Obviously, anyone who reads this site would make one of Japan’s Pokémon Centers a definite stop on any tour of the country, but apparently, we’re far from the only ones.
According to TripAdvisor’s list of the top 20 hotspots visitors to the Land of the Rising Sun want to see, the Pokémon Center ranked #3. TripAdvisor even goes a little deeper, saying that Americans are the third most likely nationality to put the center on their top 5 list of places to visit. There are currently five Pokémon Centers throughout Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Yokohama and Sapporo.
Visit the links below to see the full top 20 list.
[Kotaku] [TripAdvisor]
It has been announced that Japan will get its sixth Pokémon Center and it will open in the city of Sapporo on March 6.
Japan currently has five Pokémon Centers (aka a Pokémon fan’s utopia). Each store sells lots of Pokémon merchandise, including many exclusive products. Click the link below for more info… in Japanese.
[Pokémon Center Sapporo at pokemon.co.jp]
Prepare yourself to learn about more super-cool merchandise that will likely never come to the USA or Europe. Ready? OK! Pokémon Center stores in Japan have announced a new line of merchandise involving Eevee and all of its evolution called “Eievui.” The line includes T-shirts, plushies, candy, stationary and more.
In promotion of the new merchandise, the stores will also be giving away Eevees to owners of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum from December 6th to January 12th. According to pokemon.co.jp, trainers who evolve this event Eevee by January 31st will be eligible for another gift from the Pokémon Center stores.
[Pokemon.co.jp - Eievui]
