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 via Route 29 in the east. The city acts mainly as a tutorial, introducing the player to the main tools of the game (the Pokémon Center, the Poké Mart, etc.).
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: あんないじいさんGuide 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. There is a man who will give the player the Mystic Water. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, a strip of land north of the island has a hidden Nugget, which requires HM08 (Rock Climb) to reach.
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.
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.
Cherrygrove City appeared in Once in a Blue Moon, where Ash, Misty, and Brock visited it during their travels through Johto. The riverside location prides itself on its clean and green image. Officer Jenny ensures the integrity of the area's large Quagsire population, which are illegal to catch under the local Quagsire Preservation Restrictions. The Quagsire are highly revered by locals as bioindicators of water quality and symbols of good fortune. Every year, the Quagsire swim down from nearby Blue Moon Falls and take round objects from around the city as a part of a special lunar festival. The items float downstream and are believed to be blessed once returned; the final item is considered particularly lucky.
One of the round objects the Quagsire were interested in was the GS Ball. Ash was reluctant to let them have it, but ultimately, the slippery Quagsire made away with the item, though it was eventually returned by the river, along with the rest of the taken items, allowing Ash to recover it.
Cherrygrove City first appeared in Elekid Incorporated, where PolicemanFalkner took Gold to the Cherrygrove police station to be questioned regarding the Totodile theft from Professor Elm's laboratory. Gold was told to give a description of the culprit, Silver, but as Gold believed Silver to be behind the theft of his backpack as well, he gave the police a false description so that he could deal with Silver by himself.
Cherrygrove City appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!!, where Gold arrived there to meet Mr. Pokémon regarding a discovery he had recently made. However, Mr. Pokémon's wife told Gold that her husband had left for Violet City, so Gold headed there as well.
Trivia
Cherrygrove City is the smallest city of Johto, which is ironic since its location is based on Nagoya, which is the fourth 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. In 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: 통신센터Communication Center).