Pokémon card shops in Japan

Where to buy Pokémon cards, packs and singles — 1836 shops across 56 cities, from Akihabara's card-shop alleys to Pokémon Centers and secondhand card counters. Every listing shows the Japanese name, the nearest station and photos.

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1247 card shops

305 secondhand chains with card counters

266 hobby stores

18 Pokémon Centers

How to buy Pokémon cards in Japan

Japan is the source market for the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Japanese sets release first, prices on singles are lower than abroad, and whole streets are built around trading cards. There are three kinds of doors. Pokémon Centers sell new product at retail (with lotteries on release weekends). Card shops — chains like Card Labo, Hobby Station, Amenity Dream, Batoloco and hundreds of independents — carry sealed boxes, singles by the binder, graded slabs, buyback counters and play tables. Secondhand chains such as BOOK OFF, Suruga-ya, Hard Off and Furuhon Ichiba hide surprisingly cheap singles in their card corners.

The list below is every shop registered with The Pokémon Company as an official Pokémon Card Gym or Pokémon Center — 1836 shops in 56 cities — translated into English, with the Japanese name kept next to it, the nearest station and photos. Tokyo alone has 201; Osaka 154; Nagoya and Aichi 145.

Questions people ask

Where are the best places to buy Pokémon cards in Tokyo?

Akihabara is the densest cluster in Japan — 48 card shops within a few blocks of the station (Card Labo, Amenity Dream, Card Kingdom, Hobby Station and dozens of independents). Ikebukuro (20 shops) and Nakano Broadway are the next stops; Shinjuku, Shibuya and Kichijoji each have a handful. Every shop in this list is registered with The Pokémon Company as an official Pokémon Card Gym or Pokémon Center.

Can I buy new Pokémon packs at retail price in Japan?

Yes — Pokémon Centers and big retailers sell sealed product at the printed price, but hot new sets often go through a lottery or same-day queue. Independent card shops sell sealed boxes and packs at market price, plus singles, graded cards and older sets you will not find at retail.

What is oripa?

Oripa (オリパ, «original pack») are mystery packs assembled by the shop itself — a few random singles with a chance at a chase card. They are sold at card shops and from vending machines around Akihabara and Osaka's Den Den Town. They are not official Pokémon products; treat them as a gamble.

Can I sell or trade my cards at these shops?

Most card shops run a buyback counter (買取, kaitori) — bring photo ID. Trading happens at the play tables on tournament days; shops marked «hosts tournaments» run official Pokémon Card Gym events.

Do I need to speak Japanese?

No. Every listing here shows the Japanese name so you can match the sign or show it to staff, plus the nearest station and the address in both languages. Cash is still king in small shops; tax-free is rare for secondhand goods.

