Pokémon GO Fest 2026 in Tokyo

The Pokémon GO Fest 2026 in Tokyo comes up next summer! Get ready to embark on a journey of a lifetime. Pokémon GO is celebrating ten years of community, discovery, and exploration.

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Dates for the Pokémon GO Fest 2026 in Tokyo

The GO Fest in Tokyo will be held at the Tokyo Bay Area in Japan on the following dates.

Event Dates: Friday, May 29 – Monday, June 1, 2026
Event Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time (i.e., Japan Standard Time)

Please note that the ticketed Citywide Gameplay will begin on Monday, May 25, 2026. More event tickets will go on sale by March 31, 2026, during the General Admission sale. Tickets will be available for purchase through Niantic Live Events Ticketing.

More specifically, the event starts on Monday, May 25, at 12:00 a.m. It ends on Monday, June 1, at 11:59 p.m. local time.

Check: In-Person Pokémon GO Fest 2026 for details about Event Gameplay, in-person experience, and more.

Park and City Trainer Experience

Trainers will be required to select from two gameplay sessions to guide their gameplay throughout the day. All attendees will receive two separate Research stories as follows

Special Research during Park Gameplay
Timed Research during Citywide Gameplay

Morning Session

With a Morning Session ticket, Trainers will start their day off in the park and explore all the park has to offer. Between sessions, there will be an intermission without gameplay in the park to allow transit from the park to your preferred play location within the city. Trainers can begin the Citywide Gameplay portion of their experience as soon as they have left or are a little bit away from the park.

Then, in the afternoon, Trainers will begin the Citywide Gameplay portion of their experience! During the Citywide portion of your experience, you can enjoy event gameplay no matter where you are located within the city.

Afternoon Session

With an Afternoon Session ticket, Trainers will begin their day by enjoying event gameplay anywhere in the host city. During the intermission between Park sessions, Trainers can still continue their Citywide Gameplay portion of their experience until they are near or in the park. Ticket-holding Trainers will not begin gameplay or complete Research until the listed times of their afternoon Park session.

Once gameplay begins at the listed time, Trainers will enjoy the Park Gameplay portion of their experience, enjoying all that the park has to offer.

All ticket holders are allowed to re-enter the event throughout their ticketed session. Only ticket holders during the listed times on their ticket will be able to participate in the Pokémon GO Fest gameplay experience and specialized elements.

City Explorer Tickets

City Explorer tickets will provide access to event-exclusive gameplay throughout the host city on the day listed on the ticket. This ticket only enables citywide gameplay for a single full event day. The Morning or Afternoon Park Experience is not included with this ticket. The Timed Research for your City Experience will be granted on the first day that you have a ticket to play in the city, and it will remain available until the final day of the in-person event.

Once you have a base ticket, you can purchase additional add-ons. The Citywide Gameplay add-on will give you additional days of city event play to extend the fun, and you can also purchase the Raid Lover or Egg-thusiast add-ons to play your way! The Raid Lover and Egg-thusiast add-ons are active every day of the in-person event.

Please note: You will not be able to purchase any ticket that includes the Park Experience if you purchase a City Explorer ticket. Tickets that include the Park Experience are only available while supplies last. No extra tickets will be available once the event has sold out.

Add-Ons

Egg-thusiast

1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
3× Hatch XP
3× Hatch Candy
3× Hatch Stardust

Raid Lover

Up to 18 daily Raid Passes by spinning Photo Discs at Gyms
An Additional 5,000 XP from completed raids
6 additional Candy awarded for catching Pokémon in five-star and higher raids
3 additional Candy XL awarded for catching Pokémon in five-star and higher raids (Trainers level 31+)

Additional Citywide Gameplay Days

Extend the GO Fest fun and enjoy a city experience throughout Tokyo on the extra event day—or days—of your choice! This add-on provides an additional day of the citywide gameplay experience that is available on your primary event day, with a few restrictions.

These add-ons only enable additional citywide gameplay. The Tokyo Waterfront City event experience is only available on your primary event day at the time indicated on your ticket.

The following bonuses will be available from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time on your ticketed additional citywide gameplay days.

An increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon
An increased chance of catching Pokémon with a Premier Ball
Special event-themed Eggs
Up to 6 Special Trades per day
1/2 Stardust cost for all trades
1/2 Hatch Distance
Receive 1.5× Candy for hatching Pokémon during ticketed citywide gameplay days
Receive 1.5× Stardust for hatching Pokémon during ticketed citywide gameplay days
Up to 9 daily Raid Passes by spinning Photo Discs at Gyms
Access to event Field Research tasks
Open up to 50 Gifts per ticketed citywide gameplay day

Additional bonuses

The following bonuses will be available during the event hours of your ticketed additional citywide gameplay days.

Wild encounters with event Pokémon
2 hour Lure duration
2 hour Incense duration
2× Catch Candy
Hourly event-themed Field Research
Increased time for Party Play

Note: City Explorer ticketholders may purchase Citywide Gameplay add-ons. Restrictions for the Citywide Gameplay add-ons apply. Trainers will only receive the ticketed event Special Research once.

Additional Citywide Gameplay

Additional Citywide Gameplay will be available on the following days.