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Paulownia Mall

2026-09-21T02:38:43Z

Fangirln: /* Game Parade */

{{Stub|series=P|type=location}}{{Image|reason=Images from the original P3}}
{{Infobox Location
|image=P3R Paulownia Mall Screenshot.png|P3R
|jatitle=ポロニアンモール
|jamean=
|names=
|location=[[Iwatodai]] [[Tatsumi Port Island]]
|subarea=[[Tatsumi East Police Station]] [[Paulownia Mall#Aohige Pharmacy|Aohige Pharmacy]] [[Mayoido Antiques]] [[Be Blue V]] [[Chagall Cafe]] [[Paulownia Mall#Mandragora|Mandragora]] [[Paulownia Mall#Game Parade|Game Parade]] [[Paulownia Mall#Club Escapade|Club Escapade]] [[Velvet Room]] [[Paulownia Mall#Crane Machine|Crane Machine]]
}}
'''Paulownia Mall''' is a location in {{Link|Game|P3}}. It is a mall located on [[Tatsumi Port Island]] and serves as a central hub to purchase new equipment and upgrade the protagonist's stats.

==Gameplay==

===Club Escapade===
{{Main|[[Club Escapade]]}}
Club Escapade is a club located inside of Paulownia Mall that only opens at night. [[Mutatsu]] can be spoken to on the upper level. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', the protagonist can visit a [[Fortune Teller|fortune teller]] at Escapade to get readings that have different effects.

===Chagall Cafe===
{{Main|[[Chagall Cafe]]}}
The Chagall Cafe is a restaurant located inside the mall. In ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 3 FES'', the protagonist can drink coffee there to get points towards their Charm stat. In ''Persona 3 Portable'' and ''Persona 3 Reload'', the protagonists can also [[Part-Time Jobs|work]] there.

===Be Blue V===
{{Main|[[Be Blue V]]}}
Be Blue V is an accessory shop in ''Persona 3'', a part-time job in ''Persona 3 Portable'', and a skill changing service for party members in ''Persona 3 Reload''.

===Police Station===
{{Main|[[Tatsumi East Police Station]]}}

The protagonist can [[Equipment in Persona 3|purchase new weapons and armor]] from [[Kurosawa|Officer Kurosawa]] at Tatsumi East Police Station. This is the main method that new equipment can be obtained, alongside exploring [[Tartarus]] or completing [[Elizabeth Requests]]. Buying equipment on certain days will grant a discount. Kurosawa will not be available to sell equipment during evenings.

===Bulletin Board===
The bulletin board was introduced in ''Persona 3 Portable'' and re-appears in ''Persona 3 Reload''. It has quests to rescue people from [[Tartarus]]. Not completing these quests will result in the townspeople becoming afflicted with [[Apathy Syndrome]].

===Velvet Room===
{{Main|[[Velvet Room]]}}
The protagonists can enter the Velvet Room to fuse Personas and speak to [[Elizabeth]]. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', instead of needing to enter the [[Velvet Room]] to access [[Elizabeth Requests]], she now stands outside next to the Velvet Room's entrance.

===Mandragora===
Mandragora is a karaoke studio located inside the mall. Going to karaoke grants points towards the protagonist's Charm stat and costs ¥800. On certain days, Mandragora will be too crowded to enter.

In ''Persona 3 Reload'', visiting Mandragora costs ¥800 and grants 2 points toward the protagonist's Courage stat.

===Mayoido Antiques===
{{Main|[[Mayoido Antiques]]}}
The protagonist can visit the antiques store to trade for items. In ''Persona 3 FES'', the store added weapon fusion using Personas and Nihil items. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', there are more types of equipment to fuse, and a new type of fusion (in addition to Nihil items) that uses gemstones instead of Personas.

===Aohige Pharmacy===
{{Main|[[Aohige Pharmacy]]}}
Aohige Pharmacy is a location inside Paulownia Mall where the player can purchase [[Items in Persona 3|recovery and support items]] that are useful in Tartarus. Items can be bought at a discount here on Saturdays.

