Pokémon Center BANGKOK opens on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, on level 6 of centralwOrld in central Bangkok (unit C604/2, Ratchadamri Road), a short walk from BTS Chit Lom station. It will be open daily from 10:00 to 22:00, following the mall's hours.
It is Thailand's first Pokémon Center and the third permanent one in Asia outside Japan, and The Pokémon Company announces it as the largest Pokémon Center outside Japan by floor area. Its emblem pairs Pikachu with Shaymin, its first goods include Pikachu plush in traditional Thai dress, and there is no opening promo card. As of October 29, 2026, the company has not said how entry will work on opening day.
| Pokémon Center BANGKOK | As of October 29, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Opening day | Tuesday, December 1, 2026 |
| Address | centralwOrld, unit C604/2, level 6 (central court zone), 4, 4/1-4/2, 4/4 Ratchadamri Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330 |
| Nearest station | BTS Chit Lom (E1), Sukhumvit line; the mall gives exit 1 |
| Hours | Daily 10:00 to 22:00, subject to the mall's hours and holidays |
| Size | Announced as the largest Pokémon Center outside Japan; no floor area published |
| Emblem | Pikachu and Shaymin (Land Forme) |
| First goods shown | Pikachu plush, male and female, in Thai dress; Shaymin plush; Pikachu and Shaymin keychain pair |
| Prices | Not announced |
| Opening promo card | None |
| Opening pin or store stamp | None announced |
| Entry on opening day | Not announced: no queue, ticket, reservation or lottery rules published |
| Payment and tax refund | Not announced |
| Official updates | The shop page of the official Thai Pokémon website and the Pokémon Thailand Facebook page |
For the other Pokémon Centers, with their addresses and hours, see our list of every Pokémon Center in the world.
The emblemPikachu and Shaymin hugging above the Poké Ball medallion
Shaymin, Land FormeThe Gratitude Pokémon, chosen as the shop's own
The entrancePikachu and Shaymin on a flower bed; a rendering, not a photo
The key artPikachu in Thai dress and Shaymin in a floating marketWhat the store will sell
The company says the shop will carry Pokémon Trading Card Game products, plush and special-edition items. At its 30th-anniversary press conference at centralwOrld on October 26, 2026, it showed the first Bangkok goods:
- Pikachu plush, male and female, both in traditional Thai dress: a buttoned jacket, belt and dark trousers for one, a draped shawl, patterned skirt and a flower at the ear for the other. They closely resemble the costumes the walking Pikachu wore at the shop's signing in May 2026.
- Shaymin plush, holding a round purple fruit that looks like a mangosteen.
- A Pikachu and Shaymin keychain pair: two small plush on gold Poké Ball clips, each holding a flower garland.
Prices, the full opening lineup and any purchase limits had not been published as of October 29, 2026. The October 26 announcement said Pokémon Thailand would give the product lineup in a separate release later that week; by October 29 it had not appeared on the company's Thai website or its press site.
Pikachu plush, male and femaleBoth in traditional Thai dress
Shaymin plushHolding a purple fruit that looks like a mangosteen
Keychain pairShaymin and Pikachu, each with a flower garland
Pikachu in Thai dress, May 2026The walking Pikachu at the signing, May 5, 2026Pokémon cards
The card game is published in Thai (the Thai 30th CELEBRATION expansion came out on September 16, 2026), and the shop will sell card-game products, but as of October 29, 2026, the company has not said which languages or sets it will stock, at what prices, or with what limits. There is no opening promo card: the company said so when it unveiled the emblem on September 16, 2026. Taipei, by contrast, gave a Pikachu card with any purchase when it opened in 2023, as our guide to Pokémon Center promo cards shows.
