Nintendo to Open Store in Kyoto in October 2023
Nintendo Tokyo store (Photo: Daryl Harding)
While Nintendo may have already opened a couple of directly managed stores in the major hubs of Tokyo and Osaka over the years, the red titan of gaming has been looking past its hometown of Kyoto, until now. Nintendo revealed today that Nintendo Kyoto will be opening its store doors this October 17 in a brand new building in the middle of downtown Kyoto.
[おしらせ]任天堂直営オフィシャルストア「Nintendo KYOTO」のオープンが決定しました。京都髙島屋S.C.にて、2023年10月17日（火）開業予定です。#NintendoTOKYO、#NintendoOSAKA に続く、国内3店舗目のオフィシャルストアです。くわしくはニュースリリースをご覧ください。https://t.co/Kl0YX2KWVU
— Nintendo TOKYO/OSAKA (@N_Officialstore) April 14, 2023
Nintendo Kyoto will be housed on the 7th floor of the new Kyoto Takashimaya SC building, right next to the old one. It will be joined by a two-story Tsutaya Bookstore on floors five and six, as well as the first-ever Mandarake second-hand anime goods store on the fourth floor making for a hype pop-culture space in the middle of Kyoto.
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Much like the other Nintendo Stores across Japan, Nintendo Store Kyoto will have games, goods and more exclusively for the store. Nintendo opened its first store in Tokyo in November 2019, followed by Nintendo Osaka in November 2022.
Sources: Nintendo, Press Release
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
