The Best Akihabara Card Shops For Vintage Pokémon Cards - Japan Card Hunting Tips and Tricks
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- Опубликовано: 23 мар 2024
- We're checking out some of my favorite Pokemon card shops in Akihabara. In this series, I try to complete an age-old collection goal by buying vintage holos from Japanese card shops to fill the holes in my binder. Even better, I give you some tips and tricks on where to find the best Pokemon deals in Tokyo, Japan.
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This is awesome man thanks so much
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video!
A great shout out to you for a great video...looking forward to your next installment...making me excited (more of my son than me) for our Nov trip to Japan especially to tokyo..Will use up videos and tips when bringing him around to hunt for his dream cards at a reasonable cost..thank you very much in advance!
Thank you very much! November is a great time to visit Japan! I will try to make more videos like this.
Great video!
Love the commentary.
Subscribed 😊
Thank you very much!
Going back to Japan in October. Thanks for the great recommendations, will definitely check these out!
Awesome, already wishing you a great time in October!
Nice video bro. I also want 2 go there and vlog videos like this! Thx for this content! I love 2 watch videos like this!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the showcasing of the stores! Did you find prices higher in akihabara than other areas with card shops. That’s what I’ve been told is normal
Not really, prices are pretty comparable across all stores in Tokyo. There isn't one best area or one best store. I find cards in stores that previously had nothing worth buying and vice versa. I also go home empty handed often because nothing I looked at was worth it. This is true for all the areas.
@@Dark_ibex thanks for the feedback. I had a friend there last week check the stores out and noticed some really high prices in that area but also some great finds and hard to find cards so i guess it’s just the eBay stores from Japan sometimes have cheaper prices for some reason
@@TheProfessorJoakTCG Online will almost always be cheaper. Needing to travel to Japan to find good deals has long been a thing of the past. It's still fun to walk through the stores and pick up some cards here and there, but if the goal is to get the best prices, then online is 100% the way to go.
very nice video!
Thaaanks!
Nice video!
Thank you!
Hello!
Could you please share the names of the different shops you visited?
Thanks mate!
Such an awesome collection!
Thanks for the comment! I mention all the names in the video.
Hey, very grateful for your video but was wondering if you could list out the stores you went to? Was hoping to find out the store you mentioned at 9:25, which is on the 8th floor. Thank you!
This vid was sick I loved seeing how the card shops look like in Japan but the 10¥ deck box was realy cool in my opinion can’t wait for the brick opening, the discord link in the discripton is expired can you put a new one?
Oops, I'm a discord newb lol. Here you go:
discord.gg/cUrCQUyFwR
Hope this works!
Porygon flashes in here! Probably best to put a warning up tbh
going next month, in general what do you think is the best card shops for pokemon with fair prices around tokyo? I heard ikebukuro has really good places.
Thanks for watching! Check out my Ikebukuro video. I'd say just go to as many as you can and compare prices before buying anything. Some are better than others, but it always depends. Have fun on your trip!
@@Dark_ibex Thanks! Actually just found your ikebukuro video today and it was really helpful, keep pumping content, you got a loyal viewer now haha
@@Jedi917 Thanks so much! Glad you like the videos. Heading out to Shibuya today for another video. Hopefully, I can find some cards this time, lol
@@Dark_ibex No way! thats where I am staying a lot throughout my trip, cant wait!
Were they all only cash or did some shops take card?
Most take cards, but it's always good to have cash on hand in Japan.
Hello! Do you have a list of card shops in the video? Am visit in June :)
Thank you for commenting. I do not have a list, but I mentioned all the names in the video.
@@Dark_ibex it would be helpful to make a list... given you have mainly English speaking viewers, it's not instinctual to know how to spell the names or figure out the pronunciations
@@TyrellNayquan I understand that, but my view or philosophy comes from a bit of a different perspective. A list would simply save some time, but having to explore at least a little bit is half the fun of going card hunting in Japan. On top of that, if someone just followed a list I made, they might miss tons of other stores I didn't cover in the videos.
None of these stores are hard to find. In addition to saying the name, I usually show the outside of the building, film the walk up to the stores, show the sign of the stores outside the building, and/or say which floor a store is on. If someone actually wants to go there, they will find the stores. Even without knowing how to spell the name, a quick Google Maps search in the area for card stores and clicking through the results will tell you where they are within a few minutes. Lastly, a list would also encourage some people who discover the videos to just grab the list and leave. That's not the point or goal of these videos, and it feels like you are being used. This isn't a big deal, but people who are actually interested and care to watch the videos will have no issue finding these stores.
Good to know prices are terrible in Japan too..
The prices just reflect the current market. I wish everything was as cheap as it was in 2016 lol.
@@Dark_ibex 100% 2016 is when Pokémon go came out so the resurgence in the fan base helped skyrocket the prices..