Miyazaki Airport

Miyazaki Airport keeps a roughly 3.4-meter Alolan Exeggutor in its terminal, the anchor of the prefecture's long-running Pokémon tie-up. The airport puts its big Exeggutor displays in the 1F Oasis Plaza, which is landside, before security, so you can see them without a boarding pass.

Exeggutor, Nassy (ナッシー) in Japanese, became Miyazaki's Support Pokémon in October 2020 under Pokémon Local Acts, the program that also pairs Slowpoke with Kagawa. The palms made the match. Miyazaki sells itself as the Sunny Spot of Japan, its prefectural tree is the phoenix palm, and the Alolan Exeggutor is a palm tree that walks. The tourism campaign built on it is called Nassy Resort in Miyazaki, and the resort it means is the prefecture and its palm-lined coast, not a hotel you can book.

Summer is when the airport goes big, though what it puts up changes from year to year. In 2022 the centerpiece was a 10.9-meter Alolan Exeggutor balloon in the Oasis Plaza, up from July 1 to Aug. 28, and a giant Exeggutor came back in 2023. The 2024 campaign went smaller: Nassy sun visors handed out at the 1F information desk, Nassy goods for sale at the 2F Sansan Ichiba market from July 4 to Sept. 4, and a stop on a digital stamp rally inside the terminal. No 2026 dates were posted as of August 2026, so check the airport's site before planning a visit around it.

The tie-up reaches well past the terminal. Solaseed Air flies a painted Nassy Jet, and Pokéfuta, the Pokémon manhole covers, are set into streets across the prefecture. The campaign's official site offers a free Nassy guide map that marks every one.