Cherrygrove City

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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[[|Cherrygrove City Gym]] - Johto Gym #{{{gymno}}} [[File:{{{leadersprite3}}}|{{{leader3}}}|link={{{leader3}}}]] [[{{{leader3}}}|{{{leader3}}}]] Unknown-type specialist Gym [[File:{{{badge}}} Badge.png|70px|{{{badge}}} Badge|link=Badge#{{{badge}}} Badge]] [[Badge#{{{badge}}} Badge|{{{badge}}} Badge]]

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 30   Cherrygrove City Route 29 →

Location Location of Cherrygrove City in Johto.

Other generation maps 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. 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: おんないじいさん Kind 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. Trainers must gain HM03 (Surf) in order to access this area. There is a man who will give the player the Mystic Water. 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
Poké Ball After receiving Poké Balls from Elm's aide $200	Potion $300
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200
Awakening $250

Lower cashier (Generation IV)
Poké Ball After catching tutorial on Route 29 $200	Great Ball3 Badges $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion1 Badge $700	Hyper Potion5 Badges $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive3 Badges $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening1 Badge $250
Burn Heal1 Badge $250	Ice Heal1 Badge $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope1 Badge $550
Repel1 Badge $350	Super Repel3 Badges $500
Max Repel7 Badges $700

Upper cashier (Generation IV)
Air Mail After catching tutorial on Route 29 $50	Heal Ball After catching tutorial on Route 29 $300

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Map Card	Gift from Guide Gent after giving a tour around the town	G  S  C
	Running Shoes	Gift from Guide Gent after giving a tour around the town	HG  SS
	Map Card	Gift from Guide Gent at the entrance to Route 30	HG  SS
	Mystic Water	Gift from the man on the island in the water (requires Surf)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Nugget ×2	Directly right of the Pokémon Center, accessed from Route 30's lower pond (requires Surf) (hidden) On land north of the off-shore island (requires Surf and Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	60%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	15-19	30%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	20-40	10%
Fishing
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%	10%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	10%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Kingler	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
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
Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	10-25	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	15-25	10%
Fishing
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	37%
Staryu	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	3%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Corsola	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%	3%	0%
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	67%
Kingler	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Staryu	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Corsola	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Headbutt
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-3	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-5	50%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	30%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	30%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-4	30%
Headbutt (Special Tree) The group of trees are located at the top of the hill in Cherrygrove City. It is accessible by surfing west into the water, then using Rock Climb.
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-20	65%
Taillow	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-25	35%
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

If the player chose Chikorita:

??? Cherrygrove City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $300
Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Cyndaquil♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

??? Cherrygrove City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $300
Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Totodile♂ Lv.5 Scratch Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

If the player chose Totodile:

??? Cherrygrove City Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $300
Type: Grass Unknown Held item: None Chikorita♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

Generation IV

If the player chose Chikorita:

Passerby Boy Cherrygrove City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $500
Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Cyndaquil♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Passerby Boy Cherrygrove City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $500
Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Totodile♂ Lv.5 Scratch Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Totodile:

Passerby Boy Cherrygrove City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $500
Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Chikorita♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Walking Pokémon effects

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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

Ash, Misty and Brock visited Cherrygrove City in Once in a Blue Moon during their travels through Johto, where a large group of Quagsire were stealing spherical objects from the city, including Ash's GS Ball, and performing a ritual to the moon at a waterfall.

Alex Davis is revealed to be from the city in Power Play!, as well as Salvador, who Ash battled in A Claim to Flame!.

Trivia

• Cherrygrove City is the second smallest city of Johto, which is ironic since its location is based on Nagoya, which is the third 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. On 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).
  • Ironically enough, in the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, there is a NPC inside the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City who mentions that the center was also "just built".

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, cherry, and grove.
French	Ville Griotte	From griotte, sour cherry.
German	Rosalia City	From rosa, pink, and rose.
Italian	Fiorpescopoli	From fiore di pesco, peach flower.
Spanish	Ciudad Cerezo	From cerezo, cherry tree.
Korean	무궁시티 Mugung City	From 무궁화 (無窮花) mugunghwa, Hibiscus syriacus.
Chinese (Taiwan)	吉花市 Jíhuā Shì	Literally means auspicious blossom.
Chinese (Mainland China)	吉花市 Jíhuā Shì* 吉野市 Jíyě Shì*	Same as Taiwanese name. From 吉野 Yoshino.
Chinese (Cantonese)	吉花市 Gatfa Si	Same as Taiwanese name.
Vietnamese	Thành phố Yoshino	Transliteration of its Japanese name.

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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