Japan's first Chiikawa Park Store (ちいかわパークストア) opens on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, on the 11th floor of LUCUA SOUTH (ルクア サウス), the new wing of LUCUA Osaka, partly open since April 2026 and connected to JR Osaka Station. The store itself charges no admission.
The catch is getting to the floor. For an initial period with no announced end date, floors 10–13 (LUCUA Characters World, LUCUA キャラクターズワールド) are open only to people who've won an advance lottery or picked up a first-come entry ticket. That applies on opening day too.
As of November 7, LUCUA hasn't said how to enter the lottery or when and where the entry tickets will be handed out. We'll update this page as soon as it does.
Opening date and store basics
Store | Chiikawa Park Store (ちいかわパークストア) |
|---|---|
Opening date | Tuesday, November 24, 2026 |
Location | LUCUA SOUTH, 11F (inside LUCUA Characters World) |
Address | 3-1-1 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka |
Hours | 10:00 a. |
Admission | No charge to enter the store |
Floor entry (10F–13F) | For now, advance lottery or first-come entry ticket required |
Chiikawa Park Store is one of 28 shops opening in LUCUA SOUTH that day.
Entry from November 24: lottery or first-come ticket
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LUCUA's opening page says that for the first stretch after opening, entry to floors 10–13 will be by "advance lottery or first-come entry ticket." As announced, the rule covers those floors as a whole and doesn't name individual shops.
Still unannounced as of November 7:
- How to apply for the advance lottery, and when it opens and closes
- Whether the lottery needs a LUCUA membership (WESTER ID), as the pre-opening one did
- When and where first-come tickets will be handed out
- Whether the lottery or tickets cost anything
- The date when you'll be able to walk in without a ticket
- Whether Chiikawa Park Store will add its own store-entry ticket on top of the floor rule
That last one isn't idle speculation. Pokémon Center Osaka, already open on the 13th floor of LUCUA SOUTH, has said it will hand out its own store-entry tickets for a while after November 24, with details to follow. It hasn't explained how those fit with the floor rule.
If your Osaka trip falls around late November, check the LUCUA SOUTH opening page before you lock in the day you plan to go. If the lottery turns out to be members-only again, a first-come ticket may be the more realistic route for overseas visitors.
LUCUA SOUTH pre-opening: members-only lottery, now closed
LUCUA SOUTH's pre-opening runs on floors 11–13 from Wednesday, November 18, to Monday, November 23 (a national holiday). Only LUCUA Members Card holders registered with WESTER ID, JR West's membership account, could apply.
Both application rounds have closed, the last one at the end of November 4 (Japan time), and no further round has been announced. LUCUA's floor guide lists Chiikawa Park Store as "11月24日 OPEN" (opening November 24).
Chiikawa Park Store vs. Chiikawa Park in Ikebukuro
Chiikawa Park (ちいかわパーク) is the hands-on Chiikawa venue that opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, in July 2025. The Osaka store is a standalone version of its shop area, selling mostly the same merchandise as the Ikebukuro park.
Merchandise, prices and grand-opening gifts
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Juice Co., Ltd., the store's operator, has listed part of the lineup (prices include tax):
- Mini mascot key rings, 10 designs, ¥1,430 each
- Figures with stands, 8 designs, ¥880 each or ¥7,040 for a full box
- Popcorn buckets (Chiikawa, Hachiware, Usagi), ¥4,180 each
- "Minna" (みんな, "everyone") sweatshirt, ¥6,380
Some items come with purchase limits. Which ones, and how many you can buy, hasn't been announced.
Every purchase comes with one holographic sticker, and a single purchase of ¥3,300 or more (tax included) adds a ticket-style clear file (a plastic document folder). Receipts can't be combined to reach ¥3,300.
Both are while supplies last, and Juice says the gift lineup may change, with items added or renamed.
Lottery and entry-ticket updates: where to check
Details will be posted on the LUCUA SOUTH opening page and the Chiikawa Park Store official X account, both in Japanese.
This article was translated from the original Japanese with AI assistance and reviewed by our editorial team. The Japanese version is authoritative.
