𝗜𝗸𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂: 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮 Pikachu Invasion Yokohama—officially known as “Pikachu Outbreak!” (ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ！)—is a large-scale summer event in Yokohama that began in 2014 as a tourism and city-branding collaboration between The Pokémon Company and the city of Yokohama. The concept was simple but powerful: fill major public spaces like Minato Mirai, shopping streets, and waterfront plazas with hundreds of Pikachu mascots performing synchronized dances, par