The Uji-Ogura factory, built in 1969 in Ogura-cho, Uji, Kyoto and used as a warehouse since 2016, will be reborn as the Nintendo Museum this October.
Visitors can learn about and experience the history of entertainment that Nintendo has continued to create through the many products that Nintendo has released, from Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards) to the Nintendo Switch.
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On the first floor of the first exhibition building, there is a hands-on exhibit area where visitors can experience some of the “unique entertainment” created by Nintendo’s manufacturing as new games reborn with modern technology.
Shigure-den SP” is a game in which you play with tanka poems read by a dedicated smartphone. The player searches for the cards with the poem written on them spread out beneath his or her feet, and then holds up the smartphone to pick up the cards, competing for points based on how fast he or she can do so.
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Craft Room Hey, let’s make Hanafuda (Source: Nintendo Museum)</ shortcode>
There will also be a workshop where visitors can actually make Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards), the origins of Nintendo’s founding period, and learn the rules.
In the “Craft Room: Let’s make Hanafuda” workshop, visitors can choose their favorite month from the 12 months and make Hanafuda by coloring, folding, and pasting four Hanafuda cards together, and take them home. Reservations and a separate fee of 2,000 yen are required on the day of visit.
In addition, there is a café where you can order an original hamburger with your favorite combination of ingredients, and a store selling limited-edition official goods themed on the world of Nintendo games and characters.
Nintendo” fans, as well as groups with young children, are welcome to visit during their sightseeing in Kyoto.
📍56 Kagurada, Ogura-cho, Uji-shi, Kyoto