Lavender Town

Lavender Town
Pokémon location
2D game screenshot ofwn, shown from an overhead perspective. The town, which is surrounded by cliff walls, contains five houses including a Pokémon Center and a Pokémon Mart, as well as a tower.
Lavender Town as it appears in Pokémon Red and Blue
First appearancePokémon Red and Blue
Last appearancePokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
GenreJapanese role-playing game
In-universe information
TypeVillage
LocationKanto

Lavender Town (Japanese: シオンタウン, Hepburn: Shion Taun, Shion Town) is a fictional village in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to the Pokémon Tower, a burial ground for deceased Pokémon and a location to find Ghost-type Pokémon.

The background music of Lavender Town is renowned for adding to the town's creepy atmosphere. In the 2010s, it gave rise to the "Lavender Town Syndrome" creepypasta, a fictional story about hundreds of Japanese children dying by suicide after listening to the track from high pitched tones that only they could hear. Lavender Town has become well-known for the variety of creepypastas associated with it, which has been the subject of analysis.