A permanent store selling goods related to next year's Osaka-Kansai Expo opened at a department store in Osaka City for the first time in Japan on the 6th, and visitors were shopping for stuffed animals of official characters.
A permanent store selling goods related to the Expo opened at a department store in Abeno Ward, Osaka, and a commemorative event was held before the opening on the 6th.
In his speech, Hiroyuki Ishige, Secretary General of the Exposition Association, which is the organizer of the Expo, said, "We would like to make this store a place where families and people from overseas can become familiar with it, and make the Expo more exciting."
More than 170 products were displayed in the store, including stuffed toys and T-shirts of the official character "Myaku Myaku", as well as commemorative small plates made of pure gold, and many customers came to buy the products as soon as it opened at 11:40 am.
A man in his <>s who visited from Kyoto Prefecture said, "I couldn't buy a stuffed myaku toy, but I'm happy to be able to buy it this time.
With regard to the Osaka-Kansai Expo, the issue is how to raise the excitement nationwide, and the Exposition Association hopes to open stores in Tokyo and other places in the future to foster momentum.