Akihabara Card Shop Puts Stinky Visitors on Notice

A collectible card shop in Japan recently warned its patrons that if they can’t control their smell, they’ll likely be asked to leave.

By Kay Benton

One card shop chain’s location is asking visitors to mind their stench. The Akihabara location of Cardland has issued a statement via its Twitter account urging customers to bathe and apply deodorant before entering the store.

On May 19, the store’s account @cardland_akiba posted “Due to the rising temperatures, please take a bath before coming to the store.”

Cardland is located in central Akihabara and specializes in collectible card tie-in games related to anime such as One Piece, Gundam, Digimon, and many more.

The announcement stated that this request was particularly true in the case of tournaments, where a large number of people would be confined together in the store for a long period of time. The shop also stated that tournament judges have the right to remove players from the competition or ban them from competing if their smell is particularly unpleasant.

Another Tweet posted on the same day reminded tournament participants that wearing masks during in-store events was also still…