Often, Mom and Pop retailers in Japan are actually official dealers of particular products. I've seen this countless times with companies like Panasonic. But Nintendo? While "wandering around aimlessly," Kotaku reader Landon came across the above shop which is a "Famicom Shop" that is "Licensed by Nintendo." He writes:

I was intrigued by the fact that it was officially licensed by Nintendo. Are there more closed-down shops like this around your area? This one was in a VERY small area — near the Saginuma station on the Den-en Toshi line. ...looked like it was completely closed down. It was on a weekday, around 4PM, so it should've been open if it was, but I saw no sign showing hours or anything, so I was one sad panda.

Sad panda, indeed! Brian Ashcraft