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![Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/imgi_170_IMG_6363-2.jpg?w=640 "Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]")
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
Finding this adorable train can feel like an RPG sidequest, but when the reward is this cute, we’re game.
Pokélovers can have fun taking in the local sights AND entering a lottery to win some local delicacies.
Region famous for its sand dunes gets beautiful public art pieces featuring more than a dozen different Pokémon species.
Not only can you catch ’em all in Tottori’s sand dunes, but the very cutest ones will welcome you to the prefecture!
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