Pokemon GO Wild Area Sendai Draws About 850,000 Players Across Miyagi
Pokemon GO Wild Area: Sendai/Tohoku ran November 6 to 8 in Sendai City and across Miyagi Prefecture.
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Why it matters
The gap between 35,000 paid tickets and roughly 850,000 players in the prefecture shows the free footprint of a ticketed real-world event is what carries the local audience, and the organizer is now repeating the format with a global edition on November 14 and 15.
Key Facts
- Pokemon GO Wild Area: Sendai/Tohoku was held from November 6 to 8 in Sendai City and across Miyagi Prefecture.
- Organizer Scopely Explore Inc. reported about 35,000 paid ticket participants.
- About 850,000 trainers played Pokemon GO in Miyagi Prefecture during the event period, including players without tickets and local residents.
- Participants caught more than 49 million Pokemon and walked over 7.5 million km combined, about 188 laps around the Earth.
- Pokemon GO Wild Area: Global is scheduled for November 14 and 15.
Organizer Scopely Explore Inc. put paid ticket participation at about 35,000, while the total number of trainers who played in the prefecture over the three days reached about 850,000, a figure that includes players without tickets and local residents. Participants caught more than 49 million Pokemon and walked over 7.5 million km combined.
Tickets for the Sendai/Tohoku event cost 4,000 yen, and the paid crowd stayed near 35,000. The official play area covered all of Miyagi Prefecture, with Sendai City as the physical venue. In 2025 the same event series ran in Nagasaki City, where the organizer reported about 420,000 participants and an economic impact of about 4.2 billion yen.
Off-screen projects tied the game to the city: a dance performance pairing Pikachu with Sendai Suzume Odori, Pokemon-motif Tanabata decorations in shopping streets, Pokemon GO art at the Sendai City Museum, a stamp rally across seven PokéStops, and cooperation with the Loople Sendai sightseeing bus and the Sendai City Subway. An Anytime GO Stamp Rally that opened November 3 runs past the event, with eight locations including Sendai Castle Ruins and Matsushima Park leading to a Lapras with a Sendai/Tohoku location background.
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