===Game Parade===
[[File:P3R Game Parade Interior Screenshot.png|thumb|right|upright=1.0]]
Game Panic or Game Parade{{Note|"Game Panic" was the name in all versions of ''Persona 3'' prior to the HD re-release of ''Persona 3 Portable'', which renamed it to "Game Parade" in both Japanese and English. ''Persona 3 Reload'' continued to use the Game Parade name.}} is an arcade located inside the mall. In ''Persona 3 FES'' and subsequent releases, the games available inside the arcade will change every day, and grant points to either the protagonist's social stats or increases towards their equipped Persona's combat stats.

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Price !! Stat !! Days (P3P)
|-
|Lucky Fortune
|¥1500
|Persona's Magic
|Wed, Sat, Sun
|-
|Print Club
|¥1500
|Charm
|Mon, Thur
|-
|Quiz Game
|¥1500
|Academics
|Wed, Sat
|-
|Mole Whackers
|¥2000
|Persona's Speed
|Tue, Fri, Sun
|-
|Punching Bag
|¥2000
|Persona's Strength
|Mon, Thur, Sun
|-
|Horror House
|¥3000
|Courage
|Tue, Fri
|}

In ''Reload'', the games were all changed to digital arcade games which give the following stat increases:

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Price !! Stat !! Days
|-
| High School of Youth || ¥1500 || Charm +4 || Mon, Wed
|-
| House of the Deceased || ¥3000 || Courage +4 || Tue, Fri
|-
| You’re the Answer || ¥3000 || Academics +4 || Wed, Sat
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Str +3 || Mon, Thur, Sun
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Ag +3 || Tue, Fri, Sun
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Ma +3 || Wed, Sat, Sun
|}

===Crane Machine===

In ''Reload'', 1 play costs ¥200 and there is a 30% chance to get a prize. The crane game will always drop a prize after attempting it 5 times.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Crane Machine Schedule
|-
!Prize
!Days
|-
|Ganesha Bank
|Monday–Thursday
|-
|Jack Frost Doll
|Friday–Sunday
|}

===Power Records===
Power Records, called Kenneth Arnold in Japanese and in all versions of {{Link|Game|P3R}}, is a music store located inside the mall. It is completely inaccessible. The protagonist can be seen entering Power Records during a cutscene once during the [[Star (Arcana)|Star]] Social Link.

==Game Appearances==
{{Sectionstub|type=Appearance}}

==={{Link|Game|P3}}===
==={{Link|Game|P3R}}===
==={{Link|Game|P4G}}===
==={{Link|Game|P3D}}===

==Anime Appearances==
{{Sectionstub|type=Appearance}}

==={{Link|Movie|P3M1}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M2}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M3}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M4}}===

==Manga Appearances==
==={{Link|Manga|P3}}===

==List of People==
* [[Elizabeth]]
* [[Tanaka|President Tanaka]] - CEO of Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, [[Devil (Arcana)|Devil]] Social Link
* [[Mutatsu]], [[Tower (Arcana)|Tower]] Social Link
* [[Nozomi Suemitsu]], [[Moon (Arcana)|Moon]] Social Link

==Trivia==
{{Sectionstub}}
* Paulownia Mall is modeled after {{Wp|lang=ja|ヴィーナスフォート|VenusFort}}, a mall on the artificial island of Odaiba that closed in 2022.
*The music that plays when using the Crane Machine in {{Link|Game|P3R}} is a remix of the theme of [[Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy]].
*The arcade game titled "House of the Deceased" in {{Link|Game|P3R}} may be a reference to ''The House of the Dead'', a light-gun shooter game series by Sega.
*Game Panic, the name of Game Parade in earlier releases of ''Persona 3'', is named after Atlus's real life amusement center chain "Game Panic",<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=ゲームパニック、同名のゲームセンターが実在し、もちろん経営はアトラス。2002年7月に平和島でオープンした“ゲームパニック東京”を皮切りに、首都圏を中心に年間3店舗ペースで展開しており、2006年には関西圏にも“ゲームパニック堺”がオープンしている。|book=[[Persona 3 FES Official Fanbook: My Episode]]|publyear=2007|publisher=Enterbrain||isbn=978-4-7577-3719-8|lang=Japanese|page=pp. 154-155}}</ref> now owned by Leisurelan.