Pins and stamps
No logo pin, store stamp or other commemorative item for the opening had been announced as of October 29, 2026. The two other permanent Centers in Asia outside Japan have had one: Taipei's logo pin went on sale on its opening day, December 8, 2023, at NT$210, and Singapore's pin of its new emblem on July 1, 2026, at S$10. Our Pokémon Center pin checklist covers every shop's pin. The only Bangkok stamp announced is digital: the Pokémon GO PokéXciting! stamp, collectable in Bangkok from February 13, 2027.
Opening day: what to expect
December 1, 2026, is a Tuesday, and the shop's published hours start at 10:00 every day. As of October 29, 2026, the company had published nothing else about the first days: nothing on queues, numbered tickets, reservations or a lottery, on purchase limits, on payment methods or on tax refunds for visitors.
The closest guide is its notice for the PokéXciting! goods it will sell at the shop from February 13, 2027: purchase limits, entry restrictions and a lottery may be used, entry guidelines will be on the Pokémon Thailand Facebook page, and anyone who does not follow staff instructions may be refused entry or sale. That page and the shop page of the official Thai Pokémon website are where the company says it posts updates.
| Date | Announced |
|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Pokémon Center BANGKOK announced at a signing with Central Pattana, centralwOrld's operator; walking Pikachu in Thai dress |
| September 16, 2026 | Emblem with Shaymin, level 6, hours, nearest station, the entrance design; no promo card for the opening |
| October 26, 2026 | Opening day, the first goods, Pokémon RUN 30 and PokéXciting! in Bangkok |
| December 1, 2026 | Opening |
| February 13, 2027 | PokéXciting! Pikachu goods on sale at the shop |
As of October 29, 2026. Not announced yet: entry rules, purchase limits, prices, payment methods, tax refund, a pin or a stamp.
Getting there
Take the BTS Sukhumvit line to Chit Lom (E1), the nearest station; the mall gives exit 1 at Chit Lom, and exit 4 at Siam, which serves both BTS lines. The company's map shows the Sky Walk running from the BTS line into the mall. Inside centralwOrld, go up to level 6, central court zone: the shop is unit C604/2, next to an escalator.
For a taxi, the shop's address in Thai is: เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์ ห้อง C604/2 ชั้น 6 เลขที่ 4, 4/1-4/2, 4/4 ถนนราชดำริ แขวงปทุมวัน เขตปทุมวัน กรุงเทพมหานคร 10330. The mall itself is open daily from 10:00 to 22:00.
Around the mallBTS Siam and Chit Lom, the Sky Walk, the shop's pin
Level 6Unit C604/2 in the central court zonePokémon's 30th anniversary in Bangkok
The opening is the first of a run of 30th-anniversary events that The Pokémon Company announced with Central Pattana on October 26, 2026, most of them at the same mall.
| Date | Event | Where | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2026 | Pokémon Center BANGKOK opens | centralwOrld, level 6 | Daily 10:00 to 22:00 |
| From early January 2027 | Pokémon 30th visuals | Selected MRT locations | Activities with the MRT operator in January and February 2027 |
| January 9 and 10, 2027 | Pokémon RUN 30: Thailand Edition | From Nimibutr Stadium to the front plaza of centralwOrld | A fun run of about 4.5 km; tickets 3,200 baht with a Pikachu shoulder plush, or 2,800 baht, on sale since October 26, 2026; free Festival Zone with a Pokémon pop-up store |
| February 13 and 14, 2027 | PokéXciting! in Bangkok | centralwOrld | Free; parade, night stage show, Meet & Greet; PokéXciting! Pikachu in its orange Bangkok look |
| From February 13, 2027 | PokéXciting! Pikachu goods | Pokémon Center BANGKOK | Limited quantities; purchase limits, entry limits or a lottery possible |
| February 13 and 14, 2027 | Pokémon GO event | Bangkok | The orange PokéXciting! Pikachu in the game; the Bangkok GO Stamp Rally stamp from February 13 |
Dates and prices as announced by October 29, 2026.
