Heahea City

Heahea City (Japanese: カンタイシティ Kantai City) is a coastal city situated on Akala Island of the Alola region. The city was founded long ago by s from the Kanto and Johto regions.
==Places of interest==
===Akala Ferry Terminal===
The Akala Ferry Terminal is located on the west side of the city.
The can take the ferry to Hau'oli City as soon as they can visit the Ferry Terminal. The player can take the ferry to Aether Paradise once they visit Aether Paradise. The player can take the ferry to Malie City once they visit Ula'ula Island. The player can take the ferry to Seafolk Village once they visit Poni Island.
After battling Gladion at Aether House, but before battling Lusamine at Aether Paradise, the ferry is undergoing maintenance and cannot be taken.
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===Game Freak office===
The Game Freak office is located on the second floor of the third/fourth building to the east of the Pokémon Center; immediately to the southwest of the Dimensional Research Lab.
GAME FREAK Morimoto resides here; he will battle the player once per day after they become , and will give the player the Oval Charm after defeating him for the first time. The Game Director also resides in the office, who gives the player the Shiny Charm for obtaining all the Pokémon in the Alola Pokédex, except Mythical Pokémon. There are also a few game developers working on their computers.
In , Morimoto will challenge the player in a Double Battle alongside Iwao, again under the conditions present in Sun and Moon, and give them the Oval Charm after defeating them for the first time. Speaking to Iwao after obtaining all of the Pokémon in the Alola Pokédex will earn the player the Shiny Charm and one of two clothing sets depending on the player's . After the player's first use of Ultra Warp Ride, an will be situated in the lower left corner of the office and offer to change the feature's controls between motion controls and Circle Pad controls. One of the employees in the office will give a number of statements to the player if they show him a Pokémon originating from the Virtual Console releases of the Generation I and Generation II games, the statements varying depending on the game of origin. In addition, the first time he's shown a Pokémon from a Generation II game, he will give the player a full set of Apricorn Poké Balls.
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===Name Rater===
Alola's Name Rater can be found inside the Akala Tourist Bureau, located east of the Ferry Terminal.
===Apparel shop===
Heahea City's apparel shop is located to the east of the Tourist Bureau. It sells fashion items, offering tops, bottoms, shoes, hats, and eyewear, as well as socks for female players.
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===Aether Base===
An Aether Foundation office room is found on the floor above the one containing GAME FREAK's office in the building next door to the Dimension Research Lab acting as an Aether Base. This office room is mostly white matching the aesthetic of the other bases and Aether Paradise. It contains fiver Aether Foundation Employees and one . If the player chooses to come here, it is their first potential exposure to the Aether Foundation, and the two employees at the service desk will explain that their purpose is to help protect Pokémon who may have been hurt. Two other employees at the tables on the left specifically mention that they are looking for ways to help Pokémon who may have been affected by Team Skull. The room serves no functionality other than world building and introductory to the Aether Foundation. It serves as one of two bases found on Akala Island, the other being on .
===Tide Song Hotel===
The Tide Song Hotel is a large hotel located in the north of the city. In , the player can use the elevator to go to the third floor, where they'll find, among other things, Colress in one of the rooms, talking to himself prior to his appearance on .
===Dimensional Research Lab===
The Dimensional Research Lab is where Professor Burnet and other scientists work in studying different dimensions and associated with them. It also monitors space-time in the Alola region. Professor Burnet will give the player the Reveal Glass after clearing Olivia's grand trial.
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===Surf Association, Heahea Branch===
In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon only, the Surf Association has a branch building located next to the Pokémon Center, housing the Boss of the Association. After the player has achieved high scores on all of Alola's four Mantine Surf courses, the Boss will give the player a level 40 that knows the move , which it cannot normally learn.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Sun and Moon===
The population of Heahea City is 82, making it the third largest city in Alola just behind Hau'oli City and Malie City.
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===Pokémon Center Café===
At the Pokémon Center Café, the owner will give the player two gifts the first time they buy a drink each day: an item and a dozen Poké Beans.
He will also give the player a Rare Candy if they have fed certain amounts of Poké Beans to their Pokémon.
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==Pokémon==
===Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon===
After the player has achieved high scores on all of Alola's four Mantine Surf courses, they can receive a Surfing Pikachu from the Boss of the Surf Association.
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==In the manga==
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Heahea City first appeared in Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island. Professor Kukui transported and there by boat so that Sun could begin the island challenge. Shortly after arriving, Kukui left to visit the Dimensional Research Lab and asked Sun and Moon to wait at the docks until he returned. While they waited, Sun and Moon were approached by Kiawe, Lana, and Mallow. Outraged that a person not native to Alola was taking on the island challenge, Kiawe chose to battle Sun in order to test if he was worthy enough to participate in it. However, the battle ended when Sun and Kiawe discovered each other's common interest in saving up money.
In True Identity and the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill, while Sun, Moon, and the Trial Captains went to the Heahea City Pokémon Center Café to discuss about Sun's upcoming Brooklet Hill trial, Professor Kukui visited the Dimensional Research Lab and sent data regarding , , and to his wife Professor Burnet. The two also discussed about Lillie and , with Kukui learning that the latter is actually a Legendary Pokémon called .
==Trivia==
* In , a scientist from the Dimensional Research Lab can be found running the Max Lair in Galar's Crown Tundra.
===Origin===
Heahea City was likely designed after the many tourist attractions and resorts found on the western and southern end of , . Mainly evident of the Tide Song Hotel, the neighboring Hano Grand Resort and the Akala Tourist Bureau. Geographically, if the island of Akala was rotated 90 degrees clockwise to match Maui, Heahea City would roughly line up with .
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	カンタイシティ Kantai City 	From 歓待 kantai (warm welcome)
English 	Heahea City 	From heahea (Hawaiian for "to welcome")
German 	Kantai City 	Same as Japanese name
Spanish 	Ciudad Kantai 	Same as Japanese name
French 	Ho'ohale 	From hoʻohale (Hawaiian for "to receive in a house")
Italian 	Kantai 	Same as Japanese name
Korean 	환대시티 Hwandae City 	From 환대 (歡待) hwandae (warm welcome)
Chinese ()	慷待市 Kāngdài Shì 	From the transcription of its Japanese name with the incorporation of 慷 kāng (generous) and 待 dài (reception)
Chinese ()	慷待市 Hōngdoih Síh 	From the Mandarin-based transcription of its Japanese name with the incorporation of 慷 hōng (generous) and 待 doih (reception)
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Sun and Moon locations
Category:Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon locations
Category:Cities
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