Ishikawa Prefecture announced at the Governor’s Press Conference held on May 14 that it will renew the Norinosatoyama Airport as the “Norinosatoyama Pokemon with You Airport. The airport will open on July 7 and run for about three years until September 30, 2028. This is the first airport in the world to be named after Pokemon in cooperation with the Pokemon with You Foundation.
At the press conference, the airport’s original artwork “Kibo no Sora” commemorating the opening, images of the airport’s interior and exterior, and related projects such as original menus and merchandise will be unveiled, including a large Pikachu and airplane balloon floating in the second floor atrium as a symbol of the airport, and 111 different “flying type” Pokémon* will welcome visitors throughout the airport. type” Pokémon (*) will greet visitors throughout the airport.
*Excluding mega-shinka, region form, etc.
The 1st floor arrival lobby will be decorated with “Akarui Mirai,” an artwork supporting the recovery of Noto; the 3rd floor visitor deck will be filled with Pikachu, and Pokémon decorations can be seen on building signs, entrance pillars, entrances, boarding bridges, and various other locations.
At the airport restaurant, a collaboration menu of two types of pancakes and two types of drinks will be available. If you order pancakes and drinks as a set, they will be served on an original luncheon mat.
The store offers original goods such as T-shirts, key chains, luggage tags, and suitcase belts.
In addition, the Hokuriku Railway Group’s Noto-bound express bus (Wajima-Kanazawa) will operate a daily round-trip bus service with Pokémon wrapping. The Noto Shuyu Bus will operate a new route that will take the wrapped bus to Pokémon sightseeing spots in the Noto Peninsula.
The new route of the loop bus will include stops at the Wakura Pokemon Footbath in Nanao City, Anamizu Station and POKÉMON with YOU Train in Anamizu Town, and the “NINFIA with LOVE” monument in Suzu City, but the details of the stops will be announced as soon as they are coordinated.
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