Japanese character spots 2026: Chiikawa, Pokémon, Kirby, Nintendo and more
Official shops, cafés and museums for fans of Japanese characters: Chiikawa Land, the Pokémon Center and Pokémon Café, Kirby Café, Nintendo TOKYO and OSAKA, Tokyo Character Street, Sanrio parks, Ghibli and more, plus regional spots like Sakaiminato's Mizuki Shigeru Road.
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Popular tickets & tours
Before you go to Japan
Good to know
- Character cafés (Pokémon Café, Kirby Café) take advance reservations, and slots go fast — book as soon as your dates are fixed.
- Popular shops such as Nintendo TOKYO may switch to numbered entry tickets on weekends and holidays; weekday mornings are calmest.
- Ghibli Museum and the Anpanman Museum sell date-and-time tickets in advance — check each official site before you go.
Also worth a visit
Tokyo / Mitaka
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
Aichi / Nagakute
Ghibli Park
Photo: Kakidai / CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
EntertainmentTokyo / Tama
Sanrio Puroland
Photo by Sean Chen on Unsplash
CultureKanagawa / Kawasaki
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (Doraemon Museum)
Photo: Nagomijirap / CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
EntertainmentKyoto / Uji
Nintendo Museum
Entertainment
Tokyo / Ikebukuro
Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo
Food & Drink
Tokyo / Nihonbashi
Pokémon Café Tokyo
Entertainment
Tokyo / Shibuya
Nintendo TOKYO
Entertainment
Osaka / Umeda
Nintendo OSAKA
Food & Drink
Tokyo / Oshiage
Kirby Café Tokyo
Entertainment
Tokyo / Tokyo Station
Tokyo Character Street
Entertainment
Tokyo / Harajuku
Chiikawa Land Harajuku
Entertainment
Tokyo / Shibuya
ONE PIECE Mugiwara Store Shibuya
Entertainment
Tokyo / Odaiba
THE GUNDAM BASE TOKYO
Culture
Tokyo / Machida
Snoopy Museum Tokyo
Entertainment
Saitama / Hanno
Moomin Valley Park
Entertainment
Kanagawa / Yokohama Minatomirai
Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum
Culture
Tottori / Sakaiminato
Mizuki Shigeru Road (GeGeGe no Kitaro)
Entertainment
Hyogo / Awaji Island
HELLO KITTY SMILE
Entertainment
Oita / Hiji