u/plan_with_stan

Hi everyone, I’m in Osaka for the weekend and been looking around for boxes.

On my list I have:

Hidden Hope — Opus 22 (XXII)
Hidden Legends — Opus 24 (XXIV)
Tears of the Planet — Opus 25 (XXV)
Gunslinger in the Abyss — Opus 26 (XXVI)
Dreamlike Oceans — Opus 28 (XXVIII)
Starter Set 2025 Vol. 2

I already found:

Journey of Discovery — Opus 27 (XXVII)
Blissful Eternity — Opus 29 (XXIX)
Starter Set 2025 Vol. 1

Does anyone know reliably where I could fine the rest, or at least some more in Osaka?

Been all over Den Den Town and found my boxes in
Toreca line in Namba, but nothing else.

I’m only buying to collect, so I’m ok with Japanese cards (actually prefer them to be honest)

MTG is all over but these are so hard to find, I’m only just getting started :(

Thank you!

EDIT — Update after hunting around Osaka:

Did a lot more searching, so leaving this here for anyone who finds this post in the future.

Toreca Line Namba
This was the best place I found for sealed boxes in central Osaka.

They had a handful of Blissful Eternity (Opus 29) boxes, around 2–3 Journey of Discovery (Opus 27) boxes and Starter Set 2025 Vol. 1.

I bought a Journey of Discovery box (¥6,250), Blissful Eternity box (¥7,800) and Starter Set Vol. 1 (¥1,490)

BAR UNKNOWN — Namba
Had 1 Blissful Eternity (Opus 29) box, but it was around ¥1,200 more expensive than Toreca Line, so I passed.

MINT Games Shinsaibashi
Found quite a lot of loose Tears of the Planet (Opus 25) booster packs for ¥440 each.

BIG MAGIC Namba
did not have anything.

Frontier Tenroku
Also nothing.

Card Festival / カードフェスティバル — Moriguchi
Found 3 Gunslinger in the Abyss (Opus 26) booster packs.
They also had a box of loose FFTCG cards, and the guy working there actually gifted me one of the loose cards with my purchase :)

Cosmo King — Neyagawa (4F)
Found Starter Set 2025 Vol. 2 here and bought it.
They also still had 2 Blissful Eternity (Opus 29) booster boxes.

This place had a massive selection of loose FFTCG cards I mean a ton of just cardboard boxes of bulk.
The bulk was around ¥300 unsleeved / ¥500 sleeved.

They also had a display with special cards you can buy for a price, ranging from ¥300 to up to ¥9000

Cosmo King is the shop on the 4th floor. There is another card shop on the 3rd floor of the same building. They do MTG.

So my final haul so far:
- Journey of Discovery — Opus 27: booster box
- Blissful Eternity — Opus 29: booster box
- Tears of the Planet — Opus 25: 12 booster packs
- Gunslinger in the Abyss — Opus 26: 3 booster packs
- Starter Set 2025 Vol. 1
- Starter Set 2025 Vol. 2

I still haven’t managed to find:
Hidden Hope — Opus 22
Hidden Legends — Opus 24
Dreamlike Oceans — Opus 28

Biggest takeaway: FFTCG is WAY harder to find around Osaka than I expected.

MTG Final Fantasy is absolutely everywhere, but FFTCG is another story. Even several stores associated with FFTCG had nothing when I actually visited.

For sealed product in central Osaka, Toreca Line Namba was easily my best find. If you’re interested in singles and don’t mind taking the train out of central Osaka, Cosmo King Neyagawa had by far the best loose-card selection I saw. (It was really far away)

I’m only collecting rather than playing, and I’m keeping everything sealed until I’m back home so I can open it all properly.

Hopefully this helps the next person — and saves their wife from being dragged across half of Osaka looking for Final Fantasy cardboard 😂

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Wir wohnen leider aus beruflichen Gründen auch nicht in Deutschland.

Meine Frau hat keine Urkunden und würde für Deutschland auch kein großartiges öffentliches Interesse darstellen.

Wir sind seit 21 Jahren verheiratet und haben 2 Kinder die beide Teenager sind, gibt es tatsächlich keine Möglichkeit sie aus dem Ausland einzubürgern? Auch nicht durch Immobilien oder sonstige Investments in Deutschland?

Vielen Dank!

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Danke!

Sagt mal wo kann man hier in München Sonny Angel kaufen? Wir waren im offiziellen reseller laden aber da gab’s garnichts!

Sonst noch irgendwo? Wir suchen spezifisch Sonny Angels Strawberry.

Und nein das ist kein Code für Drogen oder kiffen, wir suchen tatsächlich nach den kleinen Figuren!

Danke!

Sagt mal wo kann man hier in München Sonny Angel kaufen? Wir waren im offiziellen reseller laden aber da gab’s garnichts!

Sonst noch irgendwo? Wir suchen spezifisch Sonny Angels Strawberry.

Und nein das ist kein Code für Drogen oder kiffen, wir suchen tatsächlich nach den kleinen Figuren!

Danke!

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I've been trying to understand the event and experience-design landscape in Japan, particularly around Tokyo, and was hoping to get some insight from people working in the industry.

I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

I've been trying to understand the event and experience-design landscape in Japan, particularly around Tokyo, and was hoping to get some insight from people working in the industry.

I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

I've been trying to understand the event and experience-design landscape in Japan, particularly around Tokyo, and was hoping to get some insight from people working in the industry.

I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

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I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

I'm trying to understand the technical production side of Japan's event and experience-design industry and was hoping to hear from people working in video engineering, media servers, show control, and real-time graphics.

I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

I'm trying to understand the ecosystem behind immersive experiences, exhibitions, themed attractions, and large-scale interactive productions in Japan and was hoping to get some insight from people working in the field.

I'm referring to companies that sit somewhere between a creative agency, technical integrator, and show producer. They typically handle things like interactive experiences, LED content, projection mapping, touchscreen applications, museum or visitor-center installations, brand activations, live event visuals, show control systems, and real-time graphics using tools like Unreal, Ventuz, Notch, etc.

Examples of the type of companies I mean would be Moment Factory, Float4, Obscura Digital, Electrosonic, or projects similar to teamLab, although perhaps more focused on events, exhibitions, museums, visitor experiences, corporate shows, and brand activations.

What I'm trying to understand is:

1. Does Japan have a large ecosystem of companies like this?
2. Are these services usually handled by specialist firms, or do advertising agencies and production companies keep most of it in-house?
3. Is there real demand for immersive experiences, interactive installations, projection mapping, and real-time content?
4. Are there particular cities where this industry is concentrated, like Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, etc.?
5. For someone from outside Japan looking at this market, what are the biggest challenges? Language, business culture, existing relationships, or something else?
6. Are there any Japanese companies in this space that I should be looking at?

One thing I'm particularly curious about is the scale and quality level of the work.

From the outside, Japan has a reputation for technology, design, entertainment, and immersive experiences, so it's easy to assume that projects on the level of Moment Factory are common. In reality, is that true?

Are high-budget, highly integrated projects like large-scale interactive experiences, immersive environments, projection mapping, visitor centers, museums, themed attractions, etc. relatively common in Japan, or does the market mostly consist of smaller projects with more modest budgets and production values?

In other words, are companies regularly delivering work at the level of firms like Moment Factory, or are those projects the exception rather than the norm?

I'd be interested to hear from anyone working in events, exhibitions, museums, AV integration, experiential marketing, show production, or creative technology in Japan.

Thanks!

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