Grand Harvest Festival
The Grand Harvest Festival (Japanese: Harvest Festival) is a festival that is held on Harvest Island once a year.
It was featured in The Journalist from Another Region!.
History
The Grand Harvest Festival was created from a famine that started because of people's greed. The local people fought over the rich land and destroyed the island's once thriving fruit and berry supply in the process. The two strongest Pokémon, an Ursaring and a Beartic fought over the last apple though neither decisively won in battle. A local child had watched the melee unfold and split the berry in half, allowing the two Pokémon to both have an equal share. Since that day the people strived to restore and preserve the land, and the festival helps them to celebrate nature and the berry harvest attract people from all around the world to help Harvest Island to celebrate its folklore.
Several food stalls selling jams and baked goods are also set up to showcase Harvest Island's fresh produce.
A key part of the festival is the Pokémon Sumo Tournament, to ensure the battle from the past is recreated and remembered. The tournament has sixteen Trainers compete to win a Focus Band and a year's supply of fruit. Ash, Iris and Cilan all entered. While Ash took out the victory, in the spirit of the competition, he shared one of his berries with fellow competitor and runner-up Rodney.
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