Cherrygrove City

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Cherrygrove City ヨシノシティ
Yoshino City
"The City of Fragrant Flowers"
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Map description
A city where you can smell small flowers and a sea breeze.
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Route 30
 
Cherrygrove City
Route 29
Location
Johto Cherrygrove City Map.png
Location of Cherrygrove City in Johto.
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Gen II

Cherrygrove City (Japanese: ヨシノシティ Yoshino City) is located in south-central Johto. Though the city has no Gym, it is frequently passed through by Pokémon Trainers on their way to Violet City from New Bark Town via Route 29 in the east. The city acts mainly as a tutorial, introducing the player to the main tools of the game (the Pokémon Center, the Poké Mart, etc.).

Slogan

Generation II

The City of Cute, Fragrant Flowers (Japanese: かわいい はなの かおる まち The city of cute, fragrant flowers.)

Generation IV

The City of Fragrant Flowers (Japanese: はなのかおり ただよう まち The city with a waft of fragrant flowers.)

Places of interest

City Tour

Guide Gent (Japanese: あんないじいさん Guide Old Man), who first stands near the east entrance of Cherrygrove City, will offer the player a tour of the city. The tour route includes the Pokémon Center, the Poké Mart, the exit to Route 30, the sea, and Guide Gent's house. Upon the conclusion of the tour, the player will receive the Map Card for their Pokégear. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he instead gives the player the Running Shoes, and only gives them the Map Card upon leaving Cherrygrove City to the north.

Guide Gent's House
Full-of-Energy, High-Speed Old Man

Off-shore island

There is an off-shore island to the west of the town. Trainers are unable to reach the island when they first reach the town, due to the fact they are unable to use Surf. There is a man who will give the player the Mystic Water. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver a strip of land north of the island has a hidden Nugget, which requires HM08 (Rock Climb) to reach.

Demographics

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal, Cherrygrove City has a total population of 18.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Cherrygrove City is 22, making it the second-smallest settlement in Johto, the smallest being New Bark Town. It is the smallest city in the Pokémon world.

Poké Mart

The Poké Mart is to the left of the Pokémon Center.

Generation II


Lower cashier (Generation IV)
Upper cashier (Generation IV)


Items

Item Location Games
None Map Card Gift from Guide Gent after giving a tour around the town  G  S  C 
Running Shoes Running Shoes Gift from Guide Gent after giving a tour around the town  HG  SS 
None Map Card Gift from Guide Gent at the entrance to Route 30  HG  SS 
Mystic Water Mystic Water Gift from the man on the island in the water (requires Surf)  G  S  C  HG  SS 
Nugget Nugget ×2
  • East of the Pokémon Center, accessed from Route 30's lower pond (requires Surf) (hidden)
  • On the cliff north of the off-shore island (requires Surf and Rock Climb) (hidden)
 HG  SS 

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Morning Day Night
Surfing
Tentacool Tentacool
G S C
Surfing Surfing
20-24 60%
Tentacool Tentacool
G S C
Surfing Surfing
15-19 30%
Tentacruel Tentacruel
G S C
Surfing Surfing
20-24 10%
Fishing
Krabby Krabby
G S C
Old Rod Fishing
Old Rod
10 15%
Magikarp Magikarp
G S C
Old Rod Fishing
Old Rod
10 85%
Krabby Krabby
G S C
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 55%
Staryu Staryu
G S C
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 0% 0% 10%
Magikarp Magikarp
G S C
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 35%
Corsola Corsola
G S C
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 10% 10% 0%
Krabby Krabby
G S C
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 60%
Kingler Kingler
G S C
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 10%
Staryu Staryu
G S C
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 0% 0% 30%
Corsola Corsola
G S C
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 30% 30% 0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Generation IV

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Morning Day Night
Surfing
Tentacool Tentacool
HG SS
Surfing Surfing
10-25 90%
Tentacruel Tentacruel
HG SS
Surfing Surfing
15-25 10%
Fishing
Krabby Krabby
HG SS
Old Rod Fishing
Old Rod
10 15%
Magikarp Magikarp
HG SS
Old Rod Fishing
Old Rod
10 85%
Krabby Krabby
HG SS
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 50%
Staryu Staryu
HG SS
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 0% 0% 10%
Magikarp Magikarp
HG SS
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 40%
Corsola Corsola
HG SS
Good Rod Fishing
Good Rod
20 10% 10% 0%
Krabby Krabby
HG SS
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 60%
Kingler Kingler
HG SS
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 10%
Staryu Staryu
HG SS
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 0% 0% 30%
Corsola Corsola
HG SS
Super Rod Fishing
Super Rod
40 30% 30% 0%
Headbutt
Group A
Exeggcute Exeggcute
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
2-3 20%
Hoothoot Hoothoot
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
2-3 50%
Pineco Pineco
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
2-3 30%
Headbutt
Group B
Exeggcute Exeggcute
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
4-5 20%
Hoothoot Hoothoot
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
4-5 50%
Ledyba Ledyba
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
4-5 30%
Spinarak Spinarak
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
4-5 30%
Headbutt
The four trees on the hill by the sea. Accessible by surfing west into the water, then using Rock Climb.
Exeggcute Exeggcute
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
18-20 65%
Taillow Taillow
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
18-20 30%
Taillow Taillow
HG SS
Headbutt Headbutt
21-25 5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.


