Pokémon: The manhole cover of the collaboration with the biological father Satoshi Tajiri is beautiful and meaningful

Many manhole covers linked to the extremely popular classic game "Pokémon" have been launched. On August 2, the latest design of "Pokémon" linked manhole cover finally arrived in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, the hometown of the biological father Satoshi Tajiri, attracting the attention of fans and players. In the future, it will be laid on a large scale to revitalize the local economy affected by the nuclear power plant accident.

Satoshi Tajiri, video game producer, is the current president of GAME FREAK. He is the original planner of Pokémon (the protagonist Satoshi is named after him), and his good friend Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario, the supporting character Shigeru is named after him) designed the Pokémon patterns. Satoshi Tajiri is an important figure in Pokémon animation and game works, and all works must be crowned with the title of "Original Design: Satoshi Tajiri".

The economic development of Namie Town in Fukushima Prefecture, the hometown of Satoshi Tajiri, is currently slow due to the impact of the nuclear power plant accident, a special event of that year. In this way, the introduction of the Pokémon linkage manhole cover may help promote the development of the local tourism economy.