If you didn't know many K-Pop and Korean celebrities also have a Japanese audience. There's Japanese albums and country exclusive collabs. With this in mind, the K-Pop scene is big on Japan soil.
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Shopping
Fave Places for Celebs
Planning to go to a Concert?
Photo Locations
Shopping
All music genres can be found here. CDs to Vinyls to Pop up Cafes
Tower Records Shibuya
Japan's little Koreatown
A Guide to Shin-Okubo, Tokyo's Korea Town | Rakuten Travel
One stop shop for 2nd hand K-Pop merch
K-BOOKS Store
Print a pic of your bias on here!
NAMCHINI 82Cafe 2go Ten - Shin Okubo/Cafe | Tabelog
There are tons of photocard accessories and you can find some of the decorations that Japanese fans use in their culture!
Daiso - Located All Over Japan
K-Pop merch can also be found in capsule machines (aka gachapons). Check Bandai and other gachapon websites to see what in cycle!
Gashapon Bandai Official Shop | Bandai Namco Amusement Inc.
Shibuya109 tends to have pop-ups throughout the year for different K-Pop groups even including Twice! Check their Instagram for updates!
Shibuya109 - Pop-ups
Sometimes, vending machines have K-Pop collabs. You might have a higher chance especially when the idols are touring Japan~
Vending Machines
Fave Places for Celebs
Lee Know's Fave Pudding Place
Ganso Purin Ya Dotonbori Ten - Namba/Pudding | Tabelog
From Soobin's Weverse
PIYORIN STATION CAFE GENTIANE, Nagoya
Planning to go to a Concert?
K-Pop concerts in Japan are a different level, but is definitely hard for foreigners to attend.
This YTber does a great job explaning some of the steps to seeing your favorite idol in Japan.
How to watch a concert in Japan? 🇯🇵 Pt. 1| Your Guide to Concert Lottery
Japan is known for their Anti-Scalping Law, so that resellers are not able to price gouge and make a pretty profit. The website is full y in Japanese, but was a lot easier with Google Photo Translate.
TicketJam - Ticket Resell
Concert tickets can also be bought at convenience stores, such as 7-11. It is much more smoother buying it this way.
The Easiest Way to Buy Tickets in Japan
Papago is my go-to app alongside Google Translate. Don't forget to download the language for offline use. Very useful if you may have spotty connection.
Free translation service, Papago
Photo Locations
Bangchan's IG - Located down the hallway from Lululemon
