Poké Lids
Poké Lids (Japanese: ポケふた PokéFuta[1]) are utility hole covers decorated with Pokémon. They are a part of Pokémon Local Acts, an initiative to help boost tourism to various areas of Japan. The first Poké Lid was installed in 2018, and as of 2026, there are over 450 in towns and cities across the country.
Each Poké Lid has a unique design—often featuring the prefecture's Ambassadorial Pokémon—and is 63 centimeters (approximately 25 inches) in diameter.[2] They are manufactured by Hinode Water Equipment Co., Ltd. at their factory in Miyaki, Saga Prefecture, and are hand-colored using acrylic resin.[3][4] New Poké Lids are typically announced at an unveiling ceremony held by The Pokémon Company and the local government, before being installed over the following days.
History
On April 29, 2018, Eevee was appointed as the ambassador of sports and culture for the city of Ibusuki in Kagoshima Prefecture as part of Project Eevee.[5] On December 20, 2018, an unveiling ceremony was held in front of Ibusuki Station, where a utility hole cover featuring Eevee was installed and the designs for eight utility hole covers featuring its evolved forms were revealed, collectively known as the Eevee Manholes (Japanese: イーブイマンホール Eievui Manhole).[6] The other utility hole covers were later installed around the city on February 22, 2019.[7]
On May 14, 2019, the designs for 13 utility hole covers featuring Rock-type Pokémon by Yūdai Ogasawara were revealed as part of the announcement of the "Let's Go! Geodude in Iwate!" collaboration.[8] The utility hole covers were later installed from July 13 to September 27.[9] On July 31, 2019, The Pokémon Company announced that they would begin installing utility hole covers nationwide as Poké Lids, revealed the designs for five covers to be installed in Yokohama, and launched the official Poké Lids and Pokémon Local Acts websites in five languages.[10] These covers were later installed in the Minato Mirai area on August 5 ahead of the Pikachu Outbreak! 2019 event, though four of them were only installed temporarily until September 1.
On March 10, 2020, the designs for 14 Poké Lids featuring Sandshrew and Alolan Sandshrew in Tottori Prefecture were announced online, as the scheduled press conference on Sandshrew Day was canceled on March 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] On August 2, 2020, the designs for 9 covers featuring Chansey in Fukushima Prefecture were unveiled.[12] On August 10, 2020, an unveiling ceremony for a cover featuring Slowpoke was held in Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture for Slowpoke Day.[13] On August 21, 2020, the 100th Poké Lid was installed in Machida, Tokyo, the hometown of Satoshi Tajiri.[14] Since December 20, 2021, Poké Lid coloring pages have been released on the Pokémon Daisuki Club website as the corresponding covers are revealed.[15]
In the games
Pokémon GO
Since the first Poké Lid was installed on December 20, 2018, all of the Poké Lids have been featured as PokéStops in Pokémon GO as they are added.[16] Gifts obtained from these PokéStops include an attached Postcard featuring the cover's design.
On October 31, 2025, a GO Stamp Rally featuring Poké Lids titled the Poké Lid Stamp Rally (Japanese: ポケふたスタンプラリー PokéFuta Stamp Rally) was announced.[17] Initially, the Poké Lids in Kyushu and Okinawa were made available to coincide with Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki on November 7, 2025, followed by a staged rollout for the other regions of Japan from January 28 to February 13, 2026.[18]
Stamps featuring the Poké Lid's design can be collected by visiting the corresponding PokéStop. For every two stamps collected within the same prefecture, Trainers have a chance to encounter Pikachu with a Location Background representing that prefecture. Stamps can be sent to friends as Gifts. Stamps received from friends will have a different border to the Trainer's owns stamps. Stamps received from friends will not count towards the reward to encounter Pikachu with a Location Background, though the Trainer remains able to collect the same stamp themselves to count towards this. Trainers must be at least level 5 to participate in this GO Stamp Rally.
