{"rewrite":{"id":"r_599a05222357033866162950","clusterId":"c_c30247a5d8a35eeb1a36bba6","slug":"bandai-plans-tamagotchi-festival-in-harajuku-and-shibuya-from-november-7","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bandai Plans Tamagotchi Festival In Harajuku And Shibuya From November 7","summary":"Bandai will hold \"Celebrating 3000 Years!? Cho Tamagotchi Festival in Shibuhara\" from November 7 to December 6, staged in the Harajuku and Shibuya areas with the main venue at MAZE on the fourth floor of Tokyu Plaza Harajuku \"Harakado.\" The event frames Tamagotchi's 30th anniversary as a \"3000th\" anniversary, built around a stone monument found during Tokyo Toy Show venue construction on August 26, 2026.","whyItMatters":"The whole event is staged as an in-world archaeological dig, and the new Neon Planets device and the My Lab Tamagotchi home unit are the merchandise the festival exists to move.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe anniversary premise is a joke the company is playing straight: a stone monument with figures resembling Mametchi and Kuchipatchi was found on August 26, 2026, during construction of the TOKYO Toy Show venue, which produced the \u0026#34;3000 Years!? Great Excavation Project.\u0026#34; Excavated items tied to Tamagotchi history, the monument among them, go on display for a limited time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the main venue, a stamp rally runs through cafes, apparel shops, and general merchandise stores in Harajuku and Shibuya, with novelties tied to the number of stamps collected and collaboration menus at some stores. The official shop Tamagotchi Factory! opens a limited merchandise corner.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrating 3000 Years!? 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The festival at MAZE is a 30th anniversary dressed as archaeology.","twitterPost":"Bandai's Tamagotchi festival runs on a stone monument found during Tokyo Toy Show construction. The 3000th anniversary is performed, not real.","threadsPost":"Bandai's Tamagotchi celebration in Harajuku and Shibuya treats a stone monument found during Tokyo Toy Show venue construction as proof of a 3000th anniversary. The event runs a month at MAZE. It is a 30th anniversary wearing an archaeologist's costume.","newsletterBlurb":"Bandai will run \"Celebrating 3000 Years!? Cho Tamagotchi Festival in Shibuhara\" from November 7 to December 6, with MAZE on the fourth floor of Tokyu Plaza Harajuku \"Harakado\" as the main venue. The premise is a stone monument found during Tokyo Toy Show construction that pushed the anniversary count to 3000. Two devices arrive alongside it: Tamagotchi Paradise - Neon Planets on November 21 and the My Lab Tamagotchi home unit on November 7.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/10/103674.html\",\"title\":\"Tamagotchi's 3000th Anniversary!? \\\"Cho Tamagotchi Festival\\\" to Be Held in Harajuku and Shibuya! 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