Card shops
Card Shops in Tokyo: Akihabara, Ikebukuro, Shibuya and Nihonbashi
Fourteen Tokyo shop guides, each with the floor, station exit and opening hours as the shop publishes them. Eight are in Akihabara, within a few minutes of the JR Akihabara Denki-gai exits; four are a short walk from the East Exit of Ikebukuro Station; Hareruya Shibuya is the Magic: The Gathering shop; and Pokémon Center Tokyo DX is the official Pokémon store in Nihonbashi.
Shop guides in Tokyo
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Tags come from each shop’s official pages. A missing tag means we could not confirm it there, not that the shop lacks it.
AkihabaraHareruya2 Akihabara Tower晴れる屋2 秋葉原タワー店
- Floor
- B1 to 6F (the whole building)
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- 10:00–22:00, every day (全日)
- Cards sold
- Pokémon Card Game (singles, sealed product, supplies; buying)
- Floor
- B1 and 1F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- 10:00–23:00, every day (全日)
- Cards sold
- Pokémon Card Game (singles, supplies; buying)
- Floor
- 2F and 3F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 12:00–20:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 10:30–20:00
- Floor
- 6F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 13:00–21:00; Saturdays 10:00–21:00; Sundays and public holidays 10:00–20:00
- Floor
- 9F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- 10:00–20:00 (card buying 12:00–18:45)
- Cards sold
- Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG and Rush Duel, Duel Masters, Weiss Schwarz, Pokémon Card Game, One Piece Card Game, Gundam Card Game and other titles (packs, singles; buying)
- Floor
- B1F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 11:00–20:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 10:00–20:00 (card buying 12:00–18:30)
- Cards sold
- Weiss Schwarz, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Reバース, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG, Pokémon Card Game, One Piece Card Game, Union Arena and other titles (packs, singles; buying)
- Floor
- 2F to 4F (2F and 3F shop floors, 4F duel space)
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 13:00–20:45; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 10:00–20:45
- Cards sold
- 2F: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon Card Game, One Piece Card Game
3F: Weiss Schwarz, Shadowverse: Evolve
Floor not given: Duel Masters
- Floor
- 8F
- Station
- Ikebukuro Station (JR, Tobu, Seibu, Tokyo Metro)
- Hours
- 10:00–22:00, every day (全日)
- Cards sold
- Pokémon Card Game (singles, supplies; buying)
- Floor
- 4F
- Station
- JR Ikebukuro Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 13:00–21:00; Saturdays 10:00–21:00; Sundays and public holidays 10:00–20:00
- Floor
- 4F
- Station
- Ikebukuro Station
- Hours
- 10:00–21:00 (card buying 10:00–18:00)
- Cards sold
- Pokémon Card Game, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG and Rush Duel, Duel Masters, Weiss Schwarz, Vanguard, Union Arena, Gundam Card Game, Disney Lorcana and other titles (packs, singles; buying)
- Floor
- 8F
- Station
- Shibuya Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 15:00–23:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11:00–23:00
- Cards sold
- Magic: The Gathering (booster packs, singles, supplies; buying)
- Floor
- 5F
- Station
- Nihonbashi Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza and Tozai lines)
- Hours
- 10:30–21:00, Monday to Sunday
- Cards sold
- Pokémon Card Game sealed product (the store’s news page posts lottery sales for new releases)
- Floor
- 7F
- Station
- JR Akihabara Station
- Hours
- Weekdays 13:00–21:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11:00–21:00
- Cards sold
- Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon Card Game, One Piece Card Game
Shadowverse: Evolve, Duel Masters
Cardfight!! Vanguard, Battle Spirits, Digimon Card Game
- Floor
- 7F
- Station
- Ikebukuro Station
- Hours
- Monday–Friday 12:00–21:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11:00–20:00 (buying ends 2 hours before closing)
- Cards sold
- hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME, Union Arena, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, Pokémon Card Game, Duel Masters, Battle Spirits, One Piece Card Game, PriPara
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All Tokyo shops on one map
The map opens on Akihabara, where 8 of the 14 shops are. Press “Show on map” next to a shop to put its pin on the map.
- Hareruya2 Akihabara TowerAkihabara
- Hareruya2 Akihabara AnnexAkihabara
- Dragon Star AkihabaraAkihabara
- Dragon Star Akihabara EkimaeAkihabara
- Card Labo Akihabara Radio KaikanAkihabara
- Card Labo Akihabara Gamers B1Akihabara
- Fukufuku Toreka AkihabaraAkihabara
- Hareruya2 IkebukuroIkebukuro
- Dragon Star IkebukuroIkebukuro
- Card Labo IkebukuroIkebukuro
- Hareruya ShibuyaShibuya
- Pokémon Center Tokyo DXNihonbashi (Tokyo)
- Card Rush Akihabara 0 TCAkihabara
- Hobby Station IkebukuroIkebukuro
The Google Maps link opens a walking route that visits those shops in list order; it is not a suggested itinerary. The map is provided by Google Maps and loads when you scroll to it.