==Nomenclature==
The name of the mall comes from the first character of the Kirijo family name, 桐 ''kiri'', which means "paulownia".<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Fuuka Yamagishi:''' Did you know part of the Kirijo name comes from the character for 'paulownia tree'? I looked online, and since this mall belongs to the Kirijo Group, it was actually named after them.|title=Persona 3 Reload|developer=Atlus 2nd Production|publisher=Sega}}</ref>
{{Names
|ja=ポロニアンモール
|jaR=Poronianmōru
|jaM=Paulownian Mall
|zhS=桐叶购物中心
|zhSM=
|zhT=桐葉購物中心
|zhTM=
|fr=
|frM=
|de=
|deM=
|it=
|itM=
|ko=
|koM=
|esS=
|esSM=
|ptB=Kiri Shopping
|ptBM=Kiri Mall
|zhSR=Tóngyè gòuwùzhōngxīn
|zhTR=Tóngyè gòuwùzhōngxīn
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
P3 Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3 Game Parade Crop.png|Game Panic in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3 Power Records Crop.png|Power Records in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3P Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3P Game Parade Crop.png|Game Panic in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3P Power Records Crop.png|Power Records in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3R Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
P3R Game Parade Crop.png|Game Parade in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
P3R Kenneth Arnold Crop.png|Kenneth Arnold in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Locations in Persona 3]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 FES]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 Portable]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 Reload]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 5: The Phantom X]]

Paulownia Mall

2026-09-21T01:34:41Z

Fangirln: /* Game Parade */

{{Stub|series=P|type=location}}{{Image|reason=Images from the original P3}}
{{Infobox Location
|image=P3R Paulownia Mall Screenshot.png|P3R
|jatitle=ポロニアンモール
|jamean=
|names=
|location=[[Iwatodai]] [[Tatsumi Port Island]]
|subarea=[[Tatsumi East Police Station]] [[Paulownia Mall#Aohige Pharmacy|Aohige Pharmacy]] [[Mayoido Antiques]] [[Be Blue V]] [[Chagall Cafe]] [[Paulownia Mall#Mandragora|Mandragora]] [[Paulownia Mall#Game Parade|Game Parade]] [[Paulownia Mall#Club Escapade|Club Escapade]] [[Velvet Room]] [[Paulownia Mall#Crane Machine|Crane Machine]]
}}
'''Paulownia Mall''' is a location in {{Link|Game|P3}}. It is a mall located on [[Tatsumi Port Island]] and serves as a central hub to purchase new equipment and upgrade the protagonist's stats.

==Gameplay==

===Club Escapade===
{{Main|[[Club Escapade]]}}
Club Escapade is a club located inside of Paulownia Mall that only opens at night. [[Mutatsu]] can be spoken to on the upper level. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', the protagonist can visit a [[Fortune Teller|fortune teller]] at Escapade to get readings that have different effects.

===Chagall Cafe===
{{Main|[[Chagall Cafe]]}}
The Chagall Cafe is a restaurant located inside the mall. In ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 3 FES'', the protagonist can drink coffee there to get points towards their Charm stat. In ''Persona 3 Portable'' and ''Persona 3 Reload'', the protagonists can also [[Part-Time Jobs|work]] there.

===Be Blue V===
{{Main|[[Be Blue V]]}}
Be Blue V is an accessory shop in ''Persona 3'', a part-time job in ''Persona 3 Portable'', and a skill changing service for party members in ''Persona 3 Reload''.

