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Gundam

A 19.7-metre Unicorn Gundam that transforms on a schedule, and the world's largest Gunpla store beside it.

Gundam is as much a model-kit hobby as it is an anime, and Japan is where that hobby lives. The Gundam Base stores carry the widest Gunpla selection in the world, including clear-colour and Base-limited variants that are never exported. Outside them stand life-size statues — the transforming Unicorn Gundam in Odaiba is the best known — and watching one move costs nothing.

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Where in Japan?

Pick a city and we show you what is there for Gundam — the places, and what is on while you visit.

Kanto

Tokyo東京Every major anime and game IP keeps its flagship store in Tokyo. Shibuya, Ikebukuro and Akihabara each cover a different part of the hobby, and all three sit on the same loop line.2Places
Akihabara 1Odaiba 1

Chubu

Nagoya名古屋The gateway to Ghibli Park in Aichi — the only Ghibli theme park in the world. Osu is the local hobby district.1Places

Kansai

Osaka大阪The only city outside Tokyo with a Nintendo official store, and the only place in Japan with Super Nintendo World. Den Den Town is the western answer to Akihabara.2Places
Umeda 1Nipponbashi (Den Den Town) 1

Kyushu

Fukuoka福岡Kyushu's hub. Everything sits within walking distance of Hakata Station, which makes it the easiest city on this list to cover in half a day.1Places
All districtsEverything in one list6Places

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Routes

Tested walking orders, with travel times between every stop.

1 day7 hr

Osaka in One Day: Nintendo, Pokémon and Den Den Town

The only Nintendo official store outside Tokyo, on one floor with a Pokémon Center — then the western Akihabara.

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