand Kagetsu. It has a landmark leopard skin print signboard. You can purchase such items as official goods, real photographs and limited promotion debut goods. There are also such as limited products which are only available in the shop and costume displays for members in disguise. In addition, there are also the signatures in the store of NMB members who have visited the store, so you can also enjoy searching through them while you are shopping. As the NMB48 theater is also located one minute away by foot, a lot of fans also visit before or after a performance.
  • Hidacchi Sarubobo Shop (Kokubunji Store)
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Aioimachi 19
    This shop is ten minutes on foot from Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Main Line. They sell lots of items including the local Gifu Prefecture handcrafted talismans known as Saru Bobo and limited edition Hidacchi merchandise (Hida-Takayama's mascot with a bright red body and slightly mischievous expression). Their very popular Omoide Course Saru Bobo making workshop lets you choose the color of its body band, add writing or drawings, and then attach it with glue before giving it a vest. There is also a full-fledged Saru Bobo making program where you piece it together by using thread, needle, and glue to attach the head, body, hood, and the rest.
  • Pokemon Center KANAZAWA
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    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Horikawa-shinmachi 3-1 KANAZAWA FORUS 5F
  • RADIO EVA STORE
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    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Udagawacho 15-1 SHIBUYA PARCO 5F
  • Sengoku Busho Shop
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    Tochigi Nasu-gun Nasumachi Takaku Otsu 3584-4
    This establishment is the official shop of Hiroyuki Suwahara, a master illustrator who creates stunning depictions of Japanese Warring States period samurai warriors. Situated around 300 meters from Nasu Safari park, the log house-style shop sells original merchandise and displays illustrations by Suwahara normally only viewable in art exhibitions. Packed with items decorated with the family crests of some of Japan's most famous samurai, merchandise featuring the artist's illustrations, and more, the shop's selection of Warring States period-themed products is one of the largest in the entire country. Inside the shop, customers are greeted by depictions of samurai commanders in full armor. Carrying original Japanese sword and family crest merchandise sold no place else, many of the shop's customers make their way here from across the country and the world.
  • SATSUKIYAMA ZOO SHOP
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    Osaka Ikeda-shi Ayaha 2-5-33

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