All Pokémon card shops by city

Tokyo 201 shops

Akihabara 48

Ikebukuro 20

Shinjuku 16

Hachioji 11

Machida 10

Shibuya 8

Tachikawa 7

Kichijoji 6

Adachi 5

Nerima 5

Edogawa 4

Kamata 4

Itabashi 4

Nakano 4

Ueno / Okachimachi 3

Sumida 3

Koto 3

Minato 2

Fussa 2

Setagaya 2

Chofu 2

Ota 2

Arakawa 2

Katsushika 2

Toyoshima 2

Shinagawa 2

Akiru No 2

Nishi Tokyo 2

Kita 1

Ome 1

Kodaira 1

Chuo 1

Higashiyamato 1

Meguro 1

Shimokitazawa 1

Hino 1

Nishitama 1

Akira Shima 1

Koganei 1

Kinshicho 1

Suginami 1

Tama 1

Fuchu 1

Higashi 1

Taito 1

Chiyoda 1

Osaka 154 shops

Nipponbashi / Den Den Town 37

Higashi Osaka 12

Umeda 7

Hirakata 6

Takatsuki 5

Kita 5

Yodogawa 4

Toyonaka 4

Sakai 4

Izumisano 4

Shinsaibashi 4

Neyagawa 4

Namba 4

Yao 4

Ibaraki 3

Abeno 3

Moriguchi 3

Higashiyodogawa 2

Higashisumiyoshi 2

Heiya 2

Kadoma 2

Daito 2

Matsubara 2

Izumi 2

Joto 2

Tennoji 2

Naka 2

Ikuno 2

Mino 2

Suminoe 1

Tondabayashi 1

Kawauchi Nagano 1

Minami 1

Kishiwada 1

Suita 1

Sumiyoshi 1

Tsurumi 1

Settsu 1

Miyako Shima 1

Higashinari 1

Nishiyodogawa 1

Mihara 1

Sennan 1

Nishi 1

Chuo 1

Ikeda 1

Saitama 98 shops

Omiya 6

Tokorozawa 6

Ageo 6

Kasukabe 5

Kawagoe 5

Iruma 5

Kawaguchi 5

Kumagaya 4

Soka 4

Fukaya 4

Kita 3

Koshigaya 3

Hiki 3

Yashio 2

Kuki 2

Fujimi 2

Satte 2

Toda 2

Sayama 2

Honjo 2

Minami 2

Konosu 2

Kazo 2

Niiza 2

Hasuda 1

Sakato 1

Okegawa 1

Asaka 1

Chichibu 1

Chuo 1

Warabi 1

Higashi Matsuyama 1

Midori 1

Hidaka 1

Hanyu 1

Shiki 1

Misato 1

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Urawa 1

Minuma 1

Kitamoto 1

Chiba 81 shops

Chuo 12

Funabashi 8

Kashiwa 8

Matsudo 7

Ichikawa 6

Kisarazu 3

Mobara 3

Narashino 3

Urayasu 3

Sakura 3

Nagareyama 3

Noda 2

Asahi 2

Ichihara 2

Abiko 2

Inage 2

Kama Ke Tani 1

Togane 1

Inzai 1

Kimitsu 1

Narita 1

Yachimata 1

Yachiyo 1

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Hanamigawa 1

Oamishirasato 1

Mihama 1

Tomisato 1

Aichi 75 shops

Toyohashi 7

Anjo 7

Okazaki 6

Toyota 6

Kasugai 4

Ichinomiya 4

Inazawa 4

Kariya 3

Nishio 3

Handa 3

Konan 3

Tokai 3

Toyokawa 2

Chiryu 2

Komaki 2

Owariasahi 2

Tsushima 1

Yatomi 1

Obu 1

Takahama 1

Nagakute 1

Nisshin 1

Tanba 1

Kiyosu 1

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Seto 1

Tokoname 1

Kama 1

Chita 1

Kasuga 1

Nagoya 70 shops

Osu 28

Nagoya Station 13

Nakagawa 4

Kita 3

Tenpaku 3

Nishi 3

Minami 2

Mizuho 2

Meito 2

Moriyama 2

Naka 1

Chigusa 1

Showa 1

Kita Nagoya 1

Nakamura 1

Midori 1

Atsuta 1

Minato 1

Fukuoka 59 shops

Tenjin 9

Kokurakita 6

Hakata 5

Kurume 4

Higashi 4

Kasuya 4

Yahatahigashi 3

Minami 3

Sawara 2

Yahatanishi 2

Iizuka 2

Asakura 2

Chikushino 2

Dazaifu 2

Onojo 1

Kohata 1

