Japan House

Great service from the manager and cashier. Many items to choose from in the Anime area and knick-knacks to decorate your home. IF looking for favorite characters, they have many assortments and just ask the manager if you need help looking for specific items. BUT PLEASE BEWARE the claw machines. The store does NOT own them. They are cute and draw you in with the cuteness, again BEWARE THE CLAW MACHINE.

Japan House has been a staple in this plaza with a neat ever-changing lineup of anime figures and merch/japanese household items and goods. And now it just got even better with the addition of UFO crane games. With the regular cranes (2 tokens) having a cute assortment of plushies and the smaller cranes (1 token) having small anime figures, Keychain, stickers and the sort ranging currently from spyxfamily, one piece, chainsaw man, genshin, and kirby amongst others. At 1$ per token I think its pretty reasonable, the machines give out if you know how to play and if the crane gods are on your side it makes for a fun time with friends/it really gave me memories of hitting a taito arcade again. I can't wait to see this place grow more and more in the future, hopefully to one day the same capacity of the arcades you find back in Japan

Notice: The claw coin machines are complete scam and fraud. The claws do grab the items but release right before the drop slot. If I would of known I would taken a video to share so don't throw your money away. This place is completely over prices. I hate the fact that you before you enter they have signs posted on the front doors saying "no photos allow or no outside food or drinks. We're in America. 👎

Claw machines were insanely weak. Do not try those. Items are overpriced and the store is somewhat incoherent. As a half japanese I feel as if the store is a harsh misrepresentation of japanese stores. If you are only there for the items you can go but I would not recommend as there are other stores with similar items. This is a crude mockery of japan’s culture. There was way too many bikini girls out in the open and gives a bad image that japanese are not decent. This is why Americans believe japan deserves a third.

Favourite place to get anime figures in Houston! Good selection of Japanese imports and I love that they are right next to Seiwa. The prices are fair considering current import fees and regulations. Their rules are very reflective of Japanese shops that specialize in collectibles (no videos/pictures, strict no touching policy for example). I also trust that their items are genuine being a long time collector who has purchased officially licensed and fakes before.