The Bandai Namco Cross Store Camden is Bandai Namco’s own shop in the Stables Market, open from 10am to 7pm every day. It brings GASHAPON capsule toys, Ichibankuji prize draws, an official ONE PIECE CARD GAME shop, the UK’s first Tamagotchi Official Shop and an arcade under one roof.
Inside the Bandai Namco Cross Store in Camden Market
Where the Bandai Namco Cross Store is in Camden Market, and when it opens
- Address: Provender Building, Units 16 to 18 and 100 to 101, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH
- Opening hours: 10am to 7pm, Monday to Sunday, according to the store’s own page
- Nearest stations: Camden Town or Chalk Farm, both on the Northern line
- Entry: free, with no ticket needed to browse
- Website: Bandai Namco Cross Store UK
The shop covers a ground floor and a first floor. It is one stop on our route through the anime and manga shops in London.
The first Cross Store outside Japan, announced in June 2023
Bandai Namco launched the Cross Store idea in Japan in 2022, to put several of its brands in one building. On 28 June 2023, Bandai Namco Amusement Europe announced the Camden shop as the first of its kind outside Japan. The opening was planned for July 2023 and then delayed, and the shop opened on Friday 18 August 2023.
The announcement listed six official shops. Four were new to the UK: Banpresto, Ichibankuji, MegaHouse and Sun-Star Stationery. John McKenzie, the company’s managing director, called Camden the right place to launch the idea in the UK.
GASHAPON capsule toys fill half the ground floor
GASHAPON is Bandai’s name for its capsule toys and the machines that sell them. The store’s own page explains the word: “gasha” is the clunk of the handle and “pon” is the capsule popping out.
When Film Stories visited in August 2023, the machines took up half the ground floor, with anime and manga characters at one end. Each machine showed how many tokens it needed.
Ichibankuji, the prize draw where every ticket wins
Ichibankuji is a ticket draw for figures, toys and other collectables. You buy a ticket, peel it to reveal a letter, and collect the prize that matches. Every ticket wins something, and players must be 16 or over.
ONE PIECE CARD GAME sessions and tournaments you can book
The official shop sells the card game and runs weekly events. They include tutorial sessions for new players, welcome events and store tournaments, and some limited cards are only given out at events. The store’s events page has an online booking link for Camden and a calendar for each month.
The UK’s first Tamagotchi Official Shop, plus figures and Japanese stationery
The Tamagotchi Official Shop opened inside the Camden store on 30 August 2024 and is the first of its kind in the UK. It stocks Tamagotchi Original, Tamagotchi Connection, Tamagotchi Uni and Tamagotchi Nano. A separate Tamagotchi Pop-Up in Soho runs until 31 December 2026.
MegaHouse sells premium anime figures, and Banpresto covers figures and plush toys. Sun-Star Stationery is a Japanese stationery maker in the Bandai Namco Group, known for the Metacil, a metal pencil that never needs sharpening. An arcade sits at the back of the ground floor.
The Gundam Base London is in the same building
The UK’s first permanent Gundam shop opened at Unit 19/20 of the Provender Building on 3 July 2026. Bandai’s senior brand manager, Alvias Poon, told Japan Nakama that the Cross Store carries the wider Bandai Namco range, while The Gundam Base London is dedicated to Gundam. Our interview with Bandai covers what UK builders buy there.
Bandai Namco Cross Store Birmingham, the second UK shop
A second Cross Store opened on 14 April 2025 at Unit 2, 42 New Street, Birmingham B2 4EG. It appears in our guide to anime conventions in Birmingham.
Bandai Namco Cross Store Camden questions
It opens from 10am to 7pm every day, according to the store’s own page.
It is in the Provender Building in the Stables Market, on Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AH. Camden Town and Chalk Farm are the nearest stations.
No booking is needed to shop. ONE PIECE CARD GAME sessions can be booked online through the store’s events page.
It is a separate Bandai shop in the same building, at Unit 19/20.
