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Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 5 days
Flashback: Nintendo Store New York (2022)
Three years ago, I visited my first Nintendo Store in New York City.
The exclusive Pikachu plush at New York is super cute and was the start of my journey to collect Pikachu via travels!
#pokemonworlds
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 6 days
Flashback: Pikachu Sweets (2023)
This take-out dessert cafe was a must visit for me! The artwork is ADORABLE, there’s exclusive plush available for sale, and the treats are themed perfectly.
#pokemonworlds #pokemoncafe #pikachusweets
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 7 days
Flashback: Pokémon Store (2023)
A shopping mall sits underneath Tokyo Station, with an area called Character Street. There you’ll find a Pokémon Store with a conductor Pikachu! The little keychains are so cute.
#pokemonworlds #pokemonstore #pokemoncenter
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 8 days
Flashback: Nintendo Museum (2025)
Visiting the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto this year was a highlight of the trip.
I was thrilled to see the special manhole cover inside the museum grounds featuring Pikachu!
#pokemonworlds #nintendomuseum
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 9 days
Flashback: Pokémon Cafe Tokyo (2023)
I’ll never forget seeing Chef Pikachu at the Pokémon Cafe. I was laughing so hard, I started to cry. It was the CUTEST thing ever.
#pokemonworlds #pokemoncafe
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 10 days
Flashback: Pokémon Center Tokyo Bay (2025)
I adore the exclusive Tokyo Bay Pikachu and think I’m going to bring the keychain version to Worlds as my buddy!
#pokemonworlds #pikachu #pokemonplush #pokemoncenter
Countdown to Pokémon Worlds: 11 days
Flashback: Pokémon Center Skytree Town (2023)
Tokyo Skytree is lovely to visit in the spring, especially when the carp streamers are up for Children’s Day!
#pokemonworlds #skytree #pokemoncentertokyoskytree
Just 12 days to Pokémon Worlds!
Flashback: Pokémon Center Tokyo DX (2023)
This Pokémon Center has some colorful murals while you wait for the elevator! It’s also right across the hall from the Tokyo Pokémon Cafe (which I’ll share photos from in another post).
#pokemonworlds #pokemoncenter
Here are the Pikachu statues inside the Hiroshima Pokémon Center!
The area and nearby Miyajima Island are known for lemons, fall colors, rice paddles and deer. I love to see the local region highlighted in these Pikachu statues.
#pokemon #pokemoncenter #pikachu #japan #hiroshima
When you come across a Pokémon vending machine in the wild…
This one we discovered on our way to the Nintendo Museum in Japan.
#pikachu #pikachuvendingmachine #pokemon #pokemonvending #pokemonvendingmachine #japan #japanvendingmachine #pokemonfan #pikachucollection #pokemoncollector
New kitten Putt-Putt is settling in well. But can someone tell her the PIKAS ARE OFF LIMITS?!
#pokemon #pokémoncollection #pokemoncollector #pokemoncollectors #pikachu #pikachuplush #plushcollector #plushcollection #pokemonfan
It’s National Tattoo Day?! I have three tattoos and they’re all gaming!
Pokéball: 2018
Bob-Ombs: 2023
Lady Pikachu: 2024
#nationaltattooday #videogametattoo #videogametattoos #pokemon #pokemonfan #pokemontattoo #pikachu #pikachutattoo #bobomb #mariotattoo #pokeball #pokeballtattoo
Can someone go back in time and tell this girl in Hiroshima that she’ll be attending POKÉMON WORLDS in a few months?!
I’m so excited to meet everyone. I have a spectator ticket for Saturday, August 16. See you all then!
#pokemonworlds #pokemonworldchampionships #pokemonworlds2025 #pokemonfan
July Hallmark Keepsake ornament pickups for my Christmas wreaths! I’m always very happy with the artists’ designs.
@hallmark.bsky.social #hallmark #hallmarkkeepsakeornaments #videogames #videogameornaments
Added a new themed golf ball to my collection recently! I even got a hole-in-one playing putt-putt with it!
