Kaidashi
買い出し
Card shops, figures, retro games and pop-ups in Japan, on one map. Made for collectors who travel.
Each dot is a shop:CardsFiguresRetro gamesGachaponMangaPractical© OpenStreetMap
On now and coming up
The whole calendar- Collaboration caféHypnosis Mic collaboration at Yamashita Honki Udon –
- Ichiban KujiIchiban Kuji: Ghost in the Shell
- Ichiban KujiIchiban Kuji: Jujutsu Kaisen, 5th anniversary FINAL
- Ichiban KujiIchiban Kuji: Pretty Cure, Endless Grace
- Ichiban KujiIchiban Kuji: Toy Story, Playtime pals forever
- Collaboration caféMarugoto Zenbu Cafe at Share CAFE Harakado –
- Card releaseWeiss Schwarz: anemoi
- ExhibitionDayan the Cat: new prints by Akiko Ikeda –
Browse by category
Each category has a colour and a letter, like a metro line.
Collector areas
Where the shops gather. Each dot is a shop, in the colour of its category.
By licence
Looking for one universe rather than one district? Each list gathers the shops that sell it, across the country.
Guides
What to know before you shop in Japan: tax-free, shipping, etiquette, grading.
BOOKOFF, HARD OFF, Suruga-ya, Mandarake: Japan’s second-hand chains explainedSecond-hand shops in Japan explained: which chain sells manga, retro games, figures or trading cards, what to expect inside, and how to find them.
Akihabara for collectors: where to shop, floor by floorAkihabara shopping guide for collectors: figures, trading cards, retro games and manga, which buildings to visit and when to go.
Buying Pokémon cards in Japan: where, prices and limitsHow to buy Pokémon cards in Japan: boosters and singles, where to go, prices in yen, purchase limits and how to avoid fakes.
Shipping your cards, figures and games home from JapanHow to ship cards, figures and games home from Japan: luggage, Japan Post parcel or shop shipping, lithium batteries, and the effect on tax-free.
Shopping etiquette in Japan’s card, figure and game shopsShop etiquette in Japan for card, figure and game shops: photos, glass cases, cash trays, purchase limits, queues and lotteries.
Tax-free shopping in Japan: the new refund system from November 1, 2026Tax-free in Japan from November 1, 2026: you pay the 10% tax and get it back after customs at departure. Step by step for collectors.
Real places from anime
Statues the towns put up themselves, and the streets and shrines the stories were drawn from — with the address, how to get there, and what the place actually is.
ONE PIECE
Manga · 1997 · 10 places
Brook statue, Fureai plaza, Mifune · Chopper statue, Kumamoto zoological and botanical gardens
Attack on Titan
Manga · 2009 · 5 places
Eren, Mikasa and Armin, Oyama dam · Levi statue, Hita station
Your Name
Film · 2016 · 5 places
Hida city library · Hida-Furukawa station
Godzilla
Film · 1954 · 4 places
Godzilla monument, Haneda airport terminal 3 · Godzilla Head, Shinjuku Toho Building
Kaidashi on your phone
Opens in one tap from your home screen, like an app.
- The map and the shops you opened still work with a weak connection or none, in the metro or a basement.
- Full screen, no browser bar, straight back to where you were.
- Free, no store, no account, a few hundred kilobytes.
- In Safari, tap Share
- Choose “Add to Home Screen”.
- Tap “Add”: Kaidashi appears with your apps.
Open this site on your phone, then in the browser menu choose “Install app” or “Add to Home screen”.
What a shop page tells you
A real page from the map.
- The exact floorIn buildings with a shop on every floor, the floor is what gets you there.
- The Latin and the Japanese nameSigns and floor directories are often in Japanese only: you match the name.
- What was checked, and whenEach page says where its details come from and when they were last checked.