Ito Shima 1

Chikugo 1

Kasuga 1

Yame 1

Koga 1

Omuta 1

Yanagawa 1

Hiroshima 55 shops

Naka 11

Fukuyama 10

Minami 5

Higashi Hiroshima 4

Aki 4

Asaminami 4

Kure 3

Mihara 2

Asakita 2

Saeki 2

Takehara 2

Nishi 2

Eda Shima 1

Otake 1

Sanji 1

Higashi 1

Hyogo 50 shops

Himeji 10

Itami 8

Amagasaki 6

Akashi 5

Nishinomiya 4

Kawanishi 2

Mita 2

Shikama 2

Tatsu no 2

Nishiwaki 1

Tanba 1

Kakogawa 1

Otsu 1

Yofu 1

Toyoka 1

Shiso 1

Takarazuka 1

Tanba Shinoyama 1

Ibaraki 48 shops

Mito 9

Tsukuba 4

Hitachinaka 4

Tsuchiura 3

Chikusei 3

Koga 3

Hitachi 3

Yuki 2

Ryu Ke Saki 2

Moriya 2

Kamisu 2

Bando 2

Ushiku 1

Naka 1

Toride 1

Shimozuma 1

Hitachi Omiya 1

Higashiibaraki 1

Inashiki 1

Ishioka 1

Hitachiota 1

Kanagawa 43 shops

Fujisawa 8

Atsugi 6

Hiratsuka 6

Yamato 4

Yokosuka 4

Odawara 3

Midori 3

Zama 2

Ebina 1

Minami 1

Miura 1

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Chuo 1

Minamiashigara 1

Totsuka 1

Gifu 41 shops

Gifu 9

Kakamigahara 5

Ogaki 5

Hane Shima 3

Tajimi 3

Kani 2

Nakatsugawa 2

Minokamo 2

Kozan 2

Anpachi 1

Mino 1

Gujo 1

Mizuho 1

Kan 1

Fuwa 1

Toki 1

Motosu 1

Tochigi 37 shops

Utsunomiya 11

Oyama 5

Nasushiobara 4

Ashikaga 4

Shimotsuke 2

Kanuma 2

Nikko 2

Moka 2

Otawara 1

Sakura 1

Yaita 1

Tochigi 1

Sano 1

Okayama 36 shops

Kita 12

Kurashiki 10

Minami 4

Naka 3

Kasaoka 3

Waki 1

Ihara 1

Tamano 1

Akaiwa 1

Niigata 34 shops

Chuo 9

Nagaoka 5

Sanjo 3

Shibata 3

Joetsu 3

Nishi 2

Higashi 2

Gosen 1

Akiba 1

Agano 1

Kashiwa Saki 1

Konan 1

Uonuma 1

Sado 1

Gunma 34 shops

Takasaki 8

Maebashi 7

Isesaki 5

Ota 5

Shibukawa 3

Ora 1

Annaka 1

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Kiryu 1

Tomioka 1

Kitagunma 1

Yokohama 34 shops

Nishi 12

Tsuzuki 5

Tsurumi 3

Kohoku 3

Midori 2

Naka 2

Seya 2

Aoba 1

Asahi 1

Kanagawa 1

Sakae 1

Totsuka 1

Nagano 33 shops

Nagano 6

Matsumoto 4

Iida 3

Suwa 3

Suzaka 2

Chikuma 2

Okaya 2

Saku 2

Ueda 2

Azumino 1

Ina 1

Komagane 1

Nakano 1

Dai 1

Chino 1

Shiojiri 1

Hokkaido 33 shops

Asahikawa 7

Hakodate 5

Ebetsu 3

Muroran 2

Chitose 2

Obihiro 2

Tomakomai 2

Hokuto 2

Kitami 1

Sunagawa 1

Kawahigashi 1

Eniwa 1

Iwamizawa 1

Shibetsu 1

Takikawa 1

Ishikari 1

Kyoto 32 shops

Shimogyo 7

Fushimi 7

Kawaramachi 5

Minami 2

Kameoka 2

Ukyo 2

Fukuchiyama 1

Kita 1

Uji 1

Jokyo 1

Kizugawa 1

Sakyo 1

Kyoto 1

Kobe 30 shops

Sannomiya 12

Tarumi 4

Nishi 3

Nada 3

Higashinada 2

Hyogo 2

Nagata 2

Kita 2

Fukushima 29 shops

Fukushima 7

Koriyama 5

Iwaki 5

Aizuwakamatsu 4

Date 2

Shirakawa 2

Soma 2

Sukagawa 1

Nihonmatsu 1

Shiga 26 shops

Kusatsu 7

Otsu 5

Hikone 3

Omihachiman 2

Koka 2

Nagahama 2

Yasu 2

Takashima 1

Inukami 1

Higashiomi 1

Shizuoka 25 shops

Aoi 6

