BEST Places to Buy Pokemon Cards in Osaka Japan (2025 Guide & Tips!)

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Ready to find the best places to buy Pokemon cards in Osaka, Japan in 2025? In this video, I take you on a Pokemon card shopping adventure around Osaka, showing you the top shops, hidden spots, and my best tips to help you get the cards you want at great prices!   Whether you're visiting Japan or living here, this guide will help you explore the Pokemon Center Osaka, Den Den Town card shops, and local secret stores where you can find booster boxes, single cards, vintage Pokemon cards, and rare Japanese promos.   🛍️ Shops featured:  - Girafull   - Dragon Star    - Card Labo Osaka   - Playz   - and more hidden gems!   ✨ In this video you will learn:  ✔️ Where to buy Pokemon cards in Osaka, Japan in 2025   ✔️ Tips on finding rare cards and avoiding tourist traps   ✔️ Price comparisons between shops   ✔️ What to expect when shopping for Japanese Pokemon cards   🇯🇵 If you're planning a Pokemon card hunting trip to Japan, or wondering if Japan is cheaper for Pokemon cards, this video will give you real insights and practical travel advice for your Pokemon card journey.   🔥 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and turn on notifications for more Japan Pokemon card shopping guides and pack openings!   👇 Comment below:  What card shop are you most excited to visit in Japan? Let me know your dream card to find!   #pokemoncards #pokemontcg #JapanPokemonCards  #Osaka #PokemonCenter #PokemonCardHunting #PokemonCardCollector #JapanTravel #TCG #BestPokemonCardShops #DenDenTown #PokemonCardJapan #JapanesePokemonCards #Pokemon2025 #PokemonCardTips #JapanShopping #PokemonCardCollection #PokemonCardShopping #tcg #tradingcards #pokemon   ------- 🥰 Social Platforms 🥰 -------  Discord (and Rip & Ship Contact) - https://discord.gg/BYe9Cn4RrC  Store - https://bobs-japan.square.site/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bobsjapan/  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BobsJapan/  TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@bobsjapanofficial  Twitter - https://twitter.com/bobsjapan1   Also, if you want to send something into the channel, email me here and I'll send you an address: bobsosakatravels@gmail.com   Join this channel to get access to perks:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTHem83XVDJXF4eDIxoRA/join   Bob is a British geek, living in Japan, loving all things nerdy! He's here to bring you all things related to Japanese Pokemon Cards, the One Piece TCG, and all other card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh and the NEW Dragonball Super Fusion World Set!    ------- Chapters -------  0:00 - The Best Card Shops in Osaka  1:00 - Dragon Star in Nipponbashi  1:43 - CardLabo in Nipponbashi  2:14 - Playz in Nipponbashi  2:41 - Girafull  3:09 - Yellow Submarine  3:29 - Bee Hompo  4:32 - Hidden Gem Pokemon Card Shops in Osaka!  7:43 - Tips for Buying Pokemon Cards in Japan!

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00:00today we're going to be going out to nipponbashi and our goal for this video is to show you guys

00:15some of the best shops and best places to buy single carts and packs and there is a ton of

00:21variety here in nipponbashi in osaka and it can be kind of overwhelming when you first get here

00:26trying to work out where to go shopping so i'm going to take you on a little tour and i'm going

00:30to show you some of the best places to shop and we're going to split this video up into three main

00:34parts firstly i'm going to show you some of the big chain stores where you can get lots of great

00:38deals then i'm going to show you a couple of shops that are hidden gems that i think have some great

00:43card selection that actually you might not be able to find at some of the bigger chains and finally

00:48thanks to over a decade of living in japan i'm going to share with you my experience on tips and how

00:52to get the best deals for cards when you're shopping so let's visit some card shops

00:57so first we're going to visit dragon star and dragon star has a lot of locations actually here

01:07there are two shops right next to each other but if i recall correctly there's actually five shops of

01:12dragon star in nipponbashi but this shop boasts a very big selection of many different types of

01:16pokemon cards and you can find newer cards older cards all at a reasonable price and it's not only

