(Head office: Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), an authorized distributor of Yaokin, which sells Umaibo, will exhibit “Virtual Umaibo Shop” for the first time at “Virtual Market 2022 Summer,” the world’s largest* VR event in the Metaverse, to be held by HIKKY Co. Ltd. will exhibit “Virtual Umaibo Shop” for the first time at “Virtual Market 2022 Summer”, the world’s largest* VR event on Metaverse. A large number of 3D items of Umaibo and candy bars will be on display, and real products will be available for purchase. The Virtual Market has been recognized by Guinness World Records™ as having the “largest number of booths at a virtual reality market event.
What is Virtual Umaibo Shop?
The Virtual Umaibo Shop is a virtual Umaibo store based on the motif of the Umaibo store at Tsutenkaku ANNEX in Osaka. Inside the store, avatars can take pictures in a photo booth with Umaibo’s sister character “Umaichan”, have their photo taken on a panel that shows their face as an Umaibo, or stand in front of the Umaibo Shrine where Umaichan and Toumaemon will tell you their fortune for the day. You can enjoy the world of Umaibo and candy bars with a variety of contents.
3D Umaibo and candy can be purchased!
In the Virtual Umaibo Shop, you can purchase 3D models of Umaibo and nostalgic candy bars, and some products are even available in real life! This is the first time in the industry that 3D Umaibo is available for purchase!
You can win about 111 Umaibo!
At the Umaibo booth in the venue, “Vket-chan”, the official character of the Virtual Market dressed in Umaibo costume, will be handing out Umaibo, so look for her and try to win one! Tweet a picture of the Umaibo you got or the Umaibo store with “#VirtualUmaibo” and follow the store’s Twitter account (@UMAIBOSHOP) to win 111 Umaibo for 10 lucky winners!
Virtual Market 2022 Summer
About Virtual Market (also known as Vket)
The world’s largest VR event where you can buy and sell various 3D items such as avatars and real products (clothes, PCs, food and drinks, etc.) at a venue in the metaverse. It is a pioneering event in the Metaverse. In addition to trading, visitors can enjoy rides, movies, live music, and other “experiences” that only Metaverse can offer. The virtual market started as a place to buy and sell 3D data products between individuals, but in recent years, major companies that want to enter the metaverse business have begun to sell real products, creating new possibilities for VR commerce. This is creating new possibilities for VR commerce. (*As the largest number of booths at virtual reality market events)
About HIKKY Corporation (a.k.a. VR Corporation HIKKY)
-HIKKY, Inc. is a company that creates a world where the value of creativity is widely recognized.
HIKKY Inc. is a VR corporation that realizes an open metaverse that anyone can freely create and access. HIKKY’s main business is to provide highly unique metaverse solutions such as “Vket Cloud”, planning and operation of metaverse events, and consulting services to support business entry into the VR/AR domain. We aim to develop the living, economic, and cultural spheres of the virtual world and create a society where all people with creativity can live more freely and comfortably.
The Virtual Market, the world’s largest VR event organized by HIKKY, will obtain the Guinness World Record™ in 2021. Other awards include the top prize in the marketing category of the VR AWARDS, an international VR awards ceremony, and the top prize in the XR CREATIVE AWARD 2020 in Japan.
■”Umaibo Shop,” the only official specialty store of Umaibo in Japan
Umaibo Shop,” the first official specialty store of Umaibo in Japan, opened in Minami-Senba, Osaka in 2020. In April this year, the shop moved to Tsutenkaku ANNEX in Osaka and reopened! The shop offers not only Umaibo, but also T-shirts, backpacks, and stickers with Umaibo logos and characters on them, as well as chopsticks, spoons, and forks in the same Umaibo package, all of which you cannot find anywhere else! The store is also home to “Dagashiya Tsutenkaku,” and at the far end of the store is the Umaibo Shrine, where “Umaken-san,” Umaibo’s character “Umaemon” dressed as a god of happiness, resides, making the store full of fun elements.
