Ito En Pokémon Local Acts Vending Machines

Some of the most obscure Pokémon art in Japan is on drink machines at rest stops and parks, and it does a job: these machines are also a blackout supply. Ito En wraps its disaster-response vending machines in each prefecture's Pokémon Local Acts ambassador, so Slowpoke covers the machines at Marugame Castle and Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa, while Lapras takes Miyagi's, including one on the Sendai Airport observation deck. If the power goes out, the machine can be run by key or hand crank to give out its drinks for free. The machines were also Gyms in Pokémon GO until Ito En's partnership with the game ended on December 31, 2025, and Ito En said its Gyms would be removed from January 2026.

Twelve prefectures have a design: Alolan Vulpix and Vulpix in Hokkaido, Geodude in Iwate, Lapras in Miyagi, Chansey in Fukushima, Dragonite in Fukui, Oshawott in Mie, Sandshrew and Alolan Sandshrew in Tottori, Slowpoke in Kagawa, Quagsire in Kochi, Ampharos in Nagasaki, Exeggutor in Miyazaki and Growlithe in Okinawa.

There are too many machines to pin here, so use the list at the bottom of this page with Ito En's own map, linked below. The map is in Japanese and was last updated in March 2024, when it showed 120 machines across Hokkaido, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Fukui, Mie, Tottori, Kagawa and Miyazaki. Kochi, Nagasaki and Okinawa got their ambassadors later in 2024 and are missing from it, so treat the map as a starting list rather than a complete one. The newer machines we could confirm are listed below.

The opening panel explains the map in Japanese, so close it with the X. The blue dots are machines, and tapping one does nothing. Pinch to zoom, or press the + at the lower left, until the scale bar reads about 10 km and names appear beside the dots. To jump to a prefecture, tap the second icon at the top right to open the Bookmark panel, then tap a picture of a machine. The eight pictures run in the order Hokkaido, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Mie, Tottori, Kagawa, Miyazaki, and Fukui has none, so find its two machines by zooming in by hand.

Each name reads ITO EN, then the location, then 災害対応自販機, which means disaster-response vending machine. Many locations start with 道の駅, a michi-no-eki roadside rest stop, which makes them easier to reach by car than by train.

Newer machines not on the map

Ito En hasn't published a newer list, so these three come from individual announcements, and there may be others. As of November 2026, we found no announcement of a machine in Okinawa.

Location	Where to find it	Installed
Nagasaki Prefectural General Athletic Park, Isahaya, Nagasaki	In front of the restrooms at Chibikko Plaza	May 16, 2025
Shimabara Castle, Shimabara, Nagasaki	Near the entrance of the main keep shop	May 16, 2025
Tosa Terrace, Kochi	South side of the building, by Kochi Station's south exit	August 1, 2025

The 120 machines on the map

This is the map's March 2024 list. Tap a location to open the machine's coordinates in Google Maps. The English names are our translations, and some readings of Japanese place names are our best guess. The Japanese names are as they appear on the map, so use those to search.

