Konami Opens First Physical Store in 11 Years With Osaka Pop-Up
The pop-up marks Konami's return to a physical retail presence after over a decade, bundling its major game franchises and a new Yu-Gi-Oh! art label into a single limited-time store.
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Konami Digital Entertainment will open the KONAMI STYLE POP UP STORE in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, from August 1 to 23. It is the company's first physical store in about 11 years. The pop-up will sell merchandise from Metal Gear, Powerful Pro Baseball, Bomberman, Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side, and a new Yu-Gi-Oh! art label. A limited sticker featuring the Konami command code is a purchase bonus.
The store will occupy the 9th floor of Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka. Merchandise includes T-shirts from Metal Gear Solid, acrylic figure collections from Gradius and Powerful Pro Baseball, and Bomberman mascots. Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side will offer can badges and postcard sets. The new label YU-GI-OH! CARD GAME ART EXPANSION, which reinterprets card illustrations as art, will sell four T-shirt types and ten poster types. Purchase limits apply: one T-shirt per size and one poster per type per customer.
Customers spending 3,000 yen or more receive a limited sticker printed with the Konami command ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA. Those spending 9,000 yen or more on ART EXPANSION items get a separate limited sticker with that label's design. Both stickers are one per transaction while supplies last. Greeting events with Pawapuro-kun from Powerful Pro Baseball and Shirobon from Bomberman are scheduled during the pop-up period.
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