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Kanji | 稲羽市 |
English | Inaba City |
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Type | City |
Location | Honshū, Japan, Human World |
First Appearance | |
Debut | Bleach: Equilibrium |
Inaba City (稲羽市 (いなばし), Inaba-shi; Lit. "Leaves of the Rice Plant City") is a large settlement in the Human World, located within Tottori Prefecture, Chūgoku of Western Japan.
Overview[]
Inaba is home to the Kiseki and Hoshi Quincy families. It is a large city boasting the second largest population in the Tottori area at 184,563 living inhabitants. It sits at the foot of multiple mountains and is bordered by the Sea of Japan.
Inaba has an unusual relationship with Soul Society regarding its protection, while it is under the jurisdiction of the Gotei 13's Thirteenth Division as District 3688, it has not been given a Shinigami protector in some time, this is a result of the Quincy families residing there, forcing the Shinigami to abandon the city while evaluating the next course of action. It is instead protected by Kaede Kiseki and Haiiro Hoshi, a pair of Sternritter that reside in the area.
History[]
Inaba had its beginnings as a village of relative unimportance, founded by a small gathering of fishermen and farmers in 905 AD. The village grew, slowly but steadily over the years, falling into the care of the Mōri clan during the Sengoku Period. Rice fields and a good source of fish was paid as tribute to the daimyō of the region, though the war largely avoided Inaba as it had limited strategic value outside of naval ventures, and it lacked a harbor of its own with which to hold proper warships. The only thing that changed for the village was who recieved their produce, switching hands from the Mōri to Nobunaga Oda once he sweeped through the country, and eventually to Hideyoshi Toyotomi following Nobunaga's death.
Under Toyotomi the village would see massive growth and expansion, the unifier of Japan seeing the village as a ripe location for a port with which to aid in building a sizable fleet for his ill-fated invasion of Korea in 1592. This expansion brought a variety of craftsmen to the village during its transformation, many of them eventually settling down there giving it access to further expansion on its own once the war effort had passed. With a larger population and greater economic options, the village would continue to grow into the modern day as it became the second most populous city in its part of Japan.
Geography of Inaba[]
Locations in Inaba City | ||
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A public university in Inaba City. The undergraduate program there is fairly unique in practice, with all of its classes taught in English except foreign language classes. The school is known for being fairly strict, Kaede Kiseki and Haiiro Hoshi once attended here before dropping out. | ![]() | |
A Dōjō that was established in 1916, it is a hall devoted to the training of Kendo and has been since its founding. It is an old building that rests on the Eastern outskirts of the city. Haiiro Hoshi is a frequent attendee of lessons there as a means to hone his swordsmanship. | ||
A large apartment complex in the heart of the city. It is fairly pricey according to those who live there, but is cheap enough for Haiiro Hoshi and Kaede Kiseki to reside there without high paying jobs. The pair live in an apartment on the top floor. | ||
"M" is a convenience store franchise that is popular through out Inaba. Several stores are located in Inaba, and surrounding cities in the prefecture as the chain has slowly grown over the years. The stores are popular hangout spots for students in Inaba. Kaede Kiseki works at one such store as a clerk. | ||
Nestled amongst the hills, this shrine overlooks the city of Inaba. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its own local legend of a "sword in the stone" that had been impossible to remove regardless of the means applied. It is actually a Yüshítou that was used to free Sūn Zhōng from his imprisonment in the Muken. | ![]() | |
Trivia[]
- The city is based upon the town of Inaba from Persona 4. In addition to the city itself, many of the locations within are named after various series:
- Jōki (上機) means "The Best Ability That Can Attain Higher Perception" and is taken from Nagatenjouki Academy in Toaru Majutsu no Index. The image used to represent it is also from the series as A Certain High School.
- Musō (無双) meaning "Unrivalled" is taken from the Dynasty Warriors franchise, which is known as Shin Sangokumusō (真・三國無双, True ・ Three Kingdoms Unrivalled) in Japan.
- Maken (魔剣) which means "Demon Sword" is named in reference to Ragnarok, a Demon Sword from Soul Eater.
- Rokotsu (魔剣) is named after Rokotsu Pass, a fictional location in Way of the Samurai where the game takes place.