Poké Lids in Osaka

Where are the Pokémon manhole covers in Osaka?

All five Poké Lids of Osaka Prefecture are in Higashiosaka, the city right next to Osaka on the east side. There are none in Umeda, Namba or anywhere else in Osaka city. They were unveiled on 15 September 2021 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, the first Poké Lids in the prefecture.

• Hanazono Central Park, south of the rugby stadium: Raikou
• Hanazono Central Park, by the stadium: Yamper and Togedemaru playing with a rugby ball
• Asahi-machi city office: Klink and Klang
• Higashi-Ishikiri Park: Elekid and Mawile
• Higashiosaka City Hall: Magnemite and Magneton

Each lid page gives the exact spot with a Google Maps link and directions. The street map shows all five at once.

Why Higashiosaka?

Higashiosaka is proud of two things, and the lids show both. The first is rugby: Hanazono Rugby Stadium, opened in 1929, is the oldest rugby-only stadium in Japan, home of the national high school championship and a 2019 Rugby World Cup venue. That is why Yamper and Togedemaru are passing a rugby ball.

The second is manufacturing. The city has one of the densest clusters of small factories in Japan, and its workshops even built a satellite, Maido-1, launched in 2009. So every Pokémon on these lids is an Electric or Steel type: magnets for Magnemite and Magneton, gears for Klink and Klang, sparks for Elekid and Raikou.

How to see all five in half a day

1. Take the Kintetsu Nara Line from Osaka-Namba to Higashi-Hanazono (about 20 minutes). Hanazono Central Park is a 10-minute walk: two lids, 440 m apart.
2. Walk east to the Asahi-machi city office, under 1 km away.
3. Continue to Higashi-Ishikiri Park, about 1.7 km further, within walking distance of Shin-Ishikiri Station.
4. From Shin-Ishikiri, ride the Kintetsu Keihanna Line two stops west to Aramoto: Higashiosaka City Hall is a short walk from the station.

All five lids are also PokéStops in Pokémon GO. The Keihanna Line runs straight into the Osaka Metro Chuo Line, so you are back in central Osaka in about 20 minutes.

Nearby

• Pokémon Centers: Pokémon Center Osaka DX in Shinsaibashi and Pokémon Center Osaka in Umeda.
• More lids: the five Poké Lids of Ikaruga, Nara, about 11 km east of Higashiosaka.