===Police Station===
{{Main|[[Tatsumi East Police Station]]}}

The protagonist can [[Equipment in Persona 3|purchase new weapons and armor]] from [[Kurosawa|Officer Kurosawa]] at Tatsumi East Police Station. This is the main method that new equipment can be obtained, alongside exploring [[Tartarus]] or completing [[Elizabeth Requests]]. Buying equipment on certain days will grant a discount. Kurosawa will not be available to sell equipment during evenings.

===Bulletin Board===
The bulletin board was introduced in ''Persona 3 Portable'' and re-appears in ''Persona 3 Reload''. It has quests to rescue people from [[Tartarus]]. Not completing these quests will result in the townspeople becoming afflicted with [[Apathy Syndrome]].

===Velvet Room===
{{Main|[[Velvet Room]]}}
The protagonists can enter the Velvet Room to fuse Personas and speak to [[Elizabeth]]. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', instead of needing to enter the [[Velvet Room]] to access [[Elizabeth Requests]], she now stands outside next to the Velvet Room's entrance.

===Mandragora===
Mandragora is a karaoke studio located inside the mall. Going to karaoke grants points towards the protagonist's Charm stat and costs ¥800. On certain days, Mandragora will be too crowded to enter.

In ''Persona 3 Reload'', visiting Mandragora costs ¥800 and grants 2 points toward the protagonist's Courage stat.

===Mayoido Antiques===
{{Main|[[Mayoido Antiques]]}}
The protagonist can visit the antiques store to trade for items. In ''Persona 3 FES'', the store added weapon fusion using Personas and Nihil items. In ''Persona 3 Reload'', there are more types of equipment to fuse, and a new type of fusion (in addition to Nihil items) that uses gemstones instead of Personas.

===Aohige Pharmacy===
{{Main|[[Aohige Pharmacy]]}}
Aohige Pharmacy is a location inside Paulownia Mall where the player can purchase [[Items in Persona 3|recovery and support items]] that are useful in Tartarus. Items can be bought at a discount here on Saturdays.

===Game Parade===
[[File:P3R Game Parade Interior Screenshot.png|thumb|right|upright=1.0]]
Game Panic or Game Parade{{Note|"Game Panic" was the name in all versions of ''Persona 3'' prior to the HD re-release of ''Persona 3 Portable'', which renamed it to "Game Parade" in both Japanese and English. ''Persona 3 Reload'' continued to use the Game Parade name.}} is an arcade located inside the mall. In ''Persona 3 FES'' and subsequent releases, the games available inside the arcade will change every day, and grant points to either the protagonist's social stats or increases towards their equipped Persona's combat stats.

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Price !! Stat !! Days (P3P)
|-
|Lucky Fortune
|¥1500
|Persona's Magic
|Sat, Sun, Wed
|-
|Print Club
|¥1500
|Charm
|Thur, Mon
|-
|Quiz Game
|¥1500
|Academics
|Sat, Wed
|-
|Mole Whackers
|¥2000
|Persona's Speed
|Fri, Sun, Tue
|-
|Punching Bag
|¥2000
|Persona's Strength
|Thur, Sun, Mon
|-
|Horror House
|¥3000
|Courage
|Fri, Tue
|}

In ''Reload'', the games were all changed to digital arcade games which give the following stat increases:

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Price !! Stat !! Days
|-
| High School of Youth || ¥1500 || Charm +4 || Mon, Wed
|-
| House of the Deceased || ¥3000 || Courage +4 || Tue, Fri
|-
| You’re the Answer || ¥3000 || Academics +4 || Wed, Sat
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Str +3 || Mon, Thur, Sun
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Ag +3 || Tue, Fri, Sun
|-
| ? || ¥2000 || Persona's Ma +3 || Wed, Sat, Sun
|}

===Crane Machine===

In ''Reload'', 1 play costs ¥200 and there is a 30% chance to get a prize. The crane game will always drop a prize after attempting it 5 times.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Crane Machine Schedule
|-
!Prize
!Days
|-
|Ganesha Bank
|Monday–Thursday
|-
|Jack Frost Doll
|Friday–Sunday
|}

===Power Records===
Power Records, called Kenneth Arnold in Japanese and in all versions of {{Link|Game|P3R}}, is a music store located inside the mall. It is completely inaccessible. The protagonist can be seen entering Power Records during a cutscene once during the [[Star (Arcana)|Star]] Social Link.