Shops by area
- Akihabara (Pokémon specialists): Hareruya2 Akihabara Tower, a whole building with a 152-seat play space, and Hareruya2 Akihabara Annex, which the shop puts 1 minute away and which focuses on buying and selling.
- Akihabara (many games): Card Labo Akihabara Radio Kaikan on 9F of Radio Kaikan, Card Labo Akihabara Gamers B1 with its Bushiroad corners, Fukufuku Toreka Akihabara with an 84-seat duel space, Dragon Star Akihabara, Dragon Star Akihabara Ekimae and Card Rush Akihabara 0 TC on 7F of the same building as Dragon Star Akihabara Ekimae.
- Ikebukuro: Hareruya2 Ikebukuro for Pokémon, Dragon Star Ikebukuro with a 116-seat duel space, Card Labo Ikebukuro, whose page says it offers tax-free shopping, and Hobby Station Ikebukuro on 7F of the Sankee Building, reached from East Exit 35.
- Shibuya: Hareruya Shibuya for Magic: The Gathering, which opens at 15:00 on weekdays.
- Nihonbashi: Pokémon Center Tokyo DX, directly connected to Exit B2 of Nihonbashi Station. This is Tokyo's Nihonbashi, not Osaka's Nipponbashi.
Opening times to plan around
The Dragon Star shops, Fukufuku Toreka, Card Rush Akihabara 0 TC and Hobby Station Ikebukuro open at 12:00 or 13:00 on weekdays and Hareruya Shibuya at 15:00, while the Hareruya2 and Card Labo shops in this list open at 10:00 or 11:00. The Dragon Star pages list cash as the only payment method; the Card Labo pages list cards, transit IC cards and code payments. Each shop guide gives the exact hours from its official page.
New releases: the Pokémon Center stores
For a new Pokémon expansion, the official stores do not always sell over the counter: our Pokémon Center guide explains how Pokémon Center MEGA TOKYO sold the 30th anniversary packs by advance lottery and lists the official stores with Tokyo addresses. Trains, phone data and tax-free shopping for the trip are covered in our Japan travel tips.
Travel and practical guides
PokémonCan you walk into a Tokyo Pokémon Center on release day and buy new cards?Not always. For the 30th CELEBRATION expansion released September 16, 2026, Pokémon Center MEGA TOKYO sold packs only to people who won an advance…Read the guide →Getting startedCan you buy trading cards tax-free in Japan, and how does the refund work now?Yes, at shops registered for tax-free sales, but since November 1, 2026 you pay the full price including consumption tax and get the tax back only…Read the guide →Getting startedWhat rules do Japanese card shops post for customers, and what do visitors need to know?Very few, and almost none about behavior. The store pages of Hareruya2, Hareruya, Card Labo, Dragon Star, Card Rush, Hobby Station and the Pokémon…Read the guide →Getting startedCan a visitor to Japan play in a card shop's play space or join a shop tournament, and what do they need?Open play at a shop's duel space has no stated requirement beyond your own cards, but entering a shop tournament usually means creating an app account…Read the guide →Getting startedDo you have to declare Japanese trading cards when you fly home, and will you pay duty?Declare them if they take you past your country's duty-free limit, and in the U.S. and Canada declare what you bring back either way. The limits are…Read the guide →Getting startedCan you find trading cards at BOOKOFF, Mandarake and other secondhand chains in Japan?Yes, but mostly as places to browse. BOOKOFF lists trading cards (トレカ) as a product category and says stock differs by store, Mandarake runs card…Read the guide →Getting startedCan you buy Pokémon cards at Narita or Haneda before your flight home?Don't count on it. Narita has a Pokémon Store in Terminal 1, South Wing 4F, open 9:00 to 20:00 before security, but its official pages do not say it…Read the guide →Getting startedWhich sleeves actually fit Japanese card games?The safest fit is the official sleeve made by the publisher of the game you play. Only some publishers print dimensions: the Pokémon Deck Shield…Read the guide →GradingDo graded card boxes and sleeves fit every grader's slabs?Not necessarily. Storage makers name the graders each product is meant for, and the lists differ. BCW's cardboard graded box and its resealable graded…Read the guide →
Card guides
All guides →PokémonHow do you tell exactly which Japanese Pokémon card you are looking at?Read the marks printed on the card. The expansion mark tells you which product the card came from, and the collection number tells you its place in…Read the guide →Getting startedWhat actually changes between the Japanese and English version of a card?The two versions are separately produced products, and the pack size, price, and release date can all differ even when the card list is identical. In…Read the guide →PokémonHow do you get from a Pokémon's name to the exact Japanese single you want?Type the name into Japan's official card search, then open each result's detail page, which shows the product, collection number, rarity mark, and…Read the guide →