Yellow Submarine Namba Main Store
Hobby & TCG shop at the Namba/Otaroad edge of Den Den Town — trading cards, figures, plastic models, plus an in-store duel space.
A hobby and TCG shop near the Namba end of Den Den Town — trading card games (a registered Pokémon-card store), figures, plastic models and tools, with a duel space and a buyback counter.
Good to know for otaku
- Getting there
- Nankai Namba Stn, ~2 min Open in Google Maps ↗
- Payment
- cash / visa / mastercard
Known for
What it is
Den Den Town is Osaka's Akihabara, and Yellow Submarine's Namba main store sits at its northern, Namba-side gateway. The Hobby Base / Yellow Submarine brand specializes in tabletop and trading-card hobbies, and this shop stocks trading card games (a registered Pokémon-card store), arcade cards, new and used figures, plastic models, modeling tools and materials, candy toys and lottery items.
A dedicated duel room makes it a play space as well as a shop, and a buyback counter handles used hobby goods. For a TCG player or hobbyist in Osaka, it's a quick stop a couple of minutes from Nankai Namba Station, at the top of the Den Den Town hobby strip.
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