Sendai and Mexico City get ongoing Stamp Rallies

Two cities, two Pokémon GO Stamp Rallies: Sendai • Tohoku, Japan, and Mexico City, Mexico. They opened on November 2, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. Paris time on November 3), with no planned end date. You have to be there: the rally activates when you enter the citywide gameplay area.

What you earn: the Sendai – Lapras Stamp Rally gives an encounter with a Lapras that has a Sendai • Tohoku Location Background; the Mexico City – Hawlucha Stamp Rally, an encounter with a Hawlucha that has a Mexico City Location Background. If you are lucky, it is shiny: Lapras has been shiny since April 2019, Hawlucha since February 2026.

How it works: approach any PokéStop in the rally to receive a stamp sheet. Participating PokéStops show an orange stamp icon and appear on a dedicated map. Spin their Photo Discs to add a stamp, in any order you like, and you need eight. The longer you press, the denser the ink, and a stamp cannot be pressed again.

Lapras is a Water and Ice type, boosted by Rainy and Snow weather. Hawlucha is a Fighting and Flying type, boosted by Cloudy and Windy weather.

The stops include the Site of Sendai Castle, the Sendai Mediatheque and Matsushima Park in Japan; the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Diana Cazadora and the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. The full list is in the official announcement.