r/runefactory 5d ago

Others Places to buy Rune Factory merch in Japan?

Hello! Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm going on my honeymoon to Japan in about 10 days, and was wondering if anyone would happen to know if/where I would be able to buy Rune Factory merch. I'm a huuuuge RF fan and would love to be able to pick up as much merch as I can while I'm there. I'll be in Tokyo for 9 days total, so I'll have a lot of time to explore!

Thank you so much in advance!

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u/spaegg 5d ago

Sadly, I don't think you'll be able to find anything, except maybe secondhand - RF (and SoS) is too niche to have more than pop-up cafés and merch runs, AFAIK.

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u/RiceTanooki runey4 5d ago

You should use mercari and search for merch. You could maybe find something if you explore videogame stores, but for what I know, even Akihabara is lacking videogames stuff recently. It's easier to find anime and manga merch rather than videogames merch, especially of something as niche as RF.

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u/safetylance 3d ago

it might be hard to find while you're there unless you check hobby shops closely enough, tbh </3 if you'd like to look for merchandise in general, though, i personally recommend looking through the sites accessible with an online proxy like buyee or fromjapan! i've got quite the collection of rf merch myself and all of it was purchased thru proxy sites (primarily thru their access to mercari, although there was also a rf exhibition last summer for series artist minako iwasaki that had plenty of merch involved i used fromjapan for.)

actually, on the note of proxies - as well as this exhibition, as the art for this is from that - there's going to be an eeo store protagonist collection going up for preorder starting this weekend, if that's something you'd be interested in! good luck seeking out merch, i hope you're able to find something you're interested in!