Can you buy new Japanese card packs at Yodobashi, Bic Camera or Don Quijote, and what limits apply?

What the chains' pages say

Each row below is what the chain's own pages said when checked on November 2, 2026. Pages that load only a banner or a closed notice are listed as such, because a missing rule is not a rule.

None of these pages mentions shrink-wrap opening policies, quiz-style sales or ID checks at the register. Nor do they say whether a visitor without a Japanese address or phone can enter a lottery.

Joshin: the one chain that spelled out its rules

Joshin's lottery page for its web shop is the most complete notice found. It gives the purpose in its own words: to limit purchases made for resale ("転売目的での購入を制限するため"), it runs the lottery for members who meet conditions. The Joshin lottery notice lists three conditions that all applied:

1. Platinum or VIP Smile member of the Joshin web shop as of October 3, 2026.

2. The membership's registered email address subscribed to the web shop newsletter as of 21:59 on October 13, 2026.

3. No earlier win or purchase of the same product within the Joshin Group.

For the 30th CELEBRATION card set you could apply for only one of its nine variants. Results went by email and the message center to winners only; losers received nothing. Delivery went only to the applicant's registered address, store pickup was unavailable, and payment was limited to credit card, PayPay, Rakuten Pay, au PAY and d払い. The page says later sales are undecided ("次回以降の販売については未定"), so a visitor's chance of using this route depends on already holding a qualifying account, which the page doesn't say an overseas resident can have.

Yodobashi and Bic Camera

Yodobashi.com's 人気商品抽選 (popular-item lottery) page said applications had closed and named no products, so it can't be tied to cards. On Yodobashi's Pokémon card category page, all seven listings carried "予定数の販売を終了しました" (sales of the planned quantity have ended) and none showed a per-person limit.

Bic Camera's lottery guide covers only what happens after you apply: status appears under the member menu's application history, a winning item shows a purchase button, and "期限を過ぎますと当選されていても購入できません" (after the deadline you cannot buy even if you won). Its separate lottery sales page said "現在、このページでの販売は行っておりません" (no sales on this page at present). Neither chain's pages set out entry conditions for cards.

What Pokémon and Bandai say

The Pokémon Card Game site's earlier notices on new releases state that the company refuses purchases made for resale ("転売等の営利を目的とした商品購入を固くお断りしております") and asks customers not to phone stores about sales start times. One such notice says nothing about per-person limits at physical retailers.

The newer identity check is limited to the company's own shop. In a June 8, 2026 notice, Pokémon said it would reserve most winning slots in Pokémon Center Online lotteries for My Number Card-verified accounts, while unverified people can still enter. The notice doesn't mention retail chains or foreign residents. For how the Center's online lottery treats overseas addresses, see the Pokémon Center Online lottery guide.

The One Piece Card Game's official news page, checked the same day, listed no notice on resale, purchase limits or lotteries. Its published list of authorized stores names a card shop on the first floor of MEGA Don Quijote Hamamatsu Kamiya, which shows card sellers renting space inside Don Quijote, but does not list Yodobashi, Bic Camera or Joshin.

Planning as a visitor

Because the chains' lotteries ship to a registered address, a short trip rarely lines up with one. Release-day buying in person is covered in the Pokémon Center release-day guide, and the shop rules guide lists what card shops state about limits. Tax-free refunds work differently since November 1, 2026; see the tax-free guide. Boxes bought from third parties can be resealed, so read the resealed box guide before paying a premium.