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Pokémon nests in Tokyo Updated: 09/03/2016

Posted on 09/04/2016 by dicethekamikaze / 0 Comment

The tide of PokémonGo heat in Japan seems to be calmed down, but still many people are playing Tokyo. I still see clouds of salarymen after 19:00 (in general, work hours ends 18:00 – 19:00) in certain parks or near rivers (meguro river). The weather in Japan is still keeping summer, so when you are planning to visit these parks during the day time, you still need to be careful on heatstroke.

In my previous blog post (http://www.dicethekamikaze.com/blog/jp-culture/Pokémon-nests-in-tokyo/) showed the Pokémon nests in Tokyo, but Pokémon company has decided to shuffle the nests randomly according to http://Pokémongohub.net/huge-changes-Pokémon-go-nests-spawns/ .

This changes came into Tokyo in couple weeks ago, and I decided to update the list of Pokémon nests in Tokyo in this blog post. The nest went into more parks and gardens all over Tokyo comparing to the previous nests by the update.

I will try my best to catch up all the Pokémon nests in Tokyo updated, but can’t promise it.

Unfortunately, the closest nest from my house, Setagaya-park (was Dratini’s nest a month ago), is now a nest of Kabuto, but it appears less.

A updated (09/03/2016) list of Pokémon nests in Tokyo.

The updated (09/03/2016) list of Pokémon nests in Tokyo.

Koren/公園 means ‘park/’

Pokémon name Japanese/English	Nest place with map
フシギダネ(Fushigidane)/Bulbasaur	錦糸公園/Kinshi-park
ピカチュウ/Pikachu	昭和公園/Showa-park
イーブイ/Eevee	夢の島公園/Yumenoshima park
ストライク/Scyther	国分寺公園/Kokubunji-park 調布野川公園/Chofu Nogawa park 六義園/Rokugien 日本科学未来館/Miraikan
ルージュラ/Jynx	駒沢オリンピック公園/Komazawa-Olympic park 大島小松川公園スポーツ広場/Oshima Komatsugawa park 馬事公苑/Bajikoen
ロコン	木場公園/Kiba park 旧芝離宮恩賜庭園/Kyushibari onshien park 竹芝ふ頭公園/Takeshiba Futou park 富士森公園/Fujimori park
ブーバー/Magmar	新左近川親水公園/Shinsakongawa-sinsui park
ヒトカゲ/dnjsndc	明治神宮外苑/Meiji jingu gaien 小山内裏公園/Oyamadairi park 赤羽自然観察公園/Akabane shizenkansatsu park
ミニリュウ/Dratini	井の頭恩賜公園/Inokashira-onshi koen
ニドラン♀	小金井公園/koganei park 明治神宮/Meji jingu 有栖川宮記念公園/Arisugawanomiya memorial park 代々木公園/Yoyogi park 飛鳥山公園/Asukayama park
パウワウ/Seel	平和の森/Heiwa no mori 篠崎公園/Shinozaki park 京王フローラルガーデンAnge/Keio flowerall garden ange
カブト/Kabuto	世田谷公園/Setagaya park
アーボ/Ekans	新宿御苑/Shinjyuku-Gyoen 秩父宮ラグビー場/Chichibunomiya rugby field
オムナイト/Omanyte	Kinshi-park 錦糸公園戸山公園/Toyama park 江戸川区球場/Ebogawa baseball park
ビリリダマ/Voltorb	東京テレポート駅/Tokyo Teleport station
コイル/Magnemite	東京テレポート駅/Tokyo Teleport station 都立秋留台公園/Akirudai park
ニャース/Meowth	お台場/Odaiba
ゴース/Gastly	水元公園/Mizumoto park
カラカラ/Cubone	西郷山公園/Saigoyama park
ガーディー/Growlithe	東綾瀬公園/Higashi ayase park
ワンリキー/Machop	江古田の森公園/Ego tanomori park 赤塚公園/Akatsuka park 浜町公園/Hamachou park

I am not listing “Magikarp” here, but you can find it a lot near the Meguro river. According to a bulletin board summarizing Pokémon findings, Gyarados has been found near the river.

Please look forward to next Pokémon nests in Tokyo updated near the future.

Found a very cool mobile battery charger to play PokémonGo.

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Pokemon nests in Tokyo: where is it?

