🇯🇵 Japan 1d ago · Casey Baseel

Japan’s Pokémon Slowpoke Train goes on hiatus, but a mini version could be yours to own

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Japan’s Pokémon Slowpoke Train goes on hiatus, but a mini version could be yours to own
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With the full-scale train needing to take a break, toymaker Takara Tomy is here to pick up the Slowpoke slack.

Much like how every Pokémon fan has their favorite Pocket Monster, so too do various parts of Japan have special relationships with certain species. In the case of Kagawa, that special relationship is with Slowpoke, who’s become such an active goodwill ambassador for the prefecture that he was briefly named governor.

Aside from his brief political career, other highlights of the Slowp

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