A landmark that stands in front of the Shibuya Scramble Crossing, which sees 500,000 passersby each day.SHIBUYA TSUTAYA(Shibuya Tsutaya) will reopen after renovations on Thursday, April 25th.
The flagship store opened in 2000 will undergo a complete renovation in October 2023. They announced that they would be discontinuing rental services such as CDs and DVDs and moving to online services.
After about a quarter of a century, it has been reborn as a facility with cafes, lounges, pop-up shops, shared offices, and other spaces on each floor from the 2nd floor underground to the 8th floor above ground.
Culture Convenience Club Shibuya Project Executive Producer Takahiro Kamata explains about the new SHIBUYA TSUTAYA
What attracts attention is “Holy land of IP contentSHIBUYA TSUTAYA, which has the concept ofIP bookstore”.
The only permanent store other than Starbucks Coffee is the official lounge for the Pokémon Card Game.POKÉMON CARD LOUNGE“is.
A preview was held for the media on April 24th, the day before the opening. This time, we will mainly report on the 6th floor “IP Bookstore” and the 5th floor “POKÉMON CARD LOUNGE”.
The main feature of the opening of the 6th floor “IP Bookstore” is Buspo!
“IP Bookstore” on the 6th floor of SHIBUYA TSUTAYA, where various pop-up shops were announced before the opening.
SHIBUYA TSUTAYA 6th floor “IP Bookstore”
In addition to anime and manga, Buspo! Yanijisanji, Koga style ninja! I want to be fashionable with Pon Poko! Many VTuber-related projects, such as Peanuts-kun, also attracted attention.
Itabuispo was developed using a large space!
They will start on the first day of opening on April 25th.The one that took up the largest space on the floor was a virtual e-Sports project.Buspo!is.
In this area, key visuals drawn by illustrator Kei Mochizuki are displayed in a large scale, giving off a strong presence. In addition, merchandise including T-shirts with the faces of each talent printed on them will be on display and for sale.
Buspo!Hinano Tachibana’s T-shirt
In addition, Buspo! will also display an extra-large newly drawn key visual on the basement floor. Furthermore, Buspo! Free exhibition events will also be held using the entire floor, including monuments where you can feel the history of the past.
Pop-ups of many VTubers such as Pokopi and Nijisanji have been launched.
Koga style ninja! I want to be fashionable with Pon Poko! Peanuts pop-up shopPOPIYA”, two bronze statues that look like Hachiko statues welcome you.
There will be limited edition goods featuring collaboration visuals of “POPIYA” with the motif of the old TSUTAYA logo, VHS cases with a Heisei retro feel, and a mook book “POPIYA” edited by PokoP.POKOPEA” will also be sold.
Koga style ninja! I want to be fashionable with Pon Poko!Peanuts pop-up space
Regarding VTuber-related items, there will also be a large Nijisanji corner.
There will be a special sales area for the CD series “FOCUS ON – NIJISANJI SINGLE COLLECTION -” which focuses on each talent, and a panel exhibition of the units ChroNoiR and ROF-MAO made up of the talents they belong to.
A message from Salome Ichihyakuman Amagara
In addition, the VTuber office HaConnect shop will hold several projects, including the sale of members’ original goods.
In addition, a special corner will be set up to commemorate the release of popular TRPG distributor Mutsu’s book “Learn with Mutsu: Introduction to TRPG for Beginners”.
A special corner for TRPG distributor Mutsu.
Not only will merchandise commemorating the release of the book be sold, but past merchandise will also be resold.
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