There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the new Pokemon themed Shinkansen (bullet train) by the JR East company running here in Japan. Well today I took a trip on it. It was the Asama Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagano. We start off with a pic of good old Pikachu and the fire monkey (names will not be included other than Pikachu because I don’t know them. If you care look it up yourself).
A rabbit and some small animal
A lizard and something in an egg?
A big-eared animal, similar to Pokota from Slayers Revolution
Pikachu, a turtle and the fire monkey
Pikachu again (seeing a trend?)
And… another Pikachu
Egg creature, lizard, squirrel and a bird
big eared creature
Things I can’t even begin to identify
A flying honeycomb… yes you read that right
Pikachu’s butt
More strange creatures
A Venus flytrap-like creature
A cat
Something with flowers in its hair
And the end with Pikachu and the bird again
Finally, to top the whole thing off, Pikachu on the seats.
I think we can safely assume that Pikachu is the Pokemon of choice among the Japanese, or at least the most recognizable one. I definitely wasn’t the only one taking pictures of the train in the Nagano station.
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Wow, these people must have been playing alot of Diamond/Pearl.
pokemon….*shiverss
lol they must have watched alot of Diamond and Pearl along with a few rounds of D/P xDD;;
OMG, that is so cool! I only didn’t recognize 2 of them… odd because I played through all the games…
Huge ad for the 11th Pokémon movie I guess, and I recognize all the characters..
Well for reference sake, front to back:
1)Pikachu
2)Chimchar
3)Buneary
4)Buizel
5)Croagunk
6)Happiny (Chansey pre-evolution)
7)Shaymin (Sky Form)
8)Turtwig
9)Pachirisu
10)Piplup
11)Shaymin (Land Form)
12)Gliscor
13)Combee (Female)
14)Wobbuffet
15)Mime Jr. (Mr.Mime Pre-evolution)
16)Carnivine
and
17)Meowth