The Pikachu Outbreak festivities take place in Yokohama’s bayside Minato Mirai district, which is serviced by the Minato Mirai subway line, which has a Minato Mirai Station.
Like just about every modern rail stop in Japan, Minato Mirai Station has automated ticket gates that make a chime as they scan your ticket or pass card, but as of August 1, you’ll notice that some of the gates have Pikachu tracks leading to them!
Well, technically there’s a chance you might not hear “Pikachu!”, since the Pikachu ticket gates actually have three different greetings, with the others being “Pika pika!” and just “Pika!”
Visitors to the site of the Pikachu Outbreak get a special hello from the Pokémon star himself!