Bandai Japan Details Tamagotchi Connection Pop-Up Store
Bandai Japan has finally provided more information on the upcoming Tamagotchi Connection pop-up store that will be selling the Tamagotchi Connection 20th Anniversary starting on Thursday July 25th, 2024 prior to the official release on August 3rd, 2024!
The pop-up store will actually move around in Japan from Osaka, to Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Sendai.
[Tokyo]
Holding period: July 25th (Thursday) to August 28th (Wednesday), 2024
Business hours: 10:00-21:00
Venue: Shibuya Sakura Stage SHIBUYA Side 3rd Floor Character Collection
※There will be a pre-sale of Tamagotchi Connection from Thursday, July 25, 2024.
Please note that the stock is limited, so please understand when it is out of stock.
[Osaka]
Holding period: August 2 (Fri) - August 15 (Thu), 2024
Business hours: 10:00-21:00
Venue: Lucua Ire 1F Isetan Seasonal Selection/Promotion 2
※There is no pre-sale of Tamagotchi Connection. Please understand in advance.
[Fukuoka]
Period: September 21 (Sat) - September 29 (Sun), 2024
Business hours: 10:00-20:30
Venue: Fukuoka PARCO (New Building 3F Event Space)
[Hiroshima]
Holding period: October 4, 2024 (Friday) - October 14 (Monday)
Businegss hours: 10:00-20:30
Venue: Hiroshima PARCO (Main Building 8F Event Space) ※Venue not decided
[Nagoya]
Holding period: October 19 (Sat) - October 27 (Sun), 2024
Business hours: 10:00-21:00
Venue: Nagoya PARCO (East Building B1F PARCO BOX)
[Sendai]
Holding period: November 22 (Friday) to December 2 (Monday), 2024
Business hours: 10:00-20:30
Venue: Sendai PARCO (main building 6F PARCO SPACE6)
There will also be an exlusive Tama Search character to meet at the pop-up stores which is Young Mametchi who is riding on a train! How cute is he in that conductor hat?
All four Tamagotchi Connection 20th Anniversary shells will be available for sale for ¥3,960.
They’ll also be selling the beautiful Tamagotchi Original Tama Time Travel shell that is featured at the Tamagotchi World Tour 2024!
There will also be a bunch of adorable merchandise! Including a 90’s Marutto purse in 3 styles, hand towels in 3 styles, can badges in 6 styles, clear sided pouches in 3 styles, acrylic keychains in 3 styles, glasses cases in 2 styles, trading glitter can badges in 10 styles, trading tv type magnets in 10 styles, bento boxes in 2 styles, memo pads in 2 styles, and flake seal stickers in 2 styles.
There will also be a train Tama Sticker with a limited 16-digit download code for your Tamagotchi Uni! Dream Locomotive Conductor Set Tama Sticker comes with a train and conductor hat accessory.
Greetings wil also be held where you can meet Mametchi and Kuchipatchi!
Shibuya Sakura Stage
Schedule: July 31 (Wednesday), August 1 (Thursday)
Characters: Mamecchi, Kuchipachi
Location: SHIBUYA side 3rd floor OPEN THE GATE STAGE
Lucua Ire
Date: August 10, 2024 (Saturday), August 11 (Sunday)
Characters: Mamecchi, Kuchipachi
Location: Isetan Seasonal Selection/Promotion 2 (in-store)
On April 5, 2022, Tokura, a handmade hamburger steak restaurant with three locations in Kyoto City that has been attracting a lot of media attention on TV for its juicy hamburgers, opened its first location outside Kyoto Prefecture in LUCUA Osaka, which is directly connected to JR Osaka Station. Having conquered all three Tokura restaurants in the past, I naturally did not dislike their hamburgers, and I was planning to visit the fourth restaurant, LUCUA Osaka, in the near future.
But even after a while after it actually opened, I couldn’t bring myself to visit it. Why? Because I knew it would be extremely crowded. After all, the store is located in a large commercial facility that is very popular among young people. Even if you skip lunch time and go during idle hours, it is easy to see that the wait time would be at least 30 minutes or more.
But one day I thought to myself, “That’s not good enough…” and went to the 10th floor of LUCUA Osaka, bracing myself for a long line and a reasonable wait. As I got off the elevator on the 10th floor and proceeded to the back of the building, I began to see Tokura LUCUA Osaka, a handmade hamburger steak restaurant that looked just as I had expected…