Where Do People Get Sonoca Cards?

[mobius017]

This is something I've wondered for awhile--where do people get Sonoca cards? I've only ever seen them bundled with stuff (Like PD Mega 39s), given away as merch/maybe prizes, or sold on MikuMerch.com. But are those the only ways to get them? That doesn't seem like nearly enough exposure to be a business.

 

[MagicalMiku]

yes you're right about where to get them, and it's because their nature of being a collectible item, that's why you can find them mostly when buying some goods or during some events ^^ usually every Miku event in Japan has a Sonoca card in the goods list, not only Magical Mirai, Miku Symphony and Snow Miku, but also the various Sakura Miku events, 39culture, pop up stores, etc.. ^^
you can find them also on Amazon JP or Yahoo auctions, and also in some local stores (especially in Akiba) and Animate

collecting cards is popular in Japan: years ago there were thousands of different phone cards to collect, and then companies started to put different designs also on the pre-charged cards (like for Playstation Network and train). In fact, there are various Miku themed phone cards, train cards, PSN cards, credit cards, Club SEGA cards, .. ^u^

 

[mobius017]

Thank you, @MagicalMiku! I'd been wondering if there was a way to purchase specific cards, but it sounds like that would be somewhat difficult--you would either need to get them directly from a venue or get lucky and find one on Amazon or Yahoo.