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Pokémon hot spring footbath opening in Japan this spring

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2026
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A relaxing, adorable, and free place to soak your toes with Pikachu, Gyarados, and more.

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• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot spring • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • manhole covers • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • tourism • travel • video games)

Brand-new Pokémon manhole covers coming to help the recovery of a disaster-stricken part of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2026

Noto Peninsula is ready to welcome travelers again, and these Pokémon are ready to help them do it.

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• (anime • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • manhole covers • Noto • Noto Peninsula • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • tourism • travel • video games)

Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 25, 2025

With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.

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Two new Pokémon parks coming to Oshawott’s prefecture, plus new Pokémon manhole covers【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2025

Kanji reading pun continues to bring Oshawott fun to Mie.

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• (anime • manga • manhole covers • Mie • Mie Prefecture • oshawott • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • tourism • travel • video games)

Pikachu/Game Boy manhole cover installed at Nintendo Museum, not viewable by general public

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2024

The newest Pokémon manhole cover is also the first to feature the classic Nintendo hardware, but not everyone will get to see it.

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• (anime • cool • cute • Game Boy • Kyoto • manga • manhole covers • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • video games)

Here’s where to find all of Japan’s new Pikachu Pokémon manhole covers in Yokohama【Photos, maps】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2023

Maps, walking routes, and more to help you navigate your Poké-pilgrimage in the bayside city south of Tokyo.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • Pokémon World Championships • SNO • tourism • travel • video games • Yokohama)

Brand-new Pikachu manhole covers coming to Japanese city to celebrate Pokémon World Championships

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2023

Yokohama deepens its relationship with Pikachu.

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• (anime • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • Pokémon World Championships • video games • Yokohama)

We Pokémon GO to Utsunomiya City for some Pokétourism

• Master Blaster
  Feb 19, 2022

Join us on a Polywhirlwind tour of Utsunomiya.

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• (Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

Eight new Pokémon manhole covers featuring Vulpix spawn in snowy Hokkaido Prefecture

• Katie Pask
  Nov 11, 2021

Some legendary Pokémon make their Pokéfuta debut as well.

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• (Alolan Vulpix • cool • cute • Hokkaido • manhole cover • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • vulpix)

Osaka finally gets its own Pokémon manhole covers with team of Electric/Steel-types

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 16, 2021

Hard work and tough sports are the themes of these newly installed Pokéfuta.

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• (anime • manhole covers • Osaka • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games • Yamper)

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)

Miyazaki Prefecture celebrated Exeggutor Day by installing nine more Exeggutor-themed Pokéfuta

• Dale Roll
  Jul 10, 2021

 That brings Miyazaki’s total number of Pokémon manhole covers up to 26!

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• (cool • cute • Exeggutor • Miyazaki • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel)

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)

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)

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)

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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