Thousands of giant Pikachus are taking over this Japanese city
Pokemon fans rejoice! There is a Pikachu festival that fills up a Japanese city with gigantic versions of your favorite yellow companion. The name of the festival is Pikachu Tairyou Hassei Chu, which translates to "An outbreak of Pikachus" and it happens annually in Yokohama, the second largest city in the country.
According to the International Business Times, the celebration started as a week-long festival to celebrate the release of a movie around the character in 2014, and it is now coming back for the 2015 event. During the previous edition, more than 1,000 Pikachus populated the town and took part to shows across the neighbors such as dance-offs and parades.
The event occurs right before the Pokemon World Championship which opens on August 21st in Boston and will see opponents combat for a total of $500,000 in scholarship awards. Even though the Pokemon franchise was invented 20 years ago, the colorful pocket monsters are more alive than ever.
Here is a gallery full of Pikachus just for you:
And if that wasn't enough, check out this video where a Pikachu connoisseur takes you on a POV tour of the city:
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