{"id":180652,"date":"2026-10-29T10:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180652&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:47","slug":"kyushus-largest-animate-relocates-to-fukuoka-mitsukoshi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-largest-animate-relocates-to-fukuoka-mitsukoshi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu\u2019s largest Animate relocates to Fukuoka Mitsukoshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Animate announced an Oct. 24 opening for its expanded store on the eighth floor of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi. The anime, manga and game specialist is relocating from Fukuoka Parco, which is due to close in February 2027. The new Animate Lachic Fukuoka Tenjin has four times the floor area and 1.4 times the shelving of its predecessor, making it the chain\u2019s largest store in Kyushu. Its new sections include character-printed lattes and iced cookies, plus a convenience-store-themed shop selling character merchandise. The company says the redesigned store offers experiences as well as shopping and aims to welcome anime fans from Japan and overseas. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18378804&#038;ymd=2026-10-23\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animatetimes.com\/news\/details.php?id=1792729672\" target=\"_blank\">animate Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_largest-animate-shop-kyushu_2026_cl.jpeg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_largest-animate-shop-kyushu_2026_cl.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_largest-animate-shop-kyushu_2026_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_largest-animate-shop-kyushu_2026_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000009136.000016756.html\" target=\"_blank\">animate Holdings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animate announced an Oct. 24 opening for its expanded store on the eighth floor of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi. The anime, manga and game specialist is relocating from Fukuoka Parco, which is due to close in February 2027&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180652","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}