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Tottori Prefecture is holding a Pokéfuta stamp rally for a chance to win some sumptuous prizes

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 18, 2021
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Pokélovers can have fun taking in the local sights AND entering a lottery to win some local delicacies.

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• (lottery • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • sand dunes • sandshrew • stamp rally • Tottori Prefecture • travel)

Pokémon manhole covers come to Fukuoka with eight species appearing in Kitakyushu

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2021

Prefecture gets its first-ever Pokéfuta in town famous for its crazy Coming of Age Day.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Kitakyushu • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games)

Okayama prefecture to receive its first Pokémon-themed manhole covers【Pics】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 31, 2021

Okayama? More like Pokéyama!

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• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Kurashiki • Lucario • manhole covers • Okayama • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Gundam Manhole Project launches, brings awesome anime art to series creator’s hometown【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2021

Mobile suits become permanent part of the town’s infrastructure, with more team-ups to come.

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• (anime • Gundam • Kanagawa • manhole covers • Mobile Suit Gundam • Odawara • robots • RX-78 Gundam • travel • Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Saga Prefecture celebrates SaGa Frontier Remastered with SaGa Bath campaign

• Master Blaster
  Jul 18, 2021

It makes more sense in Japanese.

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• (hot springs • manhole covers • Romancing Saga • saga • SaGa Frontier • SaGa Furo • Saga Prefecture • Square Enix • travel • video games)

Seven new Pokémon-themed manhole covers featuring Vulpix make their debut in Hokkaido this summer

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 12, 2021

Lots of Vulpix love in this batch!

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• (anime • cute • Hakodate • Hokkaido • manhole covers • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Finally! First-ever Pokémon manhole covers installed in downtown Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2021

Pokéfuta are waiting for fans outside two of Japan’s best museums.

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• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Ueno • Ueno Park • video games)

Pokémon manhole covers spreading with eight new Pokéfuta in Miyazaki

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2021

Exeggutor-loving sunny southern prefecture also attracts Alolan Raichu.

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• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokémn manhole covers • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Kyoto now has Pokémon manhole covers as Generation 2 comes to the real-life Johto region

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2021

City’s famous Gion and Arashiyama neighborhoods welcome Kyoto’s first Pokéfuta.

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• (anime • Johto • Kyoto • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon Gold and Silver • travel • video games)

Pokémon manhole covers make their debut in Japan’s Aomori Prefecture

• Shannon
  Mar 17, 2021

Even more excuses to explore northern Japan? Yes, please.

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• (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • Aomori • Hachinohe • Hashikami • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon)

Mew makes Pokémon manhole project debut in the most crazy-remote part of Tokyo there is

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2021

Pokémon Masters will need to spend an entire day traveling from Tokyo to spot the rarest of Gen I Pokémon and the evolved forms of the original three starters.

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• (anime • bonin islands • chichijima • crazy • manhole covers • Mew • Ogasawara • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games)

Pokémon come to real-life Johto region with new Pokémon manhole covers for Nara【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2021

Gen-II Legendary Pokémon is in its natural habitat as Pokéfuta project comes to Ikaruga.

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• (anime • art • cool • manhole covers • Nara • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games)

Character created by Hayao Miyazaki pops up on manhole covers in Ghibli Museum neighbourhood

• Oona McGee
  Dec 29, 2020

Ghibli director paints the town while another anime character waves at foreign visitors.

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• (anime • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • manhole covers • Mitaka • movies • Poki • Studio Ghibli • video)

Pathetically weak Magikarp shown love with Pokémon manhole covers in birthplace of koi culture

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2020

Central Japan gets its very first Pokéfuta.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Koiking • Magikarp • manhole covers • Niigata • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • travel • video games)

Five new Pokémon manhole covers arrive in Tottori Prefecture, now with one in every municipality

• Dale Roll
  Oct 3, 2020

That puts the new total of Pokéfuta in Japan at 110!

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• (art • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • sandshrew • Tottori Prefecture • travel)

Kinki Gyarados! Japan’s central region gets its first Pokémon manhole covers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2020

Gyarados makes a big splash even when showing up late to the Pokéfuta party.

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• (anime • cool • Gyarados • Lake Biwa • manhole covers • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Shiga • travel • video games)

Getting tired of Pokémon Go? Maybe visiting the Pokémon manhole covers will reignite your passion

• Dale Roll
  Sep 8, 2020

Travel Japan, catch Pokémon, and make some fun memories!

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• (anime • COK • Ikuna Kamezawa • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • SNJO • Tottori Prefecture • travel • video games)

Pokémon manhole covers finally come to Tokyo with awesome Gen-1 designs【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2020

A new batch of Kanto Pokédex Pokéfuta for the real-life Kanto region.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Machida • manhole covers • parks • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Tokyo • video games)

Evangelion, Spice and Wolf LED manhole covers installed in otaku-friendly neighborhood in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2020

Beautiful salutes to nearly two dozen anime/manga franchises light the way to the newest otaku destination.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Evangelion • Gundam • LED • manga • manhole covers • otaku • Slayers • Spice and Wolf • Tokorozawa • Tokorozawa Sakura Town • travel)

New Pokémon manhole covers starring Chansey are set to bring good luck to Fukushima

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2020

The kind and caring Pokémon delivers the prefecture’s first Pokéfuta.

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• (anime • Chansey • cool • cute • Fukushima • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games)

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