Hey guys! We enter Kanto’s commercial district, Celadon City. In the real world, this is clearly Shinjuku. The internet says “Setagaya City or Tama City”, but once again, the Tokyo metropolitan area is filled with cities like Setagaya and Tama. For example, Tachikawa, Hachioji. These are are both major cities that sit roughly in the same geographical area. Why not those? It is because they are not significant. You must understand, Shinjuku was one of the first modern cities to be developed in post-war Japan. It contained underground criminal activities from crime syndicates, like Team Rocket. Much of which is connected with the quasi-gambling pachinko stores. In Japan, gambling is illegal. Therefore pachinko winners can never receive money. Instead they receive prizes. The prizes instead, is exchanged at a “totally-separate-and-totally-independent-store-next-door-hush-hush” for cash. The Celadon City Game Center even follows this same principle with a “next door” for prize exchange. Next is Erika’s Gym, and I think this green space is Shinjuku Gyo-en because you cannot find a floral green space of this size in any of the other candidate locations. Finally, Shinjuku is one of the largest shopping districts in Japan, and it contains loads and loads of department store buildings with elevators. Therefore with all this considered, Shinjuku is Celadon City! Enjoy and subscribe if you like these kind of videos!
0:15 Celadon City Department Store
0:39 Erika's Gym
3:09 Game Corner / Rocket Hideout
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15 окт 2024
