PLAYGROUND CITY SHIBUYA with Pokémon Announces November 21 and 22 Dates
Shibuya Future Design organizes and operates PLAYGROUND CITY SHIBUYA with Pokémon, set for November 21 and 22, 2026, at Yoyogi Park and Yoyogi Park BE STAGE. Admission is free.
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Why it matters
The free event puts The Pokémon Company's characters inside a Shibuya Ward play project, and the eight-sport challenge accepts entries through an advance lottery until November 11.
Key Facts
- PLAYGROUND CITY SHIBUYA with Pokémon is set for November 21 and 22, 2026, at Yoyogi Park and Yoyogi Park BE STAGE.
- Admission is free, and advance lottery applications for the PLAYGROUND GYM CHALLENGE close at 23:59 on November 11.
- The PLAYGROUND GYM CHALLENGE offers basketball, soccer, baseball, breaking, tennis, athletics, skateboarding and rugby.
- Shibuya Future Design organizes and operates the event, with Shibuya Ward and The Pokémon Company as co-organizers.
- The event is part of the Shibuya Playground project, tied to Shibuya Ward's basic concept of a city that makes you want to move your body without thinking.
Shibuya Ward and The Pokémon Company co-organize the event as part of the Shibuya Playground project. Advance lottery applications for the PLAYGROUND GYM CHALLENGE close at 23:59 on November 11. The challenge offers basketball, soccer, baseball, breaking, tennis, athletics, skateboarding and rugby, alongside the Find Them! Cheer Pokémon rally and LET'S PLAY STREET!!.
Each gym has a Challenge course for first-timers and parents with children, plus a Master course for elementary and junior high students with experience in that sport. The basketball gym uses a Voltorb ball, and the rugby gym has players advance while avoiding Bewear. Participants earn one sticker for taking part in Challenge and one for clearing Master. Beyond the gyms, visitors can search Shibuya for Cheer Pokémon in the Find Them! Cheer Pokémon rally or try street sports at LET'S PLAY STREET!!. The venues are Yoyogi Park and Yoyogi Park BE STAGE.
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