Hokkaido (30)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Hitsuji no Machi Samurai Shibetsu	道の駅羊のまち侍・しべつ
Michi-no-Eki Kaminokuni Monju	道の駅上ノ国もんじゅ
Highland Furano	ハイランドふらの
Shintotsukawa Town Hall	新十津川町役場
Michi-no-Eki Ashoro, south side	道の駅足寄南側
Michi-no-Eki Engaru Mori no Okhotsk	道の駅遠軽森のオホーツク
Poroto Mintara Tourist Information	ポロトミンタラ観光インフォメーション
Naganuma Onsen	ながぬま温泉
Asahikawa Products Association	旭川物産協会
Michi-no-Eki Maoi no Oka Park	道の駅マオイの丘公園
Toge no Yu Bihoro	峠の湯びほろ
Biratori Town Hall	平取町役場
Meruhen no Oka Memanbetsu	メルヘンの丘めまんべつ
Lasora Sapporo Building B, 1F, beside the escalator	ラソラ札幌Ｂ棟１階ＥＳ横
Idemitsu Culture Park	出光カルチャーパーク
Showa Park, central plaza rest facility	昭和公園中央広場休憩施設
Mandai Tokachi Otofuke	万代 十勝音更店
Lasora Sapporo Building A, 2F	ラソラ札幌Ａ棟２階
Donan Shiki no Mori Park	道南四季の杜公園
Oyama Ski Area, parking lot	大山スキー場前 駐車場
Shintoku Stella Station	新得ステラステーション
Michi-no-Eki Akaigawa	道の駅あかいがわ
Tomakomai Umi no Eki Hokkikan	とまこまい海の駅 ほっき館
Jihanki Land	自販機ランド
Michi-no-Eki Otofuke Natsuzora no Furusato	道の駅おとふけなつぞらのふる里
Michi-no-Eki Nakasatsunai	道の駅なかさつない
Chuo Bus Sapporo Terminal	中央バス札幌ターミナル
Makomanai Takino Cemetery skate park	真駒内滝野霊園スケボーパーク
Mitsuboshi main store	三星 本店
Sapporo Tokyu Department Store, south entrance	さっぽろ東急百貨店南口自販機

Iwate (5)

Location	Japanese name
Kuji City Tourism Exchange Center	久慈市観光交流センター
Kokuji Community Center	小久慈市民センター
Goishi Coast Rest House	碁石海岸レストハウス
Fudai Village Tourist Center	普代村観光センター
Miyako City Regional Revitalization Center	宮古市地域創生センター

Miyagi (32)

Location	Japanese name
Shichigahama Town Tourism Exchange Center	七ヶ浜町観光交流センター
Yuriage Port Morning Market	ゆりあげ港朝市協同組合
Miyagi Prefectural General Sports Park, Tsudoi no Hiroba	宮城県総合運動公園 集いの広場
Yamoto Seaside Green Park, by the rest area	矢本海浜緑地公園 休憩所前
JR Fruit Park Sendai Arahama	ＪＲフルーツパーク仙台あらはま
AER, outdoors	アエル屋外
Seihoku Park Ishinomaki, children's plaza	セイホクパーク石巻 こども広場
Tagajo Station plaza	多賀城駅前広場
Arao Park	荒雄公園
Misaikan Furusato	味彩館ふるさと
Shionai Park	塩内公園
Yakurai Yakushi no Yu	やくらい薬師の湯
Kesennuma City Park Golf Course	気仙沼市パークゴルフ場
Kids Farm Kawasaki	キッズファームかわさき
Nagasuka Multipurpose Plaza	ながすか多目的広場
JR Tsukinoki Station	ＪＲ槻木駅
Shiroishi Castle, outside the keep	白石城天守閣外
Aqua Terrace Nishikigaoka	アクアテラス錦ヶ丘
Aobajo Honmaru Kaikan, tour bus stop	青葉城本丸会館 大型バス乗り場
Jogi Shimizukan	定義 清水館
Yama no Eki Kurikoma	山の駅くりこま
Miyagi Prefectural General Sports Park, Parking Lot 1	宮城県総合運動公園第一駐車場
Michinoku Date Masamune Historical Museum	みちのく伊達政宗歴史館
Aeon Mall Shin-Rifu, South Building, 1F	イオンモール新利府南館１階
Aeon Mall Shin-Rifu, North Building, 2F event plaza	イオンモール新利府北館２階イベント広場
Aeon Mall Natori, Gourmet Garden entrance	イオンモール名取グルメガーデン入口
Horiuchi Bussanten	堀内物産店
Sendai Airport observation deck	仙台国際空港展望デッキ
Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Sendai, Building 1	ヨドバシカメラマルチメディア仙台第一ビル
Michi-no-Eki Shichikashuku	道の駅七ヶ宿
Mandai Trading Card Sendai Clis Road	マンダイトレカ仙台クリスロード店
Mandai Amusement Park Sendai Izumi	万代アミューズメントパーク仙台泉店