Numazu 3

Fuji 2

Fujinomiya 2

Iwata 2

Fujieda 2

Mishima 1

Gotenba 1

Suruga 1

Yaizu 1

Kikugawa 1

Izu no Kuni 1

Sunto 1

Shimizu 1

Sendai 25 shops

Aoba 12

Izumi 4

Miyagino 4

Taihaku 3

Wakabayashi 2

Sapporo 25 shops

Sapporo Station / Odori 11

Nishi 4

Kita 2

Chuo 2

Higashi 2

Shiroishi 2

Teine 1

Atsubetsu 1

Mie 24 shops

Yokka 5

Suzuka 3

Ise 3

Kuwana 3

Nabari 2

Tsu 2

Matsusaka 1

Iga 1

Mie 1

Kitamuro 1

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Inabe 1

Kumamoto 23 shops

Chuo 6

Kikuchi 3

Minami 2

Higashi 2

Uki 2

Nishi 2

Kamimashiki 2

Arao 1

Yatsushiro 1

Yamaga 1

Tamana 1

Kagoshima 23 shops

Kagoshima 14

Kanoya 2

Kimotsuki 1

Shussui 1

Kiri Shima 1

Shibushi 1

Amami 1

So O 1

Satsumasendai 1

Yamaguchi 21 shops

Shunan 6

Yamaguchi 4

Ube 3

Hofu 2

Shimonoseki 2

Iwakuni 2

Kumage 1

Kudamatsu 1

Miyazaki 20 shops

Miyazaki 14

Tomishiro 3

Nobeoka 2

Hyuga 1

Iwate 20 shops

Morioka 8

Kitakami 3

Shiwa 2

Tono 1

Oshu 1

Ichinoseki 1

Iwate 1

Kamaishi 1

Miyako 1

Hanamaki 1

Aomori 20 shops

Aomori 6

Hirosaki 5

Hachinohe 3

Towada 3

Tsugaru 1

Goshogawara 1

Mutsu 1

Toyama 18 shops

Toyama 6

Takaoka 6

Tonami 2

Nakaniikawa 1

Uozu 1

Imizu 1

Shimoniikawa 1

Nara 18 shops

Kashihara 4

Nara 3

Yamato 3

Yamatotakada 2

Kashiba 2

Tenri 1

Sakurai 1

Gosho 1

Shiki 1

Miyagi 15 shops

Ishinomaki 5

Shibata 3

Miyagi 2

Shiogama 1

Natori 1

Kesennuma 1

Tome 1

Ko Ri 1

Yamagata 15 shops

Yamagata 5

Sakata 3

Yonezawa 2

Tsuruoka 1

Tendo 1

Nanyo 1

Sagae 1

Higashitagawa 1

Akita 15 shops

Akita 5

Noshiro 4

Odate 2

Daisen 2

Yokote 1

Kazuno 1

Hamamatsu 14 shops

Chuo 8

Hamana 2

Naka 1

Minami 1

Kita 1

Nishi 1

Ehime 14 shops

Matsuyama 4

Niihama 3

Saijo 2

Ozu 1

Uwa Shima 1

Shikokuchuo 1

Seiyo 1

Imabari 1

Tokushima 13 shops

Tokushima 9

Anan 2

Itano 2

Ishikawa 13 shops

Komatsu 3

Hakusan 3

Nono 2

Kahoku 2

Nomi 1

Nanao 1

Wa Shima 1

Kagawa 13 shops

Takamatsu 4

Marugame 3

Ayauta 3

Mitoyo 2

Zentsuji 1

Oita 13 shops

Oita 6

Beppu 3

Nakatsu 3

Hita 1

Okinawa 13 shops

Nakazu 4

Uruma 4

Urasoe 2

Shima Shiri 1

Okinawa 1

Tomigusuku 1

Wakayama 13 shops

Wakayama 8

Iwade 2

Gobo 1

Arida 1

Tanabe 1

Kawasaki 13 shops

Kawasaki 8

Takatsu 5

Yamanashi 11 shops

Kofu 6

Chuo 3

Fujiyoshida 1

Nakakoma 1

Fukui 11 shops

Fukui 4

Tsuruga 2

Sabae 2

Echizen 1

Ono 1

Sakai 1

Tottori 11 shops

Kurayoshi 4

Yonago 3

Tottori 2

Sakaiminato 1

Saihaku 1

Kanazawa 10 shops

Kanazawa 9

Shimenomachi 81 Machi 1

Saga 9 shops

Saga 5

Tosu 1

Kashima 1

Karatsu 1

Takeo 1

Naha 8 shops

Naha 8

Kochi 7 shops

Kochi 5

Agawa 1

Nangoku 1

Nagasaki 6 shops

Nagasaki 2

Sasebo 2

Ichi Shi 1

Isahaya 1

Shimane 4 shops

Izumo 2

Matsue 1

Unnan 1