==Game Appearances==
{{Sectionstub|type=Appearance}}

==={{Link|Game|P3}}===
==={{Link|Game|P3R}}===
==={{Link|Game|P4G}}===
==={{Link|Game|P3D}}===

==Anime Appearances==
{{Sectionstub|type=Appearance}}

==={{Link|Movie|P3M1}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M2}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M3}}===

==={{Link|Movie|P3M4}}===

==Manga Appearances==
==={{Link|Manga|P3}}===

==List of People==
* [[Elizabeth]]
* [[Tanaka|President Tanaka]] - CEO of Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, [[Devil (Arcana)|Devil]] Social Link
* [[Mutatsu]], [[Tower (Arcana)|Tower]] Social Link
* [[Nozomi Suemitsu]], [[Moon (Arcana)|Moon]] Social Link

==Trivia==
{{Sectionstub}}
* Paulownia Mall is modeled after {{Wp|lang=ja|ヴィーナスフォート|VenusFort}}, a mall on the artificial island of Odaiba that closed in 2022.
*The music that plays when using the Crane Machine in {{Link|Game|P3R}} is a remix of the theme of [[Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy]].
*The arcade game titled "House of the Deceased" in {{Link|Game|P3R}} may be a reference to ''The House of the Dead'', a light-gun shooter game series by Sega.
*Game Panic, the name of Game Parade in earlier releases of ''Persona 3'', is named after Atlus's real life amusement center chain "Game Panic",<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=ゲームパニック、同名のゲームセンターが実在し、もちろん経営はアトラス。2002年7月に平和島でオープンした“ゲームパニック東京”を皮切りに、首都圏を中心に年間3店舗ペースで展開しており、2006年には関西圏にも“ゲームパニック堺”がオープンしている。|book=[[Persona 3 FES Official Fanbook: My Episode]]|publyear=2007|publisher=Enterbrain||isbn=978-4-7577-3719-8|lang=Japanese|page=pp. 154-155}}</ref> now owned by Leisurelan.

==Nomenclature==
The name of the mall comes from the first character of the Kirijo family name, 桐 ''kiri'', which means "paulownia".<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Fuuka Yamagishi:''' Did you know part of the Kirijo name comes from the character for 'paulownia tree'? I looked online, and since this mall belongs to the Kirijo Group, it was actually named after them.|title=Persona 3 Reload|developer=Atlus 2nd Production|publisher=Sega}}</ref>
{{Names
|ja=ポロニアンモール
|jaR=Poronianmōru
|jaM=Paulownian Mall
|zhS=桐叶购物中心
|zhSM=
|zhT=桐葉購物中心
|zhTM=
|fr=
|frM=
|de=
|deM=
|it=
|itM=
|ko=
|koM=
|esS=
|esSM=
|ptB=Kiri Shopping
|ptBM=Kiri Mall
|zhSR=Tóngyè gòuwùzhōngxīn
|zhTR=Tóngyè gòuwùzhōngxīn
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
P3 Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3 Game Parade Crop.png|Game Panic in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3 Power Records Crop.png|Power Records in {{Link|Game|P3}}
P3P Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3P Game Parade Crop.png|Game Panic in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3P Power Records Crop.png|Power Records in {{Link|Game|P3P}}
P3R Mandragora Crop.png|Mandragora in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
P3R Game Parade Crop.png|Game Parade in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
P3R Kenneth Arnold Crop.png|Kenneth Arnold in {{Link|Game|P3R}}
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Locations in Persona 3]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 FES]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 Portable]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 3 Reload]]
[[Category:Locations in Persona 5: The Phantom X]]