Japan: Nintendo Announces New “Nintendo Gallery,” Plans Completion Within FY 2023

Nintendo fans will surely be delighted to know that Big N has something planned opening in the next few years!

Today, Nintendo has announced a new facility tentatively called the Nintendo Gallery where Nintendo’s historical products will be showcased. The gallery is planned to be completed within the Fiscal Year 2023.

It seems that the company, aside from their usual gaming consoles and software development, has also embarked in putting up structures which showcase more of their IP’s and bring a new experience to Nintendo fans around the world.

It can be recalled that the company has recently opened the Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The same theme parks are also being constructed at Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Singapore.

Read on below for the announcement:

June 2, 2021

To Whom It May Concern

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Utilization of the land of the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Minami-ku, Kyoto; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa) is pleased to announce that its Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant (Ogura-cho, Uji-city, Kyoto) and the land surrounding the building will be used as a new gallery to showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history.

Nintendo has been discussing the possibility of building a gallery, as a way to share Nintendo’s product development history and philosophy with the public. To this end, the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant will be renovated to accommodate the gallery, a decision reached after taking consideration of The City of Uji’s plan of re-developing the nearby Ogura Station area.

The Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969, and was known as the “Uji Plant.” The name of the facility changed to “Uji Ogura Plant” in 1988, after the construction, extension and renovation of the current Uji Plant (Makishima-cho, Uji-city, Kyoto). The Uji Ogura Plant has been used to manufacture both playing cards and Hanafuda cards, and it also operated as a customer service center for product repairs. Discussion of how to use the Uji Ogura Plant began after these functions were transferred to the current Uji Plant in November 2016.

Perspective drawing of “Nintendo Gallery” (tentative name)

The facility, tentatively named “Nintendo Gallery”, where Nintendo’s historical products will be showcased, and exhibits and experiences will be available, is expected to be completed within our 2023 Fiscal Year, which ends in March 2024.