From 'karuta' cards to Switch: Nintendo puts its history in a museum

Interactive space to open in Kyoto in October in a repurposed 1969 factory

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The Nintendo Museum will offer visitors eight interactive experiences and a gift shop selling exclusive products. © Nintendo

CHIHIRO ISHIKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nintendo in October will open a museum to share its over 130-year journey from a maker of traditional Japanese playing cards to an iconic video game brand that has its global fans eagerly anticipating its next console.

The Nintendo Museum opens on Oct. 2 in the city of Uji in Kyoto prefecture. It will take up residence in a factory that was built in 1969 to make products for a Japanese card game called hanafuda and other playing cards.

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