Pokémon HOME
Medals featuring the designs of each of the five Poké Lids in Yokohama, Kanagawa were made available in Pokémon HOME on June 21, 2025, in commemoration of the Pokémon Japan Championships 2025. Medals for the other 408 Poké Lids were made available on August 1, 2025, at the Poké Lid inside the Nintendo Museum in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture on August 19, 2025, and at newly installed Poké Lids as they are added. These medals are obtained via Local Event Check using the device's GPS location.
List of Poké Lids
The following list of Poké Lids is sorted in numerical order according to the date they were unveiled. The names of the municipality and prefecture in which it is located are listed below the image of each cover and its number. The color of the border denotes which of the six regions the prefecture is listed under on the official website, in Pokémon GO, and in Pokémon HOME.
| Key: | Hokkaidō・Tōhoku | Kantō | Chūbu | Kinki | Chūgoku・Shikoku | Kyūshū・Okinawa |
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Unveiled in 2018
Unveiled in 2019
Unveiled in 2020
Unveiled in 2021
Unveiled in 2022
Unveiled in 2023
Unveiled in 2024
Unveiled in 2025
Unveiled in 2026
Other
A special Poké Lid featuring Pikachu and the Hinode logo can normally only be found at the Hinode factory, but has been publicly exhibited at the Hinode booth at the Sewage Works Exhibition in Osaka annually since 2021.[19]
Merchandise
On March 20, 2020, Japanese retail chain Village Vanguard released a first wave of merchandise based on the 69 Poké Lids as of February 2020.[20][21] Four waves of additional variants were subsequently released: the second wave based on 14 Poké Lids from Tottori Prefecture on August 21, 2020,[22] the third wave based on 14 Poké Lids from Shiga, Kagawa, Tottori, and Tokyo Prefectures on December 25, 2020,[23] the fourth wave based on 13 Poké Lids from Fukushima and Niigata on February 11, 2021,[24] and the fifth wave based on 49 Poké Lids from Miyazaki, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Miyagi, Aomori, and Hokkaido Prefectures on August 5, 2022.[25]
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Small metal utility hole cover (select Poké Lids; ¥6,000 each) -
Mug with rubber lid (select Poké Lids; ¥1,800 each) -
Postcard holder (¥880) -
Postcard refill (¥300) -
Poké Lid wall sticker (select Poké Lids; ¥1,200 each) -
Utility hole cover round poster (select Poké Lids; ¥1,200 each) -
Button badges (all Poké Lids; random; ¥350 each) -
Postcard (all Poké Lids; random; ¥200 each) -
Rubber keychains (all Poké Lids; random; ¥650 each) -
Utility hole cover stickers (all Poké Lids; ¥300 each)
Gallery
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Japanese logo -
English logo -
Traditional Chinese logo -
Simplified Chinese logo -
Korean logo
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cantonese | 寶可夢人孔蓋 Bóuhómuhng Yàhnhúnggoi |
| Mandarin | 寶可夢人孔蓋 Bǎokěmèng Rénkǒnggài (Traditional) 宝可梦井盖 Bǎokěmèng Jǐnggài (Simplified) | |
