With the launch of its hotly anticipated Pokémon-themed stamps, Japan Post has installed three adorable Pokémon-themed postboxes around Yokohama.
Instead of their usual classic red colour, these postboxes are designed to look like Pokéballs – half red and half white, with a button in between the two colours. At Yokohama City Hall, you’ll find two postboxes featuring everyone’s favourite first-generation Pokémon: Pikachu and Eevee.
Take a short walk to Yokohama Sakuragi Post Office and you'll see a postbox with the blue penguin-like Pokémon Piplup sitting on top.
The postboxes will be here until June 30 2026, so start writing your letters now.
This article was published on July 19 2021 and updated on September 28 2022.
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