Recipients of QUO Card Pay gained two shopping destinations in Yokohama when QUO Card added participating stores at Landmark Plaza and MARK IS Minatomirai to its digital gift network. The issuer announced both additions on August 5, 2026. [S01]
The change expands where an existing digital balance can be spent. It does not establish universal acceptance across either shopping centre: QUO Card's individual listings expressly exclude some stores, and the announcement gives no count of participating tenants. [S02] [S03]
Two centres, with store-level limits
Landmark Plaza sits within the Landmark Tower complex. The venue's website describes a mix of approximately 160 shopping, service and dining outlets. QUO Card describes MARK IS Minatomirai as a roughly 175-store commercial facility in the Minatomirai 21 district. Those figures describe the shopping destinations, not the number of merchants accepting QUO Card Pay. [S03] [S05]
These approximate facility descriptions were checked on October 18. They are useful measures of the two shopping destinations, but cannot be added together as a count of participating QUO Card Pay stores. The sources do not publish that enabled-store count.
Shopping-centre size, not payment acceptance
Approximate whole-facility store counts in current operator and issuer descriptions.
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Current descriptions checked October 18, 2026. Approximate total facilities, not an exact tenant census, launch-day counts or the number accepting QUO Card Pay. Some stores are excluded.
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| Category | Whole-facility stores |
|---|---|
| Landmark Plaza (approximately) | 160 stores |
| MARK IS Minatomirai (approximately) | 175 stores |
The distinction matters for recipients deciding where to redeem a reward. A shopping centre joining a gift network can bring several retail categories within reach, but the actual choice still depends on participating stores and the balance held. The issuer's listings warn that balances restricted to particular merchants may not be accepted in some shopping-centre stores, even where a common QUO Card Pay balance can be used. [S02] [S03]
QUO Card also distinguishes the digital product's acceptance network from that of its physical cards. Its merchant listings exclude payments on online shopping sites, making these additions a route to purchases at eligible physical stores. [S02]
Digital delivery meets local redemption
QUO Card Pay is delivered as a gift URL that a purchaser can pass to a recipient by email or social messaging. QUO Card's product page allows amounts from JPY50 to JPY100,000 in one-yen increments, with a minimum total order of JPY1,000. [S04]
The same page lists an issuance fee equal to 6% of the issued value, with consumption tax applying to the fee. That published purchasing charge provides context for the product's distribution model; it is not evidence of the commercial terms agreed with either shopping centre. [S04]
QUO Card illustrates this charge on its own product page with five JPY1,000 codes: JPY5,000 of gift value, a JPY300 issuance fee and JPY30 tax on that fee, for JPY5,330 in total. The chart reproduces that published pricing illustration. It is not an observed customer order or a calculation of either shopping centre's merchant charges. [S04]
Components of the issuer's published pricing example
QUO Card's own example for buying five JPY1,000 codes, checked October 18, 2026.
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A documented issuer pricing illustration, not an observed transaction or a new model. Components total JPY5,330; consumption tax applies to the fee. Buyer-side issuance charges do not establish shopping-centre merchant terms.
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| Category | Published example component |
|---|---|
| Gift-code face value | 5,000 JPY |
| Issuance fee | 300 JPY |
| Tax on the issuance fee | 30 JPY |
For organisations sending rewards to people who shop in Yokohama, the relevant benefit is a broader set of places to use the digital gift. For participating retailers, acceptance makes those balances available as a payment option. The August announcement does not disclose transaction volumes, redemption targets, merchant fees or the value expected to flow through the two centres. Those outcomes remain unreported.
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Suzie Elis
Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News.