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Mahogany Town & Lake of Rage / Koka & Lake Biwa | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
Hi guys, welcome back to the Grand PokeTour!
This time, we head to Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage. Mahogany Town is the home of the Ninjas, and it's based on the real world location of Koka City (the home of the Koga-ryu). This is probably where Koga, the Fuchsia City gym leader (and Johto Elite 4), takes his name from. Koga, being a ninja, comes from a long ancestral line of ninjas.
After checking out Mahogany Town, we head to the Lake of Rage, which is very clearly Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko). The lore connects Mahogany Town to the Lake of Rage through the activities of Team Rocket. But also culturally and historically, Koka is very much connected to Lake Biwa.
This time, we head to Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage. Mahogany Town is the home of the Ninjas, and it's based on the real world location of Koka City (the home of the Koga-ryu). This is probably where Koga, the Fuchsia City gym leader (and Johto Elite 4), takes his name from. Koga, being a ninja, comes from a long ancestral line of ninjas.
After checking out Mahogany Town, we head to the Lake of Rage, which is very clearly Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko). The lore connects Mahogany Town to the Lake of Rage through the activities of Team Rocket. But also culturally and historically, Koka is very much connected to Lake Biwa.
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Goldenrod City / Osaka | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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The Grand PokeTour returns after a long hiatus! Today we are diving into one of my favourite cities, Goldenrod City! It is a speaking metropolis in the Western side of Johto. Its most famous landmark, the radio tower, sits very deep in my childhood memories. I hope you enjoy this one!
Cherrygrove City / Minamichita | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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In this episode, we stopover in Cherrygrove City, the floral seaside town of Johto. Although at the time of filming, the sakura had already bloomed, the area in which I stopped in is famous for its sakura cherry blossoms, of which Cherrygrove City is named after. Let’s check out this beautiful city!
New Bark Town / Shimada | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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Are you guys ready for the Johto region?! From Shimoda (Pallet Town) to Shimada (New Bark Town), Shizuoka prefecture has been the player’s hometown for 2 generations. Let’s travel to this beautiful sleepy location that’s nestled between mountains and forests, west of the Suruga Bay, which connects to the Kanto region. The internet says New Bark Town is Hamamatsu, but there is no cultural eviden...
Blackthorn City / Shirakawa-go | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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Hey guys! Here we go, it’s Blackthorn City. It’s an ancient village that sits on a valley by the mountains in the North East of Johto. It’s the home of the Dragon type Gym, and has a culture of dragons due to the Dragon Den in the mountains. Blackthorn City also contains the Ice Path, which is the snow-capped mountains ahead. Finally, the UNESCO protected Gassho houses are also a feature of the...
Ecruteak City / Kyoto | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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There’s so much to unpack in this video. Ecruteak City is full of history and culture, just like its real world counterpart Kyoto. But the legend of the two towers is the most fascinating feature of the city. The mythical bird Ho-Oh is the actual name for the Chinese golden rooster / phoenix which roosts on top of the Golden Pavillion (Kinkaku-Ji), similar to Bell Tower. Its counterpart, the Si...
Violet City / Nara | Real Life Pokemon Location of Johto Region (Japan)
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It’s Johto adventure time! Guys, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Violet City. Violet City is real world Nara, and it contains the Sprout Tower by a small body of water. In the real world, it is the 5 story Kofukuji Tower (rather than the in-game 3 story Sprout Tower). It also sits by a small pond. Nara is full of deers, so be careful if you carry around snacks! 0:00 - Intro 0:10 ...
The Childhood of Satoshi Tajiri (Pokémon Creator) | Following Satoshi Tajiri EP 1
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"The son of a Nissan salesman and a housewife, Tajiri was raised in a Tokyo suburb in the late '60s, before the city crept outward. "As a child, I wanted to be an entomologist. Insects fascinated me. Every new insect was a wonderful mystery. And as I searched for more, I would find more. If I put my hand in a river, I would get a crayfish. Put a stick underwater and make a hole, look for bubble...
Visiting the GAME FREAK Studios in Tokyo | Following Satoshi Tajiri EP 2
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This is the start of a new series I am planning called "Following Satoshi Tajiri", where I retrace the steps of the creator of Pokémon by revisiting significant moments of his life that led up to the development of the games.
Pallet Town / Shimoda | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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The start of the adventure! Guys, I really hope you enjoy this series as much as I have making it. Shimoda is such a warm and friendly city, within a few hours of staying there I already had a family call me their 'family' member. I felt really cherished and belonged. It really is the perfect place to call home and start your humble beginnings... Disclaimer: The Grand PokéTour is in no way affi...
Cinnabar Island / Izu-Oshima | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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We reach the final destination of the Kanto Tour. Guys, it has truly been an honour. I have loved each and ever moment of this travel. It has been 10 years in the making, thinking I'd never get around to doing this. But here we are. We did it! Thanks for sticking around! Next year, it's Johto! Disclaimer: The Grand PokéTour is in no way affiliated with Nintendo, GAME FREAK Inc, Creatures Inc, o...
Fuchsia City & Seafoam Islands / Tateyama, Boso | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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The Boso Peninsula is one of the most remote destinations thus far, but it has a very unique feel to it compared to the other places I visited so far. Although I couldn't include the Minami Boso Ninja Village, I believe it to be the inspiration for Koga's Gym. Mind you, the Safari Zone is very far from Tateyama, and so is the entrance to the cycling Route. Which leads me to believe that Fuchsia...
Vermilion City / Yokohama | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Boy oh boy, what a beautiful city Yokohama is! It is probably my favourite cities in Japan. No wonder why the 2023 Pokemon World Championships (Pokemon Worlds 2023) is being hosted here (first time Japan is a host!). Anyway, I digress! Welcome my friends to Vermillion City. I have been here many times, and it always did not feel like a Japanese city. Rather, it felt very American. Which reminde...
