Honto Japan Editorial– Author –

Seven official Pokémon shops within an hour of central Tokyo, ranked: Tokyo DX for the biggest selection, Shibuya for the design-your-own T-shirt — and Mega Tokyo, closed until August 23, 2026, reopening August 24 with entry restrictions. Plus the café booking system everyone gets wrong.

PokéPark Kanto tickets in 2026: the official English site for overseas visitors (no Japanese phone number needed), the domestic lottery and daily 20:00 first-come sales, current prices for all three passes — and what changed in July 2026.

Japan's first permanent Pokémon theme park, decoded from official pages and Japanese visitor reports: the ticket system (and the English site that skips SMS verification), the new cancel-by-6-p.m. refund rule, the 11:45 reservation race, the October hours change, and the ID checks starting November 1.