Pokémon Center (store)

Pokémon Centers are retail stores run by The Pokémon Company specializing in Pokémon merchandise. There are six stores:

Japan

From east to west:

Sapporo

File:Pokemon Center Sapporo Logo.gif

• Open:
  • July 1, 2005 - October 2, 2005
  • July 1, 2006 - October 29, 2006
• 北海道札幌市中央区北3条西1-2-9 札幌全日空ホテル内1階
• Sapporo ANA Hotel 1F, West 1-2-9 Kita-3-jō, Chūō Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaidō
• Phone: 0120-049-725 (Pokémon Customer Support Center)

Tokyo (new)

File:Pokemon Center Tokyo new logo.png

• Opened July 16, 2007
• 東京都港区海岸1-2-3 汐留芝離宮ビルディング2F
• 2nd floor, Shiodome-Shiba Rikyū building, Kaigan 1-2-3, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to
• Phone:

Tokyo (old)

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• Opened April 25, 1998
• Closed July 16, 2007
• 東京都中央区日本橋3-2-5 川崎定徳ビル別館1F
• Kawasaki Teitoku Building Annex 1F, 3-2-5 Nihombashi, Chūō Ward, Tōkyō Metropolis
• Phone: 03-5200-0707

Yokohama

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• Opened March 5, 2005
• 神奈川県横浜市西区みなとみらい2-2-1 ランドマークプラザ4F
• Landmark Plaza 4F, 2-2-1 Minato-Mirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
• Phone: 045-222-5533

Nagoya

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• Opened October 22, 2002
• 愛知県名古屋市東区東桜1丁目11番地1号 オアシス21
• Oasis 21, 1-11-1 Higashi-Sakura, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
• Phone: 052-950-0758

Osaka

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• Opened November 14, 1998
• 大阪府大阪市北区中崎西2-4-12 梅田センタービルB1F
• Umeda Center Building B1F, 2-4-12 Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita Ward, Ōsaka City, Ōsaka Prefecture
• Phone: 06-6373-8080

Fukuoka

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• Opened November 1, 2003
• 福岡県福岡市博多区住吉1-2-22　キャナルシティオーパB1Fラブーン
• Canal City OPA B1F Labūn, 1-2-22 Sumiyoshi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Phone: 092-282-7733

USA

New York

• Opened November 16, 2001
• 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 10020
• Phone: (212) 307-0900

Note: In January of 2005, Pokémon Center New York closed for remodeling; it was reopened as a general Nintendo store called Nintendo World on May 14, 2005, no longer as a Pokémon-exclusive store. Though Nintendo World is no longer a Pokémon-exclusive store, there is still a section of the ground floor devoted to the franchise.

Online

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The Pokémon Center North America site the day before closing.

There are online stores for Japan (No longer allowing purchases) and North America, as well as an online store for mobile phone access in Japan. Around mid-January 2008, the Pokémon Center online store in North America displayed a closing message, encouraging shoppers to take advantage of closing sales, because the store would be closing at the end of the month. The store did close effective February 1st, but kept a Q & A sitein place of the actual store. The reason given for the closing was: "PokémonUSA, Inc. has decided to sell Pokémon merchandise exclusively through its retail partners." The site will still accept product returns that meet their product return standards and are postmarked by February 21st.

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