| French | Poké LidGO PokéChape[26] | |
| German | Poké Lid | |
| Hindi | पोके लिड Poké Lid | |
| Indonesian | Poké Lid | |
| Italian | Poké LidGO Pokéfuta[26] | |
| Korean | 포켓몬 맨홀 Pokémon Manhole 포켓 뚜껑 Poké Ttukkeong | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Poké Lid | |
| Russian | Poké LidGO Покелюки Pokélyuki[26] | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Poké LidGO Pokétapa[26] |
| Spain | Poké Lid | |
| Thai | Poké LidGO โปเกฟุตะ Pokéfuta[26] | |
| Turkish | Poké Lid | |
| Vietnamese | Pokéfuta | |
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Official website (English)
- Official website (Traditional Chinese; archived)
- Official website (Simplified Chinese; archived)
- Official website (Korean; archived)
- Poké Lids on Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Pokémon Pickup Japan on Facebook
- ↑ Discover artistic utility hole covers unique in all the world - The Pokémon Company
- ↑ 【公式】ポケモンのマンホール「ポケふた」誕生物語 - YouTube
- ↑ 『ポケふた』製造基地・日之出水道機器佐賀工場に潜入！ 全国のマンホールに２７０枚設置 - サンスポ
- ↑ 「イーブイ好き → いぶすき」という素敵なご縁から、人気ポケモンのイーブイに、指宿市スポーツ・文化交流大使に就任していただきました✨ - 指宿市観光課 (@ibusukikankou) on Twitter
- ↑ 「指宿市スポーツ・文化交流大使」イーブイのマンホールを設置! - いぶすき観光ネット (archived from the original December 24, 2018)
- ↑ 人気ポケモン「イーブイ」と進化形のマンホールを設置! - いぶすき観光ネット (archived from the original March 11, 2019)
- ↑ 岩手県×イシツブテ「Let's GO! イシツブテ in いわて」のコラボ内容が公開。三陸鉄道ラッピング列車の運行や「ポケモンGO」を使用したイベントなどの実施が明らかに - 4Gamer.net
- ↑ マンホール｜岩手県×イシツブテ「Let's GO! イシツブテ in いわて」
- ↑ 次はどこ⁈ ポケモンマンホール『ポケふた』の全国展開決定！ 〜ポータルサイト「ポケモンローカルActs」も開設〜 | 株式会社ポケモンのプレスリリース
- ↑ サンドの日/とりネット/鳥取県公式サイト
- ↑ 福島初！県内9ヵ所へラッキーのポケモンマンホール『ポケふた』設置が決定！ | 株式会社ポケモンのプレスリリース
- ↑ ポケモンマンホールが宇多津臨海公園に設置されました！(2020/8/10)｜まちづくりNEWS｜うたづさんぽみち｜宇多津町魅力情報発信サイト
- ↑ 「ポケふた」のあるまち。まちだ - 町田市ホームページ
- ↑ 【ぬりえ】ポケふたぬりえ 指宿市（イーブイ）｜ポケモンだいすきクラブ
- ↑ 「イーブイ好き→いぶすき」という語呂合わせの縁もあり、鹿児島県指宿市にイーブイのマンホールが本日登場しました。このマンホールは #ポケモンGO のポケストップにもなっています。また、来年2月22日(金)にはイーブイの進化形8匹がデザインされたマンホールも指宿市内に設置予定です。お楽しみに！ - Pokémon GO Japan (@PokemonGOAppJP) on Twitter
- ↑ Poké Lid Stamp Rally arrives in Pokémon GO! (Early release in the Kyushu and Okinawa region)
- ↑ 「ポケふたスタンプラリー」の対象エリアが日本全国に拡大！ — Pokémon GO
- ↑ どこにも設置されない特別な #ポケふた をご紹介！「下水道展 '21 大阪」の日之出水道機器さんのブースで、こんなかわいいポケふたが展示されているよ😊 - ポケモンだいすきクラブ編集部【公式】 (@pokemon_pdc) on Twitter
- ↑ Special "Poké Lids" merchandise now available at Village Vanguard! - Village Vanguard (archived from the original August 2, 2021; retrieved August 11, 2025)
- ↑ Special merchandise now available at Village Vanguard - Village Vanguard (archived from the original July 31, 2021; retrieved August 11, 2025)
- ↑ 【鳥取県はサンド！】『ポケふた』スペシャルグッズが8/21（金）から登場！
- ↑ 『ポケふた』新商品が12/25より発売決定！香川県、鳥取県の第二弾に、新しく東京都、滋賀県が追加！！
- ↑ 『ポケふた』新商品が2/11より発売決定！福島県、新潟県が新しく追加！！
- ↑ 『ポケふた』新商品が8月5日より発売決定！新規エリアは青森県・宮崎県・奈良県・京都府!!東京都・宮城県・北海道の３エリアは第2弾が発売!!
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 Pokémon Air Adventures global collaboration event coming in May – Pokémon GO
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