Kanto

The Kanto region is a region of the Pokémon world. Kanto is located east of Johto, which together form a joint landmass that is south of Sinnoh.

Professor Oak is the resident Pokémon Professor and gives Pokémon Trainers a choice between Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle as their starter Pokémon.

The artwork from the early games depict Kanto as grassland. Starting in Generation III, it is shown with denser tree coverage.

All cities in Kanto are named after colors, with the exception of Pallet Town, which refers to a palette, meaning a range of colors.

History
The Kanto region has a rich history of creating Pokémon with technology and researchers of Kanto have been great at their job. A scientist once attempted to clone Mew using its leftover genes and created the Genetic Pokémon Mewtwo. Porygon, the Virtual Pokémon, was also created by humans in Kanto.

Settlements
The Kanto region features ten towns and cities. There is a wide variety of settlements throughout the region; from the large, urban Saffron City to the quiet, quaint town of Pallet. Kanto features a Pokémon League, like most other regions in the Pokémon world.

Sevii Islands
The Sevii Islands are an archipelago in the Kanto region consisting of nine large islands and several small islands surrounding them. The nine Sevii Islands are a part of the Kanto region, located to the south of mainland Kanto. These islands cannot be surfed to; to travel from island to island a Pokémon Trainer must take the Seagallop Ferries from another island or Vermilion City in Kanto. The seven major islands each have a settlement, which are named numerically.

Landmarks

 * Cerulean Cave
 * Underground Path
 * Berry Forest
 * Diglett's Cave
 * Indigo Plateau
 * Mt. Ember
 * Mt. Moon
 * Pokémon Mansion
 * Pokémon Tower
 * Power Plant
 * Rock Tunnel
 * Celadon Department Store
 * Celadon Game Corner
 * Safari Zone
 * Seafoam Islands
 * Icefall Cave
 * Cape Brink
 * Trainer Tower
 * Silph Co.
 * Victory Road
 * Viridian Forest

Routes
Routes in Kanto began the numbering process, going from 1 to 25, which act as roads to cities and towns or points of interest. The numbering system of the region is similar to Unova's. Unlike other regions, Kanto does not have routes featuring any sort of weather conditions, such as Hoenn's Route 119 which rains and thunders constantly and Sinnoh's Route 217 in which hail regularly falls. The Kanto region seems to have the most temperate climate of the eight main regions.