Hoshizora Chiku

Hoshizora Chiku {starry sky district}

at this time all 300 chiku are 1.87  million square kilometers 

resident population total 6100 

this is a somewhat typical representation of a chiku without metropolitan areas on Nejiro barring geography and climate 



The Hoshizora Chiku has a temperate climate with winter lows of negative three degrees celsius and an average of one hundred thirty centimeters of intermittent snow accumulation, with as many as five major snowfalls that blanket the mountains in some of the best ski powder on the planet. Summers are warm, with highs up to thirty five degrees celsius, that are often humid, which bring severe thunderstorms with high winds, heavy rainfall, intense lightning, hail, and sometimes tornado activity. Spring and autumn bring many days of clear skies, and thousands of hours of sunshine along with a large variety of flowering plants and colorful foliage. The geography is more than slightly active and full of several types of mountain ranges from fold to volcanic, wide valleys, rivers, forests, waterfalls, artesian springs, hot springs, and lakes. There are enormous herds of elk, deer, aknata (large native prehistoric bison that are lightly furred and bearded with a massive pair of curved horns on its head and bony ridges from its skull to midspine to protect the spinal cord, it stands up to four meters at the shoulder and weighs up to three metric tons, domesticated breeds may be milked, and produce up to one point three metric tons of edibles), antelope, pronghorns, wild boar, great ostriches, horses, and bighorn sheep grazing on splendid fields of native grasses and wild flowers. There are forests of trees with a multitude of wildlife such as coywolves, tanuki (raccoon masked canid), falcons, owls, cougars, deer, niji snakes {iridescent, rainbow} (venomous), hotaru {firefly}, novosaurs (native feathered and scaled 'velociraptors' that stand about one meter tall, a cohesive cru {family group - usually three to five, but as many as nine} working together may bring down an elk or juvenile aknata), wherries, moose, direwolf, black bears, swans, cranes, trout, bass, and dreigiau cymru {welsh dragon, small feathered and scaled 'lizards', most with flight, with carnivore and herbivore subspecies, none are bigger than one meter tall or long). a subspecies of the dreigiau cymru are 'fire lizards' living on some tropical islands of the northern hemisphere 

Beneath the chiku is the Redian Caldera, a hot spot that measures over thirty three thousand square kilometers, it sits under the planet's crust and is thought to have initiated about twenty four million years ago. It is powered by a plume of hot, but not molten material that may extend as deep as the boundary between the planetary mantle and core. It last erupted about seven hundred twenty five thousand years ago. The activity of the hotspot has greatly contributed to the development of the Sunlight Mountains, The Kyariko Yama {calico mountains}, the Chian Yama {a native red grape varietal}, the Senotakai Matsuyama {tall pine mountains}, and the Cascadia Range.

One of the better known features of the chiku, located on Mt. Horaiji {seasons treasure mountain}, is the Sakura Onsen National Heritage Site. Mt. Horaiji is the remains of a fifteen million year old volcano of five peaks with exposed ryholite, that is six hundred ninety five meters above sea level located in the southwest sector of the chiku in the Sunlight Mountains. Sakura Onsen {cherry blossom hot springs} which originated (and still exists) as a Phoenix Industries employee retreat, then expanded into a leisure and recreational area for the Saganami Dai Ichizoku. It is favoured for the beautiful and tranquil scenery, especially appreciated during hanami and koyo {leaf hunting}. It has many traditionally styled ryokan {inn} and minshuku {bed and breakfast} with their ofuro {communal hot spring bathing areas} and kaiseki {light meals of seasonal and regional specialties}. Word of mouth spread and demand urged another expansion of both property and access. So in 2864 the new resort area opened on property adjacent to the original retreat, also called Sakura Onsen, to general reservations with the addition of restaurants, boutiques, and outdoor leisure activities, with a station for the Hoshizora Scenic Railway, and an expanded airfield. On the fiftieth anniversary of the resort the Natsu Matsuri {summer festival} with traditional shrine rituals to the local kami, float processions, musicians, dances, theatrical performances, athletic competitions, feasts, games, and fireworks was held for two weeks in July in thanks and celebration, and has continued every summer since. The resort property expanded multiple times in the following decades as a number of small guard gated communities, with vacation properties and rentals were added, as well as properties leased to other Ichizoku to develop as leisure areas themselves under strict guidelines to keep the landscape unspoiled. In 2972 the whole area was proclaimed a National Heritage Site by Parliament and additional plots of land were set aside as nature preserves and leisure and recreation areas for each of the then currently existing Ichizoku. In recent decades private industry has built several successful hotel resorts and spas on nearby properties. 

Another favored location in the chiku is the Hoshizora no Shizen Hogo Kokuritsu Koen {starry sky nature preserve national park}. The park is one hundred thousand square kilometers, located within the Cascadia Range near the center of the chiku. There are a total of 256 NPO Wylde Rangers, and Forestry Service Park Rangers stationed in the park. There is also a Nejiro Fire Brigade Wildland Firefighting unit that includes RAWS (remote operated weather stations in geostationary orbit), hotshot crews, smokejumpers, helitack crews, airtankers, hand and engine crews. The park attractions include numerous gorges, canyons, forests, mountain peaks, hot springs, mineral pools, and geysers. Park amenities accomodate a large variety of visitors with facilities from primitive campsites to glamping campgrounds to private rental cabins and chalets. There is a wide range of activities including hiking, skiing, horseback riding, cycling, climbing, spelunking, ballooning, hang gliding, kiting, adventure races, birdwatching, scavenger hunts, mazes and labyrinths, orienteering, rope courses, rafting, fishing, and canoeing. Especially popular is the Hoshizora Hogo-ku {dark sky sanctuary} which has a planetarium, and two of the five telescope observatories open to public viewing and amateur astronomy. Another popular site in the park is Sweetwater Falls, a forty three meter wide multi-tiered waterfall with sixteen, four to ten meter vertical drops in a zigