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A pop-up store has opened for the apparel brand The King of Games that creates official Nintendo apparel items.
The store, located in the JR Kyoto Isetan department store inside JR Kyoto Station, will be open from Oct. 21–27. It will then open for a limited time in Lucua Osaka inside JR Osaka Station from Oct. 28–Nov. 3.
A Retail Store Where You Can Buy Official Nintendo Apparel!
The King of Games is an apparel brand from the Editmode design team that plans, produces, and sells apparel themed after video games.
The brand is officially licensed by Japan’s premier video game company, Nintendo, and has developed a variety of T-shirts and more related to Nintendo games.
The King of Games sells T-shirts, hoodies, and more designed after popular Nintendo titles like Splatoon and The Legend of Zelda and consoles like the original NES.
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— EDITMODE_KYOTO (@EDITMODE_KYOTO) https://twitter.com/EDITMODE_KYOTO/status/656695033890893824">2015, 10月 21The pop-up store open now for a limited time includes a lineup of items painstakingly made in Japan themed after the Super Mario series, which reached its 30th anniversary in September. The lineup features a hoodie (9,772 yen), a cutsew shirt (4,937 yen), and a Mario wooden badge set (22,000 yen per set, 840 per individual badge), just to name a few.
The Talked-About “Mario & Luigi Folding Screens” Are Also Must Sees!
“Mario & Luigi Folding Screens” Making-of Video
Also, the exhibit “The Road from Rinpa: The Works of Kamisaka Sekka & Taro Yamamoto” is being held now at Museum “Eki” Kyoto adjacent to JR Kyoto Isetan from Oct. 23–Nov. 29.
Created in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Rinpa school of Japanese art and the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., the “Mario & Luigi Folding Screens” themed after the artwork “Wind God and Thunder God” will also be on display, so be sure to check them out at the same time.
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Event Details
The King of Games Pop-Up Store
[Kyoto]
Dates: Oct. 21 (Wed.) – Oct. 27 (Tues.), 2015
Location: JR Kyoto Isetan 6F/Beside central escalator
[Osaka]
Dates: Oct. 28 (Wed.) – Nov. 3 (Tues.), 2015
Location: Lucua Osaka 8F/Isetan Men’s Style
Related Links
Kyoto/Osaka Isetan Pop-Up Store | Editmode Official Website
Official Editmode Twitter (@Editmode_Kyoto)
Source: KAI-YOU
Source article written by Mizuho Kikuchi