PokéPark Kanto opens in Tokyo suburb with more than 600 life-size Pokémon

PokéPark Kanto, the first permanent Pokémon amusement park, opened on 5 February in Inagi, a quiet suburb of Tokyo tucked into the back of the Yomiuri Land theme park. The 26,000 sq metre, family-friendly attraction is a walkable forest with more than 600 Pokémon and is divided into two main areas: Pokémon Forest and the plaza-like Sedge Town.

Unlike rollercoaster-focused parks such as Tokyo DisneySea or Universal Studios Japan, PokéPark Kanto emphasises lifelike models and explorable habitats populated by statues arranged in interactive tableaus. Tickets are bought via a lottery and are currently sold out for the next three months; prices range from ¥7,900 for a standard adult ticket to ¥14,000 for a queue-skipping priority pass.

Creative direction was overseen by Junichi Masuda, and the park features full-scale recreations from a lorry-sized Onix to herds of Rhyhorn, scenes showing Bidoof, Diglett and Eevee, a Pokémon parade, themed fairground games, an Eevee carousel, a real-life Pokémon Centre and a gym staging live battles that blend human performers with animatronics.

The Guardian noted the opening coincides with Pokémon’s 30th anniversary and said the brand remains the highest-grossing media franchise with an estimated $150bn lifetime revenue; it reported The Pokémon Company’s profit rose to ¥70.3bn in the year ending February 2025.