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City of Collectables Tokyo (Figurines and Cards)

Japanese Culture & Photography
4 min readMay 23, 2021

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In west Tokyo lies a city that is well known for collectables including figurines from all over the world, cards, manga, cosplay and stuffed animals. This city is called Nakano. After exiting from the station and going through the shopping arcade for about 10 minutes, you will find a Seiyu and Mandrake.

Shopping Arcade (Walk about 10 min to see Mandrake)

Mandrake is a well known store that lets you sell your collectible goods and also buy new and used products as well. You can find this store in Akihabara and even Shibuya but I have never seen a Mandrake this big. In this building, you will find over 10 different Mandrake stores all selling different products scattered throughout 4 floors. They have snoopy, teenage ninja turtles, baby yoda, and anime character figurines. Nakano’s Mandrake state that you will get the best price for selling your products there. Unfortunately I haven’t actually tried selling anything there yet. However, other stores were closed and Mandrake still was open with a lot of people in their stores. That means that they are able to sell their products that they buy from people which should mean that they can give a better price for those who want to sell their collectable goods.

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Japanese Culture & Photography
Japanese Culture & Photography

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Japanese culture, food, sightseeing spots, and photography. Tokyo based Asian American professional photographer born and raised in Hawaii.

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