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Having trouble playing the game with one hand holding onto your umbrella? Now we’ll show you how to stay dry while keeping both hands free for catching Pokémon!

Japan
(DIY • gamers • games • gaming • life hack • lifehack • mobile games • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Shinjuku Gyoen)

How have Japanese police reacted to the release of Pokémon Go?

KK Miller
Jul 28, 2016

Now that summer vacation has started in Japan as well, how are the Japanese police forces finding the popular smartphone game?

Japan
(funny • games • Pokémon GO • police)

Have plans to visit Tottori’s sand dunes this summer? Catch some Pokémon while you’re at it!

Krista Rogers
Jul 28, 2016

In fact, Tottori’s governor officially encourages you to venture into the sand to catch ’em all.

Japan
(game • Pokémon GO • sand dunes • smartphone • Tottori)

Kyoto temple becomes Pokémon Go gym in Japan, provides special phone chargers for players

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2016

Centuries of tradition meets the modern-day world of gaming and culminates in a beautiful display of kindness.

Japan
(Buddhism • Buddhist monk • gamers • gaming • Kyoto • mobile games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • temples)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Draws His Characters Playing Pokémon Go

Anime News Network
Jul 27, 2016

Also: Pokémon Go character designer Yūsuke Kozaki posts commemorative art.

Internet, Japan
(Instagram • Kazuki Takahashi • Pokémon GO • twitter • Yu-Gi-Oh! • Yūsuke Kozaki)

Nagasaki’s Peace Park asks Pokémon Go developer to remove game functionality on park grounds

Mike
Jul 27, 2016

Nagasaki’s Peace Park, a memorial to victims of the atomic bomb attack, has requested that Pokémon Go developer Niantic stop items and monsters from appearing on park grounds.

Japan
(Nagasaki • Nagasaki Peace Park • Pokémon GO)

Pikachu cosplayer delights Pokémon Go gamers in Japan

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2016

Get out your Poké Balls! It’s time to catch a cute Pikachu!

Japan
(anime • cosplay • Cosplay costume • Cosplay Fashion • cosplayers • gamers • games • gaming • manga • mobile games • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Wonder Festival)

Pokémon Go players can now keep phones charged with hand-made Poké Ball portable battery charger

Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2016

Japanese gamers weigh in on the device, sharing their first impressions.

Japan
(battery charger • cool • cute • Etsy • gamers • games • gaming • nintendo • phone charger • phones • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

Throwing Pokéballs in style: Women show off their awesome Pokémon painted nails【Pics】

Scott Wilson
Jul 27, 2016

These Poké-nails are on point!

Internet
(fashion • Japanese women • nails • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • pretty)

Cat blows everyone’s minds by looking at goldfish character in Pokémon Go game

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2016

This cat is freaking everyone out with the way it interacts with Pokémon Goldeen as if the fictional character were really hovering there in real-life.

Japan
(animals • cats • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • games • gaming • Goldeen • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

Pokémon Go Trainers in Japan take over parks in huge crowds on first weekend of game’s release

Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2016

Amazing scenes over the weekend show hordes of trainers catching Pokémon in two well-known parks, and one of those parks has a Fountain Tower area shaped like a Poké Ball.