Pokémon Center

The Pokémon Center is a chain of specialty stores selling Pokémon-related merchandise.

Pokémon Centers are predominantly located in Japan, the first having opened in Tokyo in 1998.

[1] Real Pokémon Centers, named after the fictional counterparts, sell merchandise such as action figures, plush toys, cereal boxes, clothing, backpacks, and badges.

This original Pokémon Center eventually closed and reopened in a different location.

[5][6] Only four Pokémon Centers remained open at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and the location in Okayama closed permanently.