In Nagoya at the Oasis 21
Not just the nostalgia of this stuff, but there is a ton of TCG history in these posts too! VERY cool to see, and I’m glad it’s been such a nice and productive trip. Geeze! So cool!
There is an element of magic to looking through shelves or stacks of physical cards. I don’t know if it’s something the youngest generations won’t feel because they didn’t grow up with it much, or if it’s something people merely grow to appreciate over time, but regardless, searching through physical cards is like searching for buried treasure.
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Now I am in Osaka
I visited a couple of shops I have been to last year and they really changed. Inventory got worse and prices have become higher. This surprised me quite a bit. I think I underestimated how fair the prices in Nagoya were. But this was only the first day in Osaka. Let’s see if my feedback is the same on the end of the trip.
This was the rest of Nagoya
And now Osaka
And at the end some games and general Japan vibe pictures
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Fun to see these daily updates, keep it up!
Also looks like there’s a corrupt image in your latest post, right before the web magikarp.
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Dear Diary
Today was a bit of a slower day on the pokemon side.
I revisited some old shops I went to last year and realized that prices really got closer to the west. Even with the yen being so low shops adapted their prices. Since most shops check Mercari sold listing for their prices.
I remember @jaxlax21 was looking for a Greninja. Is that the Ahs Greninja you are looking for?
And here a picture of denden town. The Akihabara of Osaka.
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No, I have that one. The one I am still looking for has a XYZ stamp on it.
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Wait, I think that is actually a good price for the card. Rarity aside, it almost never pops up for sale. This is actually a really good find. Not sure if @jaxlax21 can pull the trigger somehow.
Cheers!
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I’d love it. I just dont have a way to slap down that amount of money at once.
Conversion rate looks to be $3,162.01 right now. While a good price, its outside of my budget abilities 
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Today I want to give a bit of a marked update on the japanese market.
I Revisited several stores I’ve previously been to last year and I saw a disappointing trend.
Most stores that had good stock and good prices last year don’t have rare or older inventory anymore and had mostly ultra modern in stock and raised their prices.
Since most shops are using Mercari for their pricing it doesn’t matter how low the yen ist. Due to the many foreigner buyers on Mercari the prices there adapt to the internal prices and in consequence the prices in the store adapt to the prices on Mercari.
Either I was really lucky last year to have come right after covid or the the japanese stores have optimized really fast.
This trend was a little bit saddening to see.
In the next days there will be probably a bit less pokemon posts since I am focusing more on other things.
I went to a smaller town near Osaka. There were some shops that had a bit more interesting items.
Apart from that some shop and video game Impressions.
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Hello people
I am back with some more pictures.
First the cards.
Has anyone some info about the e-reader cards and why some are way more expensive than the others?
Since I was focusing a bit more on video games I have made a bit more pictures of the games. And the hardware department of stores.
It’s quite interesting how optimized the prices for Pokemon cards are but at the same time the prices for software and hardware are all over place.
Oh and @Quuador I found and hid a Seviper toy in one of the pictures. Can you find it?
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I assume you mean the Bandai Attack figure? 
Although the Emerald Game Boy Color box contains a Seviper (at the not displayed backside) as well. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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Damn dude that was quick and a very good bonus.
Everytime I see some Pokemon toys I see if I spot a Seviper toy you don’t know about yet 
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Hey Guys
My journey it’s nearing it’s end. This will be my second to last update. Maybe even the last one with pictures since this year’s card prices a crazy high in comparison to last year and it kinda discouraged me from more hunting.
I also went to a smaller town called Mito where I took some pictures. There the prices were more affordable.
Have fun with the pictures:)
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Heads up, it’s labelled as damaged
@genchiro Which shop did you find that in?
I am looking forward to see your haul once you finish this trip
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Not quite sure anymore. I think it was a C labo In Kobe. If you ever plan on going there let me know and I’ll do some research where exactly it was 
Condition was around 7-8 I would say
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Hey everyone
It’s time to leave Japan. It was an amazing journey. I met a lot of super cool people and experienced a lot of fun things.
This will be the last post with new pictures in this thread.
Making this thread and interacting with you gave me a lot of joy.
I hope your enjoyed the posts as much as I did.
I also went to the Tokyo sky tree were they had a Pokemon collaboration.
And here a few pictures for the general vibe in Tokyo
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Glad you had a great time!
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Awesome photos! Thank you for sharing!
Now you got to post what you picked up too!
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