After months of excruciating waiting, the latest games in Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Sword and Shield, came out on November 15.
It’s not like real-life Japan has fused with the world of Pokémon or anyth-We stand corrected, because it’s impossible to look at this actual Japanese park and not wholeheartedly believe it’s destined to be the site of epic Pokémon battles.
It’s in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, and not too far from Shin Sapporo Station, which is serviced by the JR Chitose Line and Tozai Sapporo Municipal Subway line.
▼ Pokémon park (red arrow) and Shin Sapporo Station (blue)The park is unnamed, and so doesn’t have an official address.
▼ Park (red) and Shin Sapporo Station exit 7 (blue), with north at the top of the mapWhile the park looks to have been there for some time, it’s only now that’s it’s attracting attention for its unintended, but spot-on, Pokémon theming.