The first four major regions introduced in the Pokémon universe are each inspired and based on parts of Japan. The cities and landmarks encountered in the media franchise are strikingly similar to real Japanese towns and geographical features. The Pokémon Tour will take you throughout these regions in real life, bring back the nostalgia and let you explore them as if you're a budding Pokémon trainer.
Understand
The Pokémon franchise started off in the mid 1990s as a pair of video games, Pokémon Red and Green (later released outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue). The success of the games spawned the creation of a hit anime series and popular trading card game, and led to Pokémon becoming the top-selling toy brand and overall the highest grossing media franchise in the world.
Regions
Kanto
The Kanto region in the Pokémon world, the first to be introduced, corresponds to the real Kanto region in Japan as well as the eastern fringes of neighboring Chubu. Like the real Kanto, the Pokémon Kanto region is driven by modernity, technological innovation and urban sprawl.
- 1 Shimoda (Pallet Town).
- 2 Hakone (Viridian City). Similarities between Hakone and Viridian City include both being enveloped in forests and surrounded by mountains.
- 3 Okuchichibu Mountains (Viridian Forest).
- 4 Maebashi (Pewter City).
- 5 Mount Akagi (Mt. Moon).
- 6 Tsuchiura (Cerulean City).
- 7 Yokohama (Vermilion City).
- 8 Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant (Kanto Power Plant).
- 9 Narita (Lavender Town).
- 10 Shinjuku (Celadon City).
- 11 Marunouchi, Chiyoda (Saffron City). The Magnet Train station in Saffron City linking Kanto with Johto is based on 1 Tokyo Station , the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo and Japan's business station.