Fukushima (25)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Aizu Yugawa Aizubange	道の駅あいづ 湯川会津坂下
Nishigo Village Nekoronbo Hiroba, rest area	西郷村 ねころんぼ広場休憩所
Samegawa Village Temamekan farm produce shop	鮫川村農産物加工直売所 手まめ館
Active Resorts Urabandai	ＡＣＴＩＶＥＲＥＳＯＲＴＳ裏磐梯
Hobara General Park, by the management building	保原総合公園管理棟前
Michi-no-Eki Naraha, by the rest area	道の駅ならは休憩所前
Michi-no-Eki Namie	道の駅なみえ
Obama Children's Park	尾浜こども公園
Mizuiro Park	みずいろ公園
Mandai Iwaki Onahama	万代 いわき小名浜店
Masamune Nigiwai Hiroba	政宗にぎわい広場
Michi-no-Eki Yotsukura-ko, 1F	道の駅よつくら港一階
Michi-no-Eki Namie, by Chansey Park	道の駅なみえ ラッキー公園前
Michi-no-Eki Date no Sato Ryozen, food court	道の駅 伊達の郷りょうぜんフードコート
Hot Okuma	ほっと大熊
Ryozen Children's Village, by the rest area	霊山こどもの村休憩所前
Michi-no-Eki Soma	道の駅そうま
Kokonara Shotengai	ここなら笑店街
Aeon Mall Iwaki Onahama, 3F escalator	イオンモールいわき小名浜3Fエスカレーター
Iwaki Lalamew	（株）いわき市観光物産センターいわきららみゅう
Nishigo Village Marugoto Nishigo-kan	西郷村農業公社まるごと西郷館
Okaburaya Fureai Park	大鏑矢ふれあい公園
Shirakawa no Seki Forest Park	白河関の森公園
Hobara Station	（株）保原振興公社 保原駅
Yabuki Town Oike Park	矢吹町大池公園

Fukui (2)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Minami-Echizen Sankairi, 1F entrance	道の駅 南えちぜん山海里 １階入口ＶＤ
Michi-no-Eki Kyoryu Keikoku Katsuyama	道の駅 恐竜溪谷かつやまＶＤ

Mie (5)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Komono	道の駅 菰野
Michi-no-Eki Kiho Town Umigame Park	道の駅紀宝町ウミガメ公園
Hajikami Terrace	始神テラス
Toba Tourism Center Building	鳥羽観光会館ビル
Itsuki Chaya	いつき茶屋

Tottori (2)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Nishi-Inaba Kirari	道の駅 西いなば気楽里
Tottori Airport, by the counters	鳥取空港 カウンター前

Kagawa (9)

Location	Japanese name
Marugame Castle grounds	丸亀城内
Michi-no-Eki Fureai Park Mino	道の駅ふれあいパークみの
Michi-no-Eki Takinomiya	道の駅滝宮
Michi-no-Eki Takarada no Sato Saita Bussankan	道の駅たからだの里さいた物産館
Shikoku Shop 88	四国ショップ８８
Michi-no-Eki Kotohiki	道の駅ことひき
Sunport Takamatsu, Shodoshima ferry terminal	サンポート高松 小豆島行きフェリー乗り場
Higashikagawa City Hito no Eki Sanbonmatsu	東かがわ市 ひとの駅さんぼんまつ
Takamatsu Airport Building, 1F rest area	高松空港ビル １F休憩所

Miyazaki (10)

Location	Japanese name
Michi-no-Eki Seiunkyo	道の駅青雲橋
Miyazaki Kotsu Kodomo no Kuni	宮崎交通株式会社 こどものくに
JR Kyushu Takanabe Station	ＪＲ九州 高鍋駅
Kaguchihama Surf Point	蚊口浜サーフポイント
Ojibaru Park	皇子原公園
Sun Messe Nichinan, parking lot	サンメッセ日南駐車場
Hana no Eki Ikoma Kogen	花の駅生駒高原
Kannon Sakura no Sato, Kannon Ike Park	観音さくらの里観音池公園
Kannon Sakura no Sato	観音さくらの里
Michi-no-Eki Kushima	道の駅くしま