Pokemon manhole covers have succeeded in taking over Japan with over 200 original covers installed, spanning the whole country. The campaign, called ‘Pokefuta’ in Japanese…

Manhole covers in Japan are more than just utilitarian, sometimes they have designs that add a bit more flair to the city streets. While originally…

February 22nd is popularly known in Japan as ‘Cat Day’, but it also has another meaning. It’s also called ‘Ninja Day’ by some. Koka city…

‘Poke Lids’ (or Pokefuta in Japanese) started as a way to bring more visitors to little-known regions in Japan. Each one of these awesome manhole…

Tourist attractions don’t have to be big and flashy, in some parts of Japan there’s even stuff worth seeing at your feet while walking outside….

Manhole covers featuring characters from a hit series are one creative way to bring more visitors to obscure regions of Japan. But the ones starring…

Recently, the number of Pokemon themed manhole covers in Japan has been growing at an incredibly fast rate, and there’s now 206 of them to…

Pokemon manhole covers started as a campaign to encourage more tourism to lesser-known areas of Japan. Now they can be found in all kinds of…

Pokemon manhole covers started as a campaign to encourage more tourism to lesser-travelled areas of Japan, but now they can be found in all kinds…

Recently, 4 new Pokemon manhole lids “Poke futa” (“Poke-lids” in English) were added in Kurashiki city, Okayama prefecture. The new lids are of Lucario, Poochyena,…

A few years ago, Pokemon started collaborating with local municipalities around Japan to create ‘Poke Lids’ (called Pokefuta in Japanese). These are manhole covers with…

Pokemon manhole covers in Japan started as a campaign to bring visitors to lesser known areas of the country. These awesome one-of-a-kind designs can be…

Here at grape Japan, we have run several stories about how game and anime production companies have teamed up with local authorities to create wonderfully…

What started as a campaign to bring visitors to lesser known areas of Japan, Pokemon manhole covers have really been taking over recently. Called ‘Pokefuta’…

Japan’s Pokemon manhole cover campaign, called ‘Pokefuta’ in Japanese and ‘Pokelids’ in English, was devised as a way to bring tourism to lesser known regions…