Johto Region.
A region with an equally long history, yet one Xia Yan had never visited before.
Johto Region's current standing within the Pokémon League was actually rather awkward.
It lay on the same continent as Kanto Region, the immense Silver Mountain Range dividing the two.
Kanto and Johto were also known as Kanto and Kansai.
However.
Johto Region did not have a Pokémon League of its own.
It had originally belonged to the same Pokémon League as Kanto Region, but with Kanto and Johto combined spanning such a vast area, along with the League's continued growth, one League alone was already finding it difficult to sustain the development of such an enormous territory.
Thus, a recent proposal submitted by certain high-ranking League officials born in Johto Region, regarding the establishment of a separate Johto League, had received approval from the Pokémon League.
The framework of the Johto League was now being built.
It would not be long before the Johto League was established.
When that happened.
The overcrowded pool of talent in the Kanto League would gain more positions.
The most obvious beneficiaries.
Were the reserve Elite Four members of the Kanto League, who saw hope of taking another step forward.
The moment he entered Johto, Xia Yan could clearly feel how different it was from Kanto.
Kanto Region was prosperous, densely populated, dry, and fast-paced.
Johto Region was just as prosperous and had no small population, but its climate was more humid, its cities were not built up as extravagantly as Kanto's, and life moved at a comparatively slower pace.
Perhaps that had something to do with the different things Johto's people pursued.
Ordinary people in Johto placed relatively greater emphasis on spiritual fulfillment.
Johto seemed to be the birthplace of many traditional cultures. Buddhist and Shinto culture