Floaroma Town
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Floaroma Town (Japanese: ソノオタウン Sonoo Town) is a town in the region of Sinnoh, known for its honey and vividly scented flowers that grow everywhere. It is the first area where Berries from non-player characters are available in Generation IV. Notable landmarks include the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop in the middle of town, the Floaroma Meadow found to the north, and an anime-exclusive Contest Hall. A girl with a Clefairy hands out TM88 (Pluck) here.
In Pokémon Platinum, Floaroma Town has a wooden arch at its southern entrance, among other things.
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History and tradition
According to the townspeople, Floaroma Town was once a barren and desolate hill. People started planting flowers around it to cheer up the place, but nothing would grow. Then, someone expressed thanks for a blessing of nature, and the whole hill burst into bloom. It is theorized that Shaymin was the cause of the sudden burst of flowers, given it being the Gratitude Pokémon, and its ability to "instantly transform ruined land into a lush field of flowers," according to its Pokédex entry.
Places of interest
Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop
- Main article: Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop
The Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop offers players the game's first berries, equipment needed for raising berries, and a number of accessories in exchange for berries.
Floaroma Meadow
- Main article: Floaroma Meadow
The Floaroma Meadow is an area accessed through the flowers in the northeast section of Floaroma Town proper, but still part of the town according to the Town Map. The first time the player visits Floaroma Town, the entrance to the meadow is blocked by two Team Galactic grunts. The player must defeat them to gain access to a honey tree, a man who sells honey, and the key to Valley Windworks.
A path in Floaroma Town leading to the meadow begins with a sign which reads:
Contest Hall
Found only in the anime, the Floaroma Contest Hall was featured in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! and Settling a Not-So-Old Score!. In it, Dawn participated in a contest with her Piplup. Jessie participated in the contest but was defeated in the first battle round by Dawn. Kenny, a childhood friend and rival of Dawn, also debuted and participated in the contest with his Prinplup. Dawn finally won her first Ribbon in this contest, by narrowly defeating Kenny in the final battle round.
Demographics
The population of the town in-game is 20, a rather high number for such a small town. Apparently this is caused by the alluring aroma of the typical flowers and honey of the town.
Poké Mart
| Item | Price |
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Balls
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| Poké Ball |  200
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| Heal Ball | 300
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| Net Ball | 1,000
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Medicine
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| Potion | 300
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| Super Potion | 700
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| Antidote | 100
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| Parlyz Heal | 200
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| Awakening | 250
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| Burn Heal | 250
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| Ice Heal | 250
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Other items
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| Escape Rope | 550
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| Repel | 350
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| Bloom Mail | 50
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Items
Trivia
- Floaroma's Japanese town motto is あざやかに はなかおる まち.
- In the 2009 Pokémon annual, Floaroma Town is incorrectly spelled "Floarama".
- In Oh, Do You Know The Poffin Plan?, a story was told about a woman who made all of the flowers, probably because they would otherwise need to show Shaymin, which was not revealed at that time. The NPCs in-game simply say it was a Pokémon.
In other languages
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ソノオタウン Sonō Town | Most likely taken from その garden |
| English | Floaroma Town | From flora and aroma. |
| French | Floraville | From Latin flora, and ville, village. |
| German | Flori | From Flora. |
| Italian | Giardinfiorito | From giardino, garden, and fiorito, flowering. |
| Spanish | Pueblo Aromaflor | From aroma, fragrance, and flor, flower. |
| Korean | 꽃향기마을 Kkothyanggi Village | 꽃향기(‘’kkothyanggi) means ‘’flower fragrance’’. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 苑之鎮 Yuàn Zhī Zhèn | Literally "town in a garden". |
| This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world. |
