What you will need: a Japanese credit card (Visa, Mastercard, JCB or Yahoo) or bank account to make the donation.
To start, you need to make a Yahoo! Japan account and then set up a Yahoo! Wallet for payment. You can get there from the home page of the Pokemon With You project page.
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| Sign up for an account by clicking on the link near the top of the page. |
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| Create a new account by typing in the details here. You can get a postal code using Google :) For typing Japanese, you can copy & paste the hiragana characters from Wikipedia. |
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| Confirm the account details. |
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| Check your email and click on the link inside. |
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| You should see this message for a successful registration. Click on the link down the bottom to register payment option. |
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| Fill in your details here. You can get an address using Google Maps :) This shows how to register with a credit card but you can also register with your bank account. |
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| You should see something like this if your registration was successful. |
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| Head back to the Pokemon With You page and click on the yellow donation button. You should see this page to start the donation process. Click on the yellow button to continue. |
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| Choose your donation amount here. The default is 500 yen but you can choose much higher than that :) |
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| Confirm the amount that you wish to donate and your credit card details. |
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| You should see something like this if your donation was successful. Click on the highlighted link to go back to the Pokemon With You project page. |
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| If you have donated, the page should show you the Pikachu serial code on the right. |