Pokémon GO Lab. — Local services in Tokyo

We spent 90 minutes here on a Saturday afternoon and were blown away by the experience. Basically, this is a place where you battle random people on Pokemon Go. The facilitators are super helpful in finding you a match, and will give you small prizes if you score a few wins. It is completely free. Most people here don't speak much English, but it doesn't matter as the battles are still of great fun.

Edit in 2023: We returned a year later and this time, the experience was disappointing. On the other hand, it's more of a fault on our end. It turns out the PVP / raid / trade events don't happen everyday, and on the days they happen it's only during very limited time slots. I was lucky a year ago that I just bumped into a PVP event, but this time we first went on a non-event day and nobody was there, and then we went on a raid day and realized the raid was a few hours later. So if you plan to visit and want to meet up with other players, check out their website on the event schedule and exact time slots first. Otherwise you will be...

A female store clerk was quite unfriendly towards foreigners. There was a sticker giveaway event for members that day. My friend and I were discussing the details in English when the store clerk directly told us that foreigners cannot participate (it was not stated on the notice). When we were ready to pay for our items, she just focused on interacting with the Japanese customers next to us and neglected us at the counter. She also directly refused our participation in the activity of purchasing items to receive giveaways by showing the game screen, stating that it was only available for foreigners. (However, there was no sign indicating this). If you are so averse to foreigners, it is recommended that your store put up a sign at the entrance saying: 'Refuse entry to any...

A good place to meet people and trade Pokemon on Pokemon Go. Write number and name of the Pokemon you are looking for or you want to trade. There is a counter where the staff helps you with it. Sometimes, there are challenges to do. Check the schedule for the month 😊 On Community day, you can do the showcase with the board put out for everyone to see.

You can get stickers. Also make new friends at Pokemon Lab. 😄

Good experience! Got cute...