01:21pokemon cards they also have one piece cards too there are still so many cards here i need to go

01:26out and buy myself and some of these stores have card storage spaces where you can buy single cards

01:30for 33 yen sometimes you'll find some good stuff sometimes it's just all junk but for example just

01:34from one i found these two v cards which is really cool and you can spend hours of time looking through

01:39these and these stores often have the big hitters just look at those next up is card level or c level

01:44and they have a couple of locations here in nipponbashi and again lots of cards lots of great selection

01:49and actually they have a lot more older cards which is really nice to see although some of these cards

01:54are quite expensive and this one also on the fifth floor here of animate so you can also check there

01:58for other cards but there are so many unique and expensive cards just look at these i need all of

02:04these and if you're wondering how to work out those prices that is not 12 yen that mark at the end means

02:09that there are four more zeros after it so that is actually 120 000 yen next up on our list is a shop

02:15called plays and they also have a couple of locations here in nipponbashi 2 so there's this

02:18one shop here which is actually quite close to namba station but my favorite is a lot further down it's

02:23newer and it is much bigger and just look at that pikachu sign please ignore the broken glass as you can

02:28see they have lots of items not just pokemon cards and lots of packs and once again they have a very big

02:33selection of pokemon cards and they also have these two crane games where you could possibly win some of

02:37those card prizes in the case the next shop we're going to look at is geariful this is kind of a newer

02:43store and actually they've gained quite a bit of traction recently and what's kind of cool is that

02:47this store also has a collaboration with pcg so you can also get cards graded right next to the store

02:52so they have a big wall of examples and this is such a cool place i kind of need to go here to get some

02:57cards graded myself but what i love about this store is that there is such a good selection of

03:01old back cards you could basically fill out an entire collection just here

03:05now our next shop is yellow submarine and they have a lot of anime figures and toys inside

03:12they also have pokemon cards and trading cards and you can see that they have this nice display inside

03:17and also they have quite a good selection of cards showing you very clearly how much each of them are

03:22this is beautifully organized i think this is actually a really nice setup

03:26and then one more big card store is b honpo they actually have two shops right next to each other

03:34i don't know why they opened the second shop next to their first shop but this is great for yugioh

03:38one piece and pokemon again old back cards there's new cards there's a lot of good stuff

03:43and they also have a big gacha machine it's 10 000 yen a pop and you have a chance of getting

03:48something from one of these drawers but again a great selection and one thing i have noticed is

03:52that this shop does sell packs a little bit higher price than the actual retail price

03:56and they do also have some boxes so if you're looking for boxes you might be able to pick some up

03:59but again they're a little bit more expensive mainly because it's in high demand

04:02but the reality is there is a ton of big stores on these streets and you could basically go into

04:08any of these and find lots of great deals on cards and some other stores such as furohomichiba

04:12which is the used book market has some great cards in it there's also card box which also has some

04:16cool cards there's just so much selection but this is just an introduction to some of the places

04:20but what i want to do now is i want to talk about a few little hidden gems because there are some

04:25smaller card shops that have some fantastic offers and some great great stuff

04:30first off is nin nin this is a great place for old back cards now i don't think i could film

04:41inside of here but trust me they have almost every old back card that you'd be looking for

04:46so definitely check this place out the next small shop i will recommend is this little place here

04:49called kidding they are a brand new store and they have lots of things they have some oripa which i'll

04:53talk about a little bit later on but it is mostly graded cards and there is so much stuff in here

04:58another small card shop is allen it's up here on the fourth floor and to get in there is a little

05:04elevator here or some very steep stairs but it's a nice little shop they have some very small unique

05:08stuff they also have some korean cards in there too so do check them out but the third small gem

05:13i want to talk about is a small shop called meats and what's great is i got to speak with the owner

05:17and he said it's okay to film in here and there is so much selection firstly you can see that there

05:23are old sealed boxes that you cannot really get your hands on anymore and there's so much stuff

05:28including that postbox set which is really hard to get because it's so expensive and pokemon 151 if

05:34you're looking for sealed boxes this place has a lot of good stuff and they also have a fantastic

