The prefecture that named the Water/Psychic Pokémon as its governor is now building him a park.
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Shinjuku Gyoen garden is right in the middle of the city, and has two different types of cold-weather sakura.
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Intentional or not, there’s no way to see this park in one of Japan’s largest cities and not think of Pikachu throwing down.
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