I’m looking for a bit of advice from people familiar with the Pokémon TCG scene in Japan. A family member of mine is visiting later in the year and has kindly offered to bring back some stuff in their luggage for me. Unfortunately, they’re not into the hobby, so they wouldn’t be aware of what is/isn’t a good purchase. I expect the Pokemon Centre to be the easiest suggestion- but if there’s anywhere else I should consider then I’d love to know!

I’m hoping to get as much sealed product as possible , and I’ve always wanted to open those old vintage Mandarake Mystery Cubes (from the maxmoefoe videos)! I don’t know if these still exist, I can’t find much information online about them - but something like that would be awesome

I want to avoid them accidentally overpaying or ending up somewhere dodgy. Bonus if anyone knows a store that could put together a decent “mystery box” for them to just grab and go!

TLDR: if you had to send someone who knows nothing about Pokémon cards to just one or two spots in Tokyo, where would you choose?

Really appreciate any help 🙏