Michina Town

Michina Town ミチーナ Michina
Michina Town
Region	Sinnoh
Debut	Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Michina Town (Japanese: ミチーナ Michina) is the setting for Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

Michina Town is a riverside town surrounded by flourishing nature. The town's centerpiece is the Michina Ruins.

Thousands of years ago, Michina Town was a desolate place, which was nothing but a wasteland. But the Jewel of Life's power that Arceus gave Damos made the town's soil rich and fertile. Then Damos constructed the town's ruins in order to praise Arceus' kindness.

Michina Ruins

The Michina Ruins are old ruins of a temple, located at the peak of a huge, rocky mountain in Michina. Beside the ruins is a beautiful lake.

The ruins are guarded by Sheena and Kevin. It is where Damos witnessed the awakening of Arceus. It is also the home of the Jewel of Life. The Space-Time Axis can be found in the basement of the ruins.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Michina Town or Pokémon that reside there in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Michina Town's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Chikorita					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		001/022
Cyndaquil					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		004/022
Totodile					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		006/022
Spiky-eared Pichu					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		009/022
					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		010/022
					Movie Commemoration Random Pack		011/022
					DPt-P Promotional cards		042/DPt-P
					Unnumbered Promotional cards
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Michina Temple	St				DPt-P Promotional cards		044/DPt-P

Trivia

ミチーナ Michīna is one katakana spelling of "Myitkyina," the name of the capital city of Kachin State, Myanmar.
Around the time of the premiere of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, at various EB Games stores around the country, an Australian event Arceus was distributed with its OT as "Michina", the name of the town in the movie.

Origin

Michina Town is mostly based on Meteora, Greece.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Korean	미케나 Mycena	Similar to Mycenae.
Chinese (Taiwan)	米季納 Mǐjìnà	Transliteration of Michina. Also, 米 is "rice", 季 refers to "seasons", and 納 means "to receive".

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