Cerulean City / Tsuchiura | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Hey guys, you are not going to believe the level of similarities that this place has with Cerulean City! Firstly, if you look at the Kanto town map on the Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee series (since the original town map is not that clear), you will find that Cerulean City contains a bay that connects to a vertical directional river (which Nugget Bridge crosses over) towards Cerulean Cave. Now, the fa...
Saffron City / Chuo City Tokyo | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Saffron City / Chuo City Tokyo | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
Pewter City / Iwajuku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Pewter City / Iwajuku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
Lavender Town / Ushiku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Lavender Town / Ushiku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
Celadon City / Shinjuku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Celadon City / Shinjuku | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
Viridian City / Hakone | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
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Viridian City / Hakone | Real Life Pokemon Location of Kanto Region (Japan)
This was a fun series. I appreciate you making videos showing all the towns. It has to have been fun traveling around the area to capture it all.
Ash/Red (Satoshi in Japanese) is highly based on Satoshi Tajiri himself, the creator of Pokémon. He grew up in the 1960’s and 1970’s and his father was a Nissan salesman, his mother a housewife. I don’t know if the father was a worked in foreign sales but at least my friend’s father who worked in sales used to be very little home, and this was in Europe which doesn’t share the Japanese workaholism. That could explain the absent father in Gen 1! czcams.com/video/ck_k2nBN860/video.htmlsi=lSWdzApGAXbeWRwD
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Just read your article. Thank you for doing this series, it really brings the Pokémon story to life!
I hope you do hoenn next
Home of the gym leader Morty and his ghost 👻 type Pokémon
The game corner were team rocket hide
The silph co. Hq that how you can get the master ball
Cool stuff! ❤
Hey I am going to Japan in next few months and attempt to do this one like you are, visiting real pokemon location
What a relief to see that the town has been restored.
Love your videos! Been looking for a series like this. Liked and subscribed
Told U Guys! Cycling Road Is A Bridge!
Team Celadon!
Thank you
Do more videos, please
❤😊
I have no idea how this video is not at 2m views rn
Dude these videos are gold (no pun intended). I've always wanted to see the real world counter parts of the pokemon world and your videos do just that.
Love seeing the new pokemon modeled already in the "Pokemon Center!" Amazing videos, bro! Keep up the good work! Also, don't hold a rifle that way unless you wanna lose control of it when it fires. I know it was a toy, just don't fall into bad practice.
Thanks buddy! I'm clueless with these things 😅 No wonder I missed all but 1 shot... Only won a small snack as a prize.
Appreciate the vids
0:43 Mahogany Town 3:40 Just A Souvenir Store/Rage Candy Store/Team Rocket Hideout (Ninja Village Buildings, one of them contains a souvenir store) 6:11 Lake of Rage
0:25 Goldenrod City 1:02 Goldenrod Tunnels 1:30 Goldenrod City Radio Tower 2:27 Game Corner 2:44 Pokemon Center
Thank you for uploads
Thank you for upload. Please upload more!
Next time I go to Japan, I will try to go to Lake Biwa. Didn't got chance to go, so hopefully will try next time. Thanks about Koka, I didn't know that was a place of Ninjas. YEAHHH
Please do! I captured only a small part (Otsu City) but there's so much around the lake. Let me know how it goes because I'm curious too 😊
Last year, I traveled to japan, and did noticed that Osaka is Goldenrod cityu when I was there. I loved the city similar to its Johto Counterpart.
I missed your uploads, looking forward to new videos, loved this one and keep it up!
great to see you come back! thought you'd stopped uploading
Nice! Looking forward for your next video.
By the way, the time couldn't have been more of a coincidence because I'm currently in Japan, and I was just in Osaka!
Welcome back!!! I'm excited to see the continuation of the Johto series
Thank you so much!! I'm really happy you enjoy these series. By the way, that's a huge coincidence you were in Osaka too! I hope youre enjoying it!!
Great video! Excited to see more!!
Yay! Thank you! 😊😊
Keep going!!! 🎉
Thank you!! :) Today or tomorrow I will put out the Mahogany Town video... it is quite an interesting one!! Then the plan is to go to Azalea Town soon...
Let's continue the jorneyyyyy ❤
Did you get your license? because we need to see the rest of johto and hoenn
Hi there! Thanks for the comment. Sorry for the late reply, yes I managed to get my license finally :) After wrapping up Johto, I will do Hoenn this year (I wanted to do Sinnoh before Hoenn, but that would mean driving with snow tires, which I've never done before. So I'll push Sinnoh to next year).
Safe travels!
engKANTO
You shnapped
Pallet town is actually real 😮 I really really really wanna go there 🤩
Hope you can visit someday soon!!
You going to do any videos on the Hoenn region?
Yes! At this rate, it will probably start from this fall/autumn. Sorry for the late reply!
I just went to Kyoto, and once i stepped in i REALIZED this is exactly Ecruteak City
So nice and underrated series. enjoyed it very much thanks for showing
Just like I imagined Blackthorne would be! Thanks!
Why does this have so few views? You have a new sub sir
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏻❤️
As beautiful as I imagined it as a little child. Thank ye for sharin' these videos. Very educational, nostalgic and relaxin'.
I do belive in places or it's just pokemon lore with #ashandpikachuteamedup
That's right! :)
This just shows how much the gen 1 games were inspired by actual locations in Japan, good series!
Where is Ho-Oh?
Hi! The Ho-Oh is at 2:11 🥹 it's real life name is even "Ho-Oh" which is so cool
Cómo convertirme en el próximo Satoshi Tajiri, y por qué en latinoamerica no se crean cosas como las que hacen los japoneses?
you are awesome man !!!