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Giant Snorlax, other snoozing Pokémon appear in Yokohama for Pokémon Sleeping Faces Research [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2026
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Sleepy Pokémon and smiling faces from an adorable fan event going on in Japan right now.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Landmark Plaza • manga • Mark Is • Minato Mirai • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • SNO • Snorlax • video games • Yokohama)

Pokémon popcorn buckets coming to Japan’s first-ever permanent Pokémon theme park zone

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2026

Shhh…Snorlax is sleeping, and munching.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • awesome • cool • cute • food • Japan travel • manga • Pokemon • Poképark • Poképark Kanto • popcorn • popcorn bucket • popcorn buckets • Snorlax • theme parks • tourism • travel • video games)

Pokémon Sleep’s sleep-promoting eats step into the real world with Japanese nutritionist recipes

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2025

Recipes let you eat like Snorlax so you can sleep like Snorlax.

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • curry • food • health • manga • nutrition • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video games • wellness)

Pokémon Smart Bath Mats are amazingly cute, but there’s more to them than meets the eye【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2024

While you’re seeing how your footprints measure up to Pikachu’s and Snorlax’s, these mats are measuring something else.

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• Japan
• (anime • bath mat • health • interior • manga • Pokemon • scale • Snorlax • video games • wellness)

Sip with Snorlax – Clever drinkware design creates Pokémon in your glass with every pour【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2024

Goodglas is back with a very good glass for Pokémon fans.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cool • cute • drinking glasses • drinkware • glassware • interior • manga • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)

New Pokémon Sketch T-shirts bring cozy adventure to Uniqlo, have great Snorlax life advice【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2024

The sleepy Pokémon knows how to live a happy life.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Pikachu • Pokemon • shirts • Snorlax • t-shirts • Uniqlo • Uniqlo T-shirts • UT • video games)

Pokémon cafe meal kits are coming to our homes and stomachs!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2024

Snorlax’s face has never looked so delicious!

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• Japan
• (anime • cooking • cool • cute • Eevee • food • Pikachu • Pokemon Cafe Mix • Pokémon Cafe ReMix • Snorlax • video games)

Pokémon Sleep x Family Mart collaboration hits stores in Japan…with 20,000 life-sized Pikachus!

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2024

Only available in very limited numbers, these goods are worth skipping sleep for.

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• Japan
• (anime • campaign • COK • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • SNJO • Snorlax • sweets • video games)

Pokémon Sleep x Family Mart collaboration brings us new drinks and goods for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  May 30, 2024

Japanese convenience store chain makes Pokémon dreams come true!

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• (anime • campaign • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • Snorlax • sweets • video games)

Pokémon Sleep camping suite and guestrooms coming to Tokyo Hyatt along with giant Snorlax burgers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2024

Pokémon plushies and nearly one-pound burgers promise a very good night’s sleep.

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• Japan
• (anime • burgers • COK • food • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hotels • Hyatt • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • Snorlax • sweets • tourism • travel • video games)

Dare to dream deeply with the support of these two new giant Pokémon Huggers

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 1, 2023

“Pokémon Yogibo used Rest! It was super effective.”

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• Japan
• (bean bag • cushion • ditto • home goods • Kabigon • Metamon • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • product • Snorlax • yogibo)

We tried Pokémon Sleep at an exclusive overnight pre-release experience

• Shannon
  Jul 17, 2023

We’re pretty sure it will make you want to sleep more and better.

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• Japan
• (exclusive • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • sleep cycle • Snorlax • test play)

Pokémon Sleep gameplay finally revealed in video, pre-registration opens【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2023

Game tells you which Pokémon you sleep like, and the better you snooze, the more Pokémon friends you make.

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• Japan
• (anime • health • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • sleep • Snorlax • video • video games • wellness)

New series of Lovisia Pokémon lip creams are here to do battle with dry lips

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 19, 2022

Pamper your lips with help from these four popular Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (COK • cosmetics • Gengar • Jigglypuff • lip balm • lip cream • Lovisia • makeup • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax)

What it’s like to spend the night in a Pokémon hotel room

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2022

Dreams come true for a Pokémon-loving father his equally obsessed six-year-old daughter. 

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• Japan
• (accommodation • anime • Apartment Hotel Mimaru • COK • hotels • Kyoto • P.K. Sanjun • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • Snorlax • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel • traveling • video games)

Don’t snooze on the brand-new Snorlax ring and necklace from U-Treasure

• Krista Rogers
  May 31, 2022

These rotund new designs with a black polished coating pay homage to a fan-favorite Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • cool • cute • fashion • Gen I • jewelry • Kabigon • necklace • necklaces • Pokemon • rings • Snorlax • U-Treasure • video games)

Beautiful high-end Snorlax and Munchlax rings let you wear your love of Pokémon on your fingers

• SoraNews24
  Jun 24, 2021

U-Treasure’s new pieces are so nice they’re Poké-graced twice.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • fashion • Pokemon • rings • Snorlax • U-Treasure • video games)

Pokémon teams up with eyewear company JINS for 59 new stylish glasses for adults and kids

• Dale Roll
  Dec 24, 2020

Keep your favorite Pokémon with you wherever you go with these fashionable new glasses.

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• Japan
• (Eevee • eyeglasses • eyewear • glasses • JINS • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax • stylish)

Pokémon hotel rooms spawn in Tokyo and Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2019

Spend the night in a Poké Ball with some of your favourite Japanese pocket monsters.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • anime • Apartment Hotel Mimaru • hotels • Kyoto • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel • traveling • video games)

Make no mistake, that’s officially NOT a Snorlax Pokémon bed

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 18, 2019

It’s the perfect interior addition for the dedicated Sleemon fans!

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• Internet, USA
• (anime • beds • furniture • interior • Pokemon • Snorlax • video games)

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