The abdication of Japan’s Emperor Akihito and ascension of his son, Naruhito, have conveniently come during Japan’s extra-long spring Golden Week holiday period.
“If the Emperor were a Pokémon Trainer, I bet it’d be an Empoleon [since they look like emperor penguins].”
But according to @hoteltagawa, his Pokémon GO experience on the first day of Reiwa was like no other, because while using the game’s AR camera mode, he not only encountered a Pikachu, but also Japan’s new emperor.