Grand Sumo Tournament aims to inspire young fans with Pokemon Collaboration
In face of the country’s fixation on baseball, the title of Japan’s official national sport belongs to sumo. With prehistoric wall paintings suggesting the martial…
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Food artist turns Pokémon into awesome traditional Japanese sweets
Ponjiro (@Ponjiro_clay) describes themselves in their Twitter bio as a person who “makes Pokémon and eats them”, and while that may sound a bit jarring…
Customisable Pokemon name necklaces featuring fan favourites bring style to Pokemon training
Japanese jewellers U-Treasure have an incredibly wide range of themed pieces, based on popular series and characters such as Pokemon and Star Wars. These items…
Mister Donut Japan & Pokémon will bring you bags full of luck!
As always, Mister Donut will sell their annual lucky item: ミスド福袋２０２２ Misudo Fukubukuro 2022 starting on December 26th at their shops! This year they are…
Pokémon clay artist crafts stunning Froslass figure as a Japanese doll display with traditional candy ice crystals
Japanese clay model maker Nendoyorishin (Twitter, YouTube) has a true talent for crafting super realistic Pokémon figures that look like they’ve been teleported right out…
AI’s attempt to draw a cute Pikachu creates nightmare fuel, shocks Japanese social media
Artificial intelligence is capable of creating original artwork using something called GAN (Generative Adversarial Network). There are apps now available to create this so-called GAN…
Pikachu & friends celebrate Xmas in Japanese icing cookie artists’ adorable macaron & cookie creation
Husband and wife icing cookie artist duo WHIP SUGAR (@YuicihiroG) have been sharing their homemade icing cookies on Twitter and YouTube for some time now….
Miyagi’s Pokemon ambassador Lapras stars in his own cafe menu in Sendai this winter
In 2019, Lapras was dubbed the official Pokemon ambassador of Miyagi prefecture in Japan. Since then he’s starred in pedal boats at Michinoku Park, and…
Japanese marzipan master creates a Poké Ball Christmas Stollen fruitcake
Award-winning Japanese patissier Ryusei is a master in marzipan who creates adorable story-like vignettes in three-dimensional form atop cakes and sweets. Brimming with joy and…
Japanese paper artist fashions and displays his fantastic butterfly/moth Pokémon “specimens”
Kirigami Papa’s paper creations Armed with only paper and scissors, Japanese paper artist 切り紙パパ Kirigami Papa creates animals and Pokémon designed to bring a smile…
Pokémon clay artist and appliance maker crafts Turtwig that looks like it jumped right out of the game
Impressive Japanese clay model maker Nendoyorishin (Twitter, YouTube) doesn’t just make amazing lifelike recreations of Pokémon as figures, but actually repurposes some into appliances that…
Adorable pastel hand cream collection is colour-coded by type and includes 30 different Pokemon
Pokemon trainers in Japan have numerous ways to rep their favourite creature on a daily basis thanks to the ridiculous range of Pokemon merchandise on…
Massive Gengar shaped chair is the perfect furniture for lovers of Ghost Pokemon
For Pokemon fans who wish to be surrounded at all times by their favourite creatures, there’s plenty of merchandise on offer to fill up your…
Saitama’s first Pokélids land in Tokorozawa, Japan’s home of Aviation
What started a few years back as a campaign to encourage tourism to some of Japan’s lesser known areas, has now turned into a full-blown…
Eevee tags along with Pikachu in this year’s Mister Donut x Pokémon collab
An annual favourite, Mister Donut and the Pokémon company are teaming up for the fourth year running with their special winter edition Pokémon donut collaboration,…