- Keiō Sagamihara Line Highway Tōmei Expressway Notable people from Machida Ami Onuki, half of the J-pop group Puffy Taiten Kusunoki, voice actor Megumi Toyoguchi, voice actress Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon; based Pallet Town on this town in the original Pokémon Red and Blue Masashi Takeda, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Local attractions Buaisō museum, former residence of the Shirasu family Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts Machida Squirrel Garden Tadao Park Grandberry Park (Grandberry Mall closed in Feb 2017,redeveloped and re-opened in November 2019) Sports F.C. Machida Zelvia, a football club based in Machida Pescadola Machida, a futsal club based in Machida References External links Machida City Official Website Cities in Tokyo Western Tokyo