Po Town (Japanese: ポータウンPō Town) is a town situated on Ula'ula Island of the Alola region. It is occupied by Team Skull and houses their base of operations, the Shady House.
Shady House is the base of Team Skull, a dilapidated mansion at the far end of Po Town, where Guzma also stays from time to time.
Pokémon Center
As the Pokémon Center, like the rest of Po Town, is occupied by Team Skull, no operational Poké Mart, Pokémon Center Café, or PC can be found there. A Team Skull Grunt will, however, offer to heal the player's Pokémon for $10 whenever she's asked to. After the player has become Champion, the Grunt, along with her cohort, will offer to sell them a Skull Tank and Team Skull CapUSUM. If the player purchases the tank top, the two Grunts will leave the Pokémon Center, leaving it with no more functional use.
The population of Po Town is 23. Team Skull primarily inhabits the Shady House and the main road leading to it, with all other buildings being abandoned and inaccessible.
After defeating Guzma in the Shady House, none of the Team Skull Grunts will battle the player (unless mentioned otherwise), acting as if they had already been defeated.
Po Town debuted in the Sun & Moon arc. Gladion traveled there after being made a Team Skull Enforcer by Guzma. Shortly after arriving, Gladion was attacked by Plumeria and a group of Team Skull Grunts, who wanted to see if he was skilled enough for the job. Though Gladion proved himself during the battle, his negative attitude angers Plumeria to the point where she refuses to accept him as a true member of Team Skull. When Plumeria tells Gladion to follow her, Gladion complies, but is momentarily distracted when a ZygardeCore jumps past him.
Trivia
This is the only city or town in Alola where the background music doesn't change depending on the time of day.
Name origin
Language
Name
Origin
Japanese
ポータウン Pō Town
From pō (Hawaiian for night)
English
Po Town
Same as Japanese name
French
Kokohio
Possibly from hoʻokokōhi (Hawaiian for dark and threatening)
German
Po'u
Same as Japanese name
Italian
Poh
Same as Japanese name
Spanish
Pueblo Po
Same as Japanese name
Korean
포마을 Po Maeul
Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)
魄鎮 / 魄镇 Pò Zhèn
Transliteration of Japanese name. Contains 魄 pò, poetic term for moon
Chinese (Cantonese)
魄鎮 Bok Jan
Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name. Contains 魄 bok, poetic term for moon