05:39selection of cards you can see that there is so much stuff here including the old tag team gx cards

05:43there's lots of gold cards there's even my favorite old back and some of them are graded i really should

05:48have bought some of these cards i'd love to get a graded old collection i still need to finish off

05:53my base collection but just look at this i wish i had an unlimited spending budget i really do

05:59and if you're looking for art res basically they had at least one copy of every single art

06:07rare that has released until now there is so much selection just look at all of these and they're all a

06:15decent price i mean they're looking at about 250 yen plus of course the magic cup is the most

06:19expensive but there is a ton of selection and there's also more expensive cards like the pikachu

06:25with the gray felt hat and of course we have the sombryon and that pikachu look at that bubble mew

06:30oh my goodness so many expensive cards and there are also one piece cards so if you are looking for

06:37pokemon and one piece you can get graded cards you can get individual singles all kinds of awesome stuff

06:42and they have some very unique yugioh items too some of these cards are so nostalgic look at that

06:49blue eyes look at that blue eyes and old vintage packs i did see a couple of months ago they had old

06:55vintage pokemon cards in here so if you're lucky you might be able to find those too it depends on what

06:59they can get in stock but here are the sealed boxes so if you are looking for product this is a

07:04great starting point and it's actually cheaper than most other places there are also tons of card

07:10vending machines and these vending machines are typically repackaged cards that the shops themselves

07:14are trying to get rid of but also a great way to possibly get some rare cards personally i've had

07:20some wins and some losses with these but they are good fun okay if you've made it this far i want to

07:26say congratulations we are now going to talk about some great tips for shopping for cards here in

07:31japan and there is a lot of stuff i've spent 10 years collecting pokemon cards here in japan

07:37and i know some of the best secret ways to get cards for the best price

07:41hello i like money firstly please understand that card shops in japan sell cards at different prices

07:48so the first tip is simply shop around if there is a specific card that you're looking for it is unlikely

07:54that it is going to sell on the day that you are there so take a look around at a few other shops

07:58ask people show them the picture of what card you're looking for and see if you can get that card for

08:03the best price secondly it is possible to haggle down some of the prices a little bit please note

08:08that culturally this is not really accepted in japan but i have seen some of my friends do it before

08:14however a lot of card shops also have a tax-free sign so you can get cards at a discount but you do

08:20need to spend over 5000 yen and you do also need to have the card sealed so that when you leave the

08:24country they're all in one bag but you're all very lucky you get discounts on cards from tax-free that's

08:29amazing i wish i could get there now my next tip is about the colored stickers you might have seen

08:33that some of the cards have yellow stickers and some of them have white stickers basically the

08:37yellow sticker means that there is some damage to the card it could be big damage it could be small

08:42damage it could also be not damage but the white cards are clean and perfect so you can expect with

08:48a card with a white label to get the best quality possible but do check the yellow sticker ones too

08:53because you can get some good stuff at a very good discount but my final comment and it's a little bit

08:57tough to say but there are chances that you will not be able to buy boxes at retail price it's hard

09:03to buy sealed pokemon cards anywhere in japan right now and the only real way is if you win a lottery

09:08and even then it's chance but shops are starting to get cars back in stock so you might get lucky you

09:13might find some stores that actually have some packs but guys that is everything from nipponbashi in

09:18Osaka and there are some great shops as i say and i'm curious which one do you think you will be going

09:23to first let me know in the comments and i've mentioned it in a couple of our live streams but

09:27if anyone wants to have a personal tour with me around nipponbashi simply bring me some cars from

09:31your home country or bring me some sealed product or while we're out and about buy me some cards i

09:36am very happy to exchange my services as an experienced tour guide for shiny cardboard and

09:41finally where do you guys want to see next do you think we should take a look in Akihabara or do you

09:45think we should take a look at some other shops in Osaka there's still even more outside of this area

09:50that we could take a look at basically just let me know i'd be very interested to hear your comments and

09:54as always if you like this video please give us a like please subscribe and remember

09:58don't be a monkey dory good luck shopping guys

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