#pokemon #pokemongolfball #videogamegolfball #golfball #cutegolfball #golfballs #minigolf #puttputt #puttputtgolf #sweetiesgolfland
It’s been the shortest weekend! I need more time with the Switch 2!
Mario Kart World is amazing. The music, the tracks, the sound effects. I absolutely adore it.
#nintendo #nintendoswitch2 #mariokart #mariokartworld
It’s crazy to think we’ll have a new major console next week!
While our beloved old man Rudy is no longer with us, I’ll do my best to request a cat. Hopefully they’ll celebrate the arrival of our Switch 2 the same way Grandpa Rudy did in 2017.
#nintendo #nintendoswitch #nintendoswitch2
Pretty things at my house right now.
📷 1: Rhododendrons
📷 2: A single baby blue eyes
📷 3: Milkweed started planting itself in our one bed a few years ago
📷 4: Lily of the Valley!
#ohioflowers #enjoyingflowers #flowers #flowersinbloom #lilyofthevalley #rhododendron #milkweed #babyblueeyes
I quite enjoyed this movie! Also the ticket taker at my theater was making sure everyone knew how many post-credit scenes there were (2). #Thunderbolts
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To all my fellow Nintendo fans, may the preorder Hunger Games be ever in your favor tonight… 😂
We got to see the Nintendo Switch 2 on display at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan.
#nintendomuseum #nintendoswitch2 #nintendoswitch2games #donkeykongbananza #mariokartworld #kyoto #japan #nintendo
“The blood moon rises once again. Please be careful, Link...”
— Zelda
It was exciting to have clear skies in the middle of the night for the lunar eclipse!
#bloodmoon #bloodmooneclipse #lunareclispe
HAPPY MAR10 DAY! 🍄🥳
Sharing some photos of my favorite Mario experience at Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan from 2023.
#mar10day #mar10 #marioday #supermariobros #supernintendoworld #usj #universalstudiosjapan #nintendo
ありがとう！
02.03.2025 14:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Your challenge made me realize I actually CAN complete a project if I chip away at it a little each day!
01.03.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0After 11.5 hours of work and six months of sitting around, I FINALLY framed my Tamagotchi inspired cross stitch!
Pattern: StitchyKiddo
Inspiration: @craftinggeek.bsky.social’s 30 for 30 crafting challenge
#tamagotchi #crossstitch #30for30crafting #nerdycrossstitch
It was SO good! Thank you for the insane amount of work you did on it.
01.03.2025 00:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Whoever has been designing the Pokémon plush these last few years, hats off to you! These big Eevee and Pikachu plush are ADORABLE.
Good thing it was payday today. 😅
#pokemon #pokemonplush #pokemonplushcollector #pokemoncollector #pokemoncommunity #pikachu #eevee #pikachuplush #eeveeplush
Last time I was in Japan, I had visited both Nintendo stores. Now Japan has a third store in Kyoto!
I’m already planning to do most of my souvenir shopping with Nintendo on our upcoming trip. 😂
#nintendo #nintendostore #nintendostoreosaka #nintendostoretokyo #japan #nintendojapan
It’s almost Pokémon Day!
Today I’d like to share my newest tattoo. She’s just about four months old and I absolutely love her.
Artist: logan_is_tattooing (IG acct) based in Columbus, Ohio
#pokemonday #pikachu #pokemontattoo #pikachutattoo
Display packaging of Oreo Mini cookies with Super Mario Bros. Wonder theming - a jumping Mario is shown on the packaging.
Display packaging of Chips Ahoy mini cookies with Mario Kart theming - a Mario Kart Bowser is shown on the packaging
Display packaging of Pokemon Graham Cracker cookie snacks with pokemon theming - a Pikachu is shown on the package
Before the pandemic, I took on the role of archiving family history in photos and videos. Now I’ve realized I’m doing it in gaming.
I have folders where I’ve taken pictures of store displays and random food packaging so we can look back on it in 25 years the way we look at GameBoy store displays.
