{"id":21729,"date":"2026-01-27T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/pikachu-and-pals-go-wild-pokemon-theme-park-opens-in-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:33","slug":"pikachu-and-pals-go-wild-pokemon-theme-park-opens-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/pikachu-and-pals-go-wild-pokemon-theme-park-opens-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikachu and pals go wild: Pok\u00e9mon theme park opens in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to Pok\u00e9Park Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pok\u00e9mon statues when the attraction opens next week<\/p>\n

In Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo\u2019s snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs. Traditionally, international tourists start to arrive with the blossoms in spring \u2013 but thanks to the opening of Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s first ever amusement park on 5 February, this year, they are likely to come earlier.<\/p>\n

Unlike the rollercoaster-filled thrills of Tokyo Disney Sea or Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Pok\u00e9Park Kanto is essentially a forest populated by models of the creatures from the perennially popular games. Nestled in the quiet Tokyo suburb of Inagi, half an hour from the city centre, the park is a walkable forest with more than 600 Pok\u00e9monin it. Where the Mario-themed Super Nintendo World slots neatly into the massive Universal Studios Japan, Pok\u00e9Park Kanto is hidden in the back of the less glitzy, funfair-esque Japanese theme park Yomiuri Land.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to Pok\u00e9Park Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pok\u00e9mon statues when the attraction opens next week
\nIn Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo\u2019s snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs. Traditionally, international tourists start to arrive with the blossoms in spring \u2013 but thanks to the opening of Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s first ever amusement park on 5 February, this year, they are likely to come earlier.
\nUnlike the rollercoaster-filled thrills of Tokyo Disney Sea or Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Pok\u00e9Park Kanto is essentially a forest populated by models of the creatures from the perennially popular games. Nestled in the quiet Tokyo suburb of Inagi, half an hour from the city centre, the park is a walkable forest with more than 600 Pok\u00e9monin it. Where the Mario-themed Super Nintendo World slots neatly into the massive Universal Studios Japan, Pok\u00e9Park Kanto is hidden in the back of the less glitzy, funfair-esque Japanese theme park Yomiuri Land. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to Pok\u00e9Park Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pok\u00e9mon statues when the attraction opens next week In Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo\u2019s snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs. Traditionally, …<\/p>\n

Pikachu and pals go wild: Pok\u00e9mon theme park opens in Tokyo<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21729"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}