Posted on 07/24/2016 by dicethekamikaze / 1 Comment

On July 22nd, PokemonGo finally released in the birthplace of Pokemon. Interesting thing is that McDonald, Japan is the first sponsor location. Gym is located in every McDonalds in Japan.

It’s been a few days since its release, but it already spreads and leads huge impact on Japanese economy.

In PokemonGo, there are certain places called “Pokemon nests” where particular rare Pokemon frequently appear. Where to get Pokemon in Tokyo? and where are the nests? In this post, I list all the nests revealed in Tokyo so far.

List of Pokemon nests in Tokyo.

Pokemon nests in Tokyo are locate in parks or gardens. On weekend, there are so many people are visiting these parks.

Japan is in the middle of Summer and rainy time, so when you are planning to visit these parks during the day time, you need to be careful on heatstroke.

Koren/公園 means ‘park/’

Pokemon name Japanese/English	Nest place with map
フシギダネ(Fushigidane)/Bulbasaur	Kinshi-park 錦糸公園
ピカチュウ/Pikachu	新宿御苑/Shinjyuku-Gyoen 都立尾久の原公園/Toristu-Ogunohara-koen 戸山公園/Toyama-koren
イーブイ/Eevee	Kinshi-park 錦糸公園
ストライク/Scyther	駒沢オリンピック公園/Komazawa-Olympic park
ルージュラ/Jynx	新左近川親水公園/Shinsakongawa-sinsui park
エビワラー/Hitmonchan	なぎさ公園/Nagisa-park 井の頭恩賜公園/Inokashira-onshi koen 稲城中央公園/Inagi chuo Koen
ブーバー/Magmar	上野公園/Ueno park
ヤドン/Slowpoke	浜離宮庭園/Hamarikyu entei
ミニリュウ/Dratini	世田谷公園/Setagaya park
ベロリンガ/Lickitung	亀戸中央公園/Kamedo chuo park 小金井公園/koganei park
パウワウ/Seel	平和の森/Heiwa no mori
カブト/Kabuto	善福寺川公園/Senpukujikawa park

For more info, this map updates the nests in all over Japan.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1c1fAWofJoI-kQAomqIQq1R1K1KY

Setagaya and Komazawa-Olympic park: My adventure

I visited Komazawa-Olumpic park and Setagaya Park this weekend, and there are so many Pokemon trainers catching rare Pokemons; however, often Japanese parks are not big enough to hold PokemonGo users in Tokyo.

Setagaya Park was like this. I got some Scythers in here. I was at Setagaya park on Saturday around 07:00 p.m, it was not too crowded. This park is fairly big. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komazawa_Olympic_Park This park is always my favorite place to run and jog.

Setagaya park:

Setagaya park is much smaller and easier to access from stations than Komazawa park. This caused Setagaya park very packed especially, Setagaya park is the nest of Dratini which evolves to Dragonite, which is said to be the strongest Pokemon so far. I was there Sunday around 19:00p.m, there were still so many people around the park. I heard from neighbors around Setagaya park, the peak time of Pokemon trainers were around 16:00p.m to 19:00 p.m. A elder women who walks with her dog everyday around the time claims the pollution of the park and wonder how long this goes on, and hoping it comes down soon.

I am hoping everyone enjoys catching rare Pokemons in Tokyo with respects.

Important!!!

Pokemon nests in Tokyo has been shuffled.

Check out this blog entry for the updates:

Pokémon nests in Tokyo Updated: 09/03/2016

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Pride fish (プライドフィッシュ)

Posted on 05/13/2016 by dicethekamikaze / 0 Comment

Pride fish: local fishermen’s proud fish in Japan.

National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations held a 3rd Fish-1 grad prix on March 6, 2016, which is a festival and competition of local seafoods and dishes based on the local fishes (local speciality fishes).

When you imagine Japanese food, there are lots of Japanese dishes related to fish such as Sashimi and Sushi. There are standard fish series in Sashimi and Sushi such as tuna, salmon, sea Bream, and mackerel, and many people think that freshness is the most important in Sashimi.Yes, it is true. However, among Japanese people, where the fish comes from is highly valued.

In Japanese culture, locality is regarded highly valuable on not only foods but also any products. Indeed, Japanese people really care “made in ~”.

