Akihabara Card Shop Requests Stinky Players to Take Showers

An Akihabara card shop, Cardland Akihabara, politely requested stinky players to take showers, with temperatures in Tokyo expected to rise in the coming weeks.

The tweet from Cardland Akihabara reads:

[Request from store]

The temperature suddenly rose, and it’s been warm. As a result, there were a few people who came to the store in unsanitary conditions.

Especially in the case of competitions, you will be in the same space for a long time, so please bathe, etc., and come to the store in clean conditions.

The Akihabara card shop also noted that when it comes to tournaments, if they judge that a player would cause any inconvenience to other customers due to hygienic reasons, they may ask them to refrain from participating.

Japanese commenters chimed in on the story:

“They seriously stink…”

“So they make sure their cards don’t get dirty but can’t do the same for themselves?”

“I’m sure some need to bathe, but their clothes stink.”

“A wonderful call for attention.”

“It’s good to see stores make announcements like these.”

“Are card game people that bad?  (‘ω` )”

“Understandable. I’ve had some opponents that smelled really bad…”

“There are people who would go five days before bathing and two weeks before washing clothes. I learned that there are people like that since I started work.”

“Just like how people should shower before going into the pool, they should make people shower before going to card shops.”

“I beg you all to shower and do your laundry…”

“Well, yeah, I’m sure that ossan talking about Pokemon would stink.”

“They stink at any temperature lol.”

“They neglect to take care of themselves but carefully put cards in sleeves.”

“Otakus tend to always wear the same clothes, so they’re stinky.”

“True Duelists don’t bathe!”