Trainers

Generation II

Chikorita If the player chose Chikorita:



Cyndaquil If the player chose Cyndaquil:



Totodile If the player chose Totodile:



Generation IV

Chikorita If the player chose Chikorita:



Cyndaquil If the player chose Cyndaquil:



Totodile If the player chose Totodile:



Walking Pokémon effects

When interacting with walking Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.

  • The walking Pokémon smells the scent of the flowers.

In the anime

Cherrygrove City in the anime

Cherrygrove City appeared in Once in a Blue Moon, where Ash, Misty, and Brock visited it during their travels through Johto. The riverside location prides itself on its clean and green image. Officer Jenny ensures the integrity of the area's large Quagsire population, which are illegal to catch under the local Quagsire Preservation Restrictions. The Quagsire are highly revered by locals as bioindicators of water quality and symbols of good fortune. Every year, the Quagsire swim down from nearby Blue Moon Falls and take round objects from around the city as a part of a special lunar festival. The items float downstream and are believed to be blessed once returned; the final item is considered particularly lucky.

One of the round objects the Quagsire were interested in was the GS Ball. Ash was reluctant to let them have it, but ultimately, the slippery Quagsire made away with the item, though it was eventually returned by the river, along with the rest of the taken items, allowing Ash to recover it.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Samiya was temporarily located in the sea south of Cherrygrove.

Alex Davis from Power Play! is from Cherrygrove City, as is Salvador, a Trainer who Ash battled in A Claim to Flame!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Cherrygrove City in Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Cherrygrove City first appeared in Elekid Incorporated, where Policeman Falkner took Gold to the Cherrygrove police station to be questioned regarding the Totodile theft from Professor Elm's laboratory. Gold was told to give a description of the culprit, Silver, but as Gold believed Silver to be behind the theft of his backpack as well, he gave the police a false description so that he could deal with Silver by himself.

In Slugging It Out with Slugma, Professor Oak was revealed to have a second research center in Cherrygrove City, from which he sent Crystal out on her quest to complete the Pokédex for him in the next chapter. She completed the task by the time of The Last Battle XIV, though Professor Oak hesitated to inform her that over 100 new Pokémon had recently been discovered.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Cherrygrove City appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!!, where Gold arrived there to meet Mr. Pokémon regarding a discovery he had recently made. However, Mr. Pokémon's wife told Gold that her husband had left for Violet City, so Gold headed there as well.

Trivia

  • Cherrygrove City is the smallest city of Johto, which is ironic since its location is based on Nagoya, which is the fourth largest city of Japan and the second largest city of the region Johto represents.
  • In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the pond behind the Pokémon Center that was present, but inaccessible in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, is accessible through a new path on Route 30. However, this causes a strange phenomenon: due to there being only one set of data for all bodies of water in a given location, entirely different Pokémon can be caught depending on whether the player is in the water on the Cherrygrove City or Route 30 side of the pond. Even stranger is the fact that those found on the Cherrygrove side belong in the sea.
  • In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the green lady in the Pokémon Center mentions that the Communication Center on the second floor was "just built" even though the facility is called the Cable Club. In the Japanese versions, she correctly refers to the Cable Club, in which it is called the Link Club (Japanese: つうしんクラブ). In the Korean versions, she mentions the club by its English name (Korean: 통신센터 Communication Center).

Name origin

Language Name Origin
Japanese ヨシノシティ Yoshino City From 吉野草 Yoshino-gusa (alternate name of the cherry blossom) and 染井吉野 Somei Yoshino (natural hybrid of the Japanese cherry tree).
English Cherrygrove City From cherry blossom or cherry and grove
German Rosalia City From rosa (pink) and Rose
Spanish Ciudad Cerezo From cerezo (cherry tree)
Ciudad Cherrygrove* From its English name
French Ville Griotte From griotte (sour cherry)
Italian Fiorpescopoli From fiore di pesco (peach flower)
Korean 무궁시티 Mugung City From 무궁화 (無窮花) mugunghwa (Hibiscus syriacus)
Chinese (Mandarin) 吉花市 Jíhuā Shì*
吉野市 Jíyě Shì*
From the Japanese name 吉野 Yoshino and 花 huā (flower)
From the Japanese name 吉野 Yoshino
Chinese (Cantonese) 吉花市 Gātfā Síh*
吉野市 Gātyéh Shì*
From the Japanese name 吉野 Yoshino and 花 (flower)
From the Japanese name 吉野 Yoshino
Finnish Kirsikkalehto* From kirsikka (cherry) and lehto (grove)
Polish Cherrygrove*
Miasto Cherrygrove*
From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese Cidade de Cherrygrove From its English name
Vietnamese Thành phố Yoshino Transcription of its Japanese name


Johto
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Settlements
New Bark TownCherrygrove CityViolet CityAzalea TownGoldenrod CityEcruteak City
Olivine CityCianwood CityMahogany TownBlackthorn CitySafari Zone GateFrontier Access
Routes
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Landmarks
Dark CaveSprout TowerRuins of AlphUnion CaveSlowpoke WellIlex ForestRadio TowerGlobal Terminal
Goldenrod TunnelNational ParkPokéathlon DomeBell TowerBellchime TrailBurned TowerMoomoo FarmOlivine Lighthouse
Battle Tower (CrystalHGSS)/FrontierCliff Edge GateCliff CaveEmbedded TowerSafari ZoneWhirl Islands
Mt. MortarLake of RageTeam Rocket HQIce PathDragon's DenS.S. AquaMt. Silver (Cave)
Access to
Sinjoh RuinsKanto


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