Pikachu Invades Seoul

Nov 15, 2014

Pikachu has come to Seoul!

There was a parade of Pikachu today at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) located in Seoul to celebrate the first Korean win (by Park Se Joon) at the world Pokemon championship.

In addition to watch this cute line up of Pikachus, visitors will be play in card game competitions, take the game classes, partake in quizzes, and more.

This event takes place again tomorrow at the DDP from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Here is a collection of images from Twitter:

이 사진 뭔가 좋은데. 지구를 지키러 떠나는 피카츄같다.. pic.twitter.com/OZExIIPlRx

— macrostar (@macrostar) November 15, 2014

피카츄 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 볼수가없음 이렇게 인기가 많나?? pic.twitter.com/NboVx1Ywov — 라비배긴스카이워커크 (@Rabistark) November 15, 2014

피카츄 출근길 & 퇴근길 ㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/uDuAO5ZJg3

— みなさん (@minaminazv) November 15, 2014

사람 너무 많아서 피카츄 못보나 반포기했는데, 운좋게 코앞에서 행진함ㅎㅎㅎ 말랑말랑 푹신ㅎㅎ귀여워（≧∇≦） pic.twitter.com/JqOaeCDLJI

— Ha Seung (@chocola_26) November 15, 2014

[잘 가 러버덕, 안녕 피카츄] 오늘 오후 서울 중구 동대문 디자인 플라자 어울림광장에서 열린 ‘피카츄 쇼타임’ 행사에 많은 시민들이 몰려… pic.twitter.com/McHNcTWyJK — MBCnews(문화방송뉴스) (@mbcnews) November 15, 2014

Here are some videos taken during a smiliar Pokemon Day held this past August in Yokohama, Japan.