Registered runners get a kit with a T-shirt, a bib in the type they choose (Grass, Fire or Water), a matching lenticular card of Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle and a Pokémon card game booster pack, collected at centralwOrld on December 18 to 20, 2026. Bangkok is the last of PokéXciting!'s five cities, after Kuala Lumpur (September 12 and 13, 2026), Taipei (October 10 and 11), Singapore (November 7 and 8) and Manila (January 23 and 24, 2027).
PokéXciting! at centralwOrldFebruary 13 and 14, 2027; a rendering
PokéXciting! Pikachu, Bangkok lookPictured with the notice on the goods sold at the shop from February 13, 2027
Pokémon RUN 30 runner's kitThe shoulder plush comes with the Premium ticket
Pokémon RUN plushAmong the goods shown for the run's pop-up store
Pokémon RUN charmAmong the goods shown for the run's pop-up storeBangkok against Singapore and Taipei
| Singapore | Taipei | Bangkok | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opened | April 17, 2019 | December 8, 2023 | December 1, 2026 |
| Where | Jewel Changi Airport, level 4 | Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Place A11, third floor | centralwOrld, level 6 |
| Emblem Pokémon, with Pikachu | Solgaleo since July 1, 2026 (Lapras and Celebi before) | Dragonite | Shaymin |
| Hours | Daily 10:00 to 22:00 | 11:00 to 21:30, to 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays | Daily 10:00 to 22:00 |
| Opening promo card | None on record | Pikachu 057/SV-P, with any purchase | None |
| Logo pin | S$10 for the 2026 emblem (a first pin in 2020) | NT$210, from opening day | Not announced |
Singapore and Taipei as checked September 24 to 28, 2026; Bangkok as of October 29, 2026.
Of the three, Bangkok is the one the company announces as the largest outside Japan. Like Singapore, whose openings have no card on record, it opens without a promo card; Taipei is the only one of the three that had one.
FAQ
When does Pokémon Center Bangkok open?
On Tuesday, December 1, 2026, a date The Pokémon Company announced on October 26, 2026. It will open daily from 10:00 to 22:00, following centralwOrld's hours.
Where is Pokémon Center Bangkok?
On level 6 of centralwOrld, unit C604/2, in the central court zone, on Ratchadamri Road in Pathum Wan, central Bangkok. The nearest station is BTS Chit Lom on the Sukhumvit line.
Is there a Pokémon Center in Thailand?
Not until December 1, 2026, when Pokémon Center BANGKOK opens as the country's first. It is the third permanent Pokémon Center in Asia outside Japan, after Singapore and Taipei.
Is Pokémon Center Bangkok the biggest outside Japan?
The Pokémon Company says it has the largest floor area of any Pokémon Center outside Japan. It had not published the floor area as of October 29, 2026.
Will there be a promo card for the opening?
No. The company said in September 2026 that no Pokémon card will be given out to mark the opening.
Does Pokémon Center Bangkok sell Pokémon cards?
The company says it will sell Pokémon Trading Card Game products, alongside plush and special-edition items. As of October 29, 2026, it had not said which languages, sets or prices, or whether purchases will be limited.
Is there a Pokémon Center Bangkok pin or stamp?
None had been announced as of October 29, 2026. Taipei and Singapore have both had a logo pin; Bangkok's only announced stamp is the Pokémon GO PokéXciting! stamp, from February 13, 2027.
Do I need a ticket or reservation to visit?
Nothing had been announced for the opening days as of October 29, 2026. For its February 2027 goods the company has warned that purchase limits, entry restrictions and a lottery may be used, with entry guidelines on the Pokémon Thailand Facebook page.
Why is Shaymin on the logo?
The company has not said why it chose the Mythical Pokémon Shaymin. Its announcement presents Shaymin, the Gratitude Pokémon, with its Pokédex entry: the flowers on its body bloom when it is lovingly hugged and senses gratitude. On the emblem, Pikachu and Shaymin are hugging.
