The Nintendo Museum is finally on its road to receive the first visits on October 2nd, 2024. Showing all video game consoles released by the Big N plus interactive experience for the visitors to try old commonly unknown products.
The Nintendo Museum celebrates the origins of the company as well. Yamauchi Fusajiro founded the company as Nintendo Koppai back in 1889. It Started as a card game initiative to produce Karuta and Hanafuda cards (used at a time to gamble by Yakuza Syndicates, but that is another story).
The same Hanafuda cards are well revisited by Nintendo these days. They are part of the heart of the Japanese company. But The Nintendo Museum will include a Craft Room where you can craft your own Hanafuda Cards and take them with you as a memento of your visit. The same way you could have access to a Play Room that is all about Hanafuda cards using digital technology mixed up with a Japanese tatami set. By the way, do you know there is a Museum in Kyoto founded by former Nintendo’s president Yamauchi Hiroshi and a hall designed by Miyamoto Shigeru?
The Nintendo Museum will display most of the toys Nintendo created before getting into video games and even some play experience for you to try them Showa style! Take a good look at the official announcement video hosted by legend Miyamoto Shigeru.
How to get a ticket for The Nintendo Museum?
The Nintendo Museum will use a popular method in Japan. A drawing. A lottery style system that randomly assigns the total amount of the tickets for each day. But even AKB48 uses a similar system). So don’t sleep and if you are in Japan or planning your trip there, try a shot to get tickets even three months in advance. Or you can try your luck and show the same day at The Nintendo Museum for a chance to get a ticket someone has canceled.
The interactive experience like the Hanafuda Craft Room needs a separate purchase and reservation once you enter the Museum. Every ticket for the Museum includes ten play coins featuring the classic design from Super Mario. And you spend these in the exhibist. So yes, you cannot get to see all the exhibits in one visit. A theme cafe, the Hatena Burger is in place and only accessible to visitors holding a ticket.
Check the official page about The Nintendo Museum in order to get a ticket. You need to have a Nintendo Account for the registration. You can create the account for free at the page as well. Remember the Nintendo Museum is close to the city of Uji, Kyoto. The same place where Kyoto Animation has their original studio. So fans of Sound! Euphonium will have the chance to walk on the same streets depicted in the anime as well. The memorial for the victims of the arson attack is in the city too. But the city is a great place for lovers of classic Japanese culture as well. And with great temples including the Byoudouin (the one featured in the 10 yen coins).