A example of special local mattered fish is “tuna”, a standard Sashimi fish, is widely caught in Japan and in the world such as from Indonesia, Spain and Mexico, but there is a special tuna exists. The prices are very different in locality. The very famous tuna in Japan is Pacific Bluefin tuna (called Hon-maguro “true tuna”) from Oma-city, Aomori prefecture. Their Tuna is usually sold at $50 ~ $100 per kilogram. (Tuna is usually 100-200kg).

If you are planning to travel around in Japan, cuisine is one of the best entertainment of Japanese trip and the list below would be helpful to enjoy the local fish.

local fishermen’s proud fish

Every prefecture which faces the sea has their local proud speciality fish (pride fish プライドフィッシュ). http://www.pride-fish.jp/ (unfortunately ONLY Japanese)

There are Pride fish from 5 regions in Japan in each season, spring, summer, fall and winter. I will try to do my best to translate all fish names, but some there is no translation.

	Prefecture	pride fish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Region
Hakkaido & Tohoku region	Hokkaido		Pacific herring	Oyster	mantis shrimp	Scallop
	Aomori		rockfish	Tuna	flounder
	Iwate		Seaweed	Ezoishikage-kai (shellfish)	Salmon	abalone
	Miyagi		Gin (Salmon)	Sea Squirt	Oyster
	Akita		Fugu	sailfin sandfish
	Yamagata				Spanish mackerel (Sawara)	Red shrimp
	Fukushima				Pacific saury	Bigeyed greeneye

Kanto & Hokuriku region	Ibaraki		young lance fish	abalone	whitebait	monkfish
	Chiba		Berycoid-fish	pilchard	lobster	Seaweed
	Tokyo		flying fish
	Kanagawa		horse mackerel	Conger-eel	mackerel	Seaweed
	Niigata		Nagamo (seaweed)	black throat seaperch	right-eyed flounder	Shrimp
	Toyama		firefly squid	white shrimp	snow crab	yellowtail
	Ishikawa		red right-eyed flounder	raw flying squid	deep-water shrimp	Crab
	Fukui			Horsehead tilefish	right-eyed flounder	crab

Tokai & Kinki region	Shizuoka		turban shell	Akafuji (rainbow trout)	Spear squid	Berycoid-fish
	Aichi		asari clam	eel	swimming crab	seaweed
	Mie			abalone	lobster	red sea bream
	Shiga		sweetfish	trout		crucian carp
	Kyoto		right-eyed flounder	oyster	hoursehead tilefish	yellowtail
	Osaka		Pacific sand lance	octopus	Japanese Spanish mackerel	Tonguefish
	Hyogo		firefly squid	octopus	Japanese Spanish mackerel	oyster
	Wakayama		bonito	hairtail	young sardines	lobster

Chugoku & Shikoku region	Totori		sailfin sandfish	oyster	Japanese Spanish mackerel	Snow Crab
	Shimane			househead tilefish	black throat seaperch	snow crab
	Okayama		Elongate ilisha	Japanese seaperch	swimming crab	flatfish
	Hiroshima		sea bream	pilchard	hairtail	oyster
	Yamaguchi		fugu	octopus	squid	tora fugu
	Kagawa		salmon	dried sea slug	young yellowtail	seaweed
	Tokushima		sea bream	abalone	squid	seaweed
	Ehime		sea bream	octopus	swimming crab	yellowtail
	Kochi		bonito	Berycoid-fish	round herring	mackerel

Kyushu & Okinawa Region	Fukuoka		leatherfish	squid	fugu	seaweed
	Shiga			squid		seaweed
	Nagasaki					fugu
	Oita		flounder	hairtail	Daggertooth pike conger	yellowtail
	Kumamoto		Asari shellfish	hamaguri shellfish		seaweed
	Miyazaki		tuna	dried young sardines	lobster	yellowtail
	Kagoshima		Japanese giant flyingfish	Banded blue sprat
	Okinawa		Mozuku(kind of seaweed)	Tuna	bamboo shrimp

Types of fish in Japanese is very varied; for eaxmple, “squid”, there are at least 3 best known squid in Japan: “spear squid”, “Japanese common squid”, “southern squid”. On the list above, I don’t describe some fish in detail such as “octopus”.

I am hoping this post helps you when you travel to these prefectures to enjoy their proud local fishes. Enjoy Japanese fishes.