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Lacunosa Town
カゴメタウン Kagome Town
"Methodical and Orderly for Safety"
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Map description
A town where all honor old customs, living as methodically as clockwork.
Lacunosa Town (Japanese: カゴメタウンKagome Town) is a town in the northeastern area of the Unovaregion. To the west of Lacunosa Town is Route 12 and to the east is Route 13. To the northeast of Lacunosa Town lies the Giant Chasm, which is a location that has affected the residents of the town greatly for many years.
Slogan
Methodical and Orderly (Japanese: カゴメは 編んでできた 三角形Kagome is woven triangles.)BW
Methodical and Orderly for Safety (Japanese: カゴメは 編んだ かごの目 魔よけの 三角形 Kagome is the woven lattice with protective triangles.)B2W2
The Lacunosa legend
A long time ago, it is said that a large meteor came from the sky containing a terrifying monster. It was said that at night the monster would appear in the town along with the cold winds and take away humans and Pokémon to eat them. Eventually, the residents of the town surrounded Lacunosa Town in a wall to keep the monster out and a rule was then set on the town that forbade anyone from leaving at night and encouraged people to stay in their homes. Even though Lacunosa residents claim to no longer believe this old story, they still stay inside of their houses at night and the walls remain standing to this day.
The girl on the secondBW/firstB2W2 floor can tell the player what Pokémon were on their team at the time they earned a particular GymBadge if the player agrees to show her that Badge.
Executive's house
The house on the northeastern part of the town's walls is home to a businessman. In Pokémon Black and White, due to business trips during the week, he only appears on Sunday nights. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, he appears every day. He gives the player one Berry from a range of Berries, some of which are not commonly found in Unova.
Demographics
Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
Lacunosa Town has a population of 16.
Poké Mart
In Black and White, the upper cashier's whole stock is always available since the player can only visit Lacunosa after defeating Team Plasma.
Besides the competing Trainers, the stadium was visited by UnovaElite Four member Caitlin, who faced Cynthia in an exhibition match before the proper tournament battles started. Unova LeagueChampionAlder also attended the event, as a battle with him was one of the prizes promised to the winning Trainer.
Lacunosa Town is the only town in the known Pokémon world whose citizens' schedule changes dramatically based on the time of day.
In Black 2 and White 2, Professor Juniper directly mentions the possible origin of the name "Lacunosa," deriving the origin from lacunosus and describing the cloud type as a formation that resembles "a net or a fence," while relating that origin to the reason for the walls around Lacunosa Town, designed to keep Kyurem away.[1]
Names
Language
Name
Origin
Japanese
カゴメタウン Kagome Town
From 籠目 kagome (kagome lattice, traditionalmotif reminiscent of the pattern of holes on a woven bamboo basket) and 囲め kakome (surround)
English
Lacunosa Town
From lacunosus (clouds characterized by a pattern resembling a net or honeycomb)[1]
German
Tessera
From tessere (Italian for "to weave") and tessera (mosaic tile)
From entrelacs (interlace), visual motif of braids and knots in complex geometric patterns
Italian
Fortebrezza
From forte brezza (strong breeze) and fortezza (fortress)
Korean
보배마을 Bobae Maeul
From 보배무늬 bobae mu-nui (treasure pattern, visual motif featuring the eight auspicious signs in Indian religions) and 보호하고 안배한다 bohohago anbaehanda (protect and arrange)
Chinese (Traditional)
籠目鎮 Lóngmù Zhèn / Lúhngmuhk Jan
From an orthographic borrowing of Japanese 籠目 kagome and contains 籠 / 笼 lóng / lúhng (basket)
↑ 1.01.1Professor Juniper: "Now that I think about it, the name "Lacunosa" could be derived from lacunosus clouds, which are clouds that resemble a net or a fence. I wonder if the name is related to the part of the story where they built walls to protect the town from that Pokémon." (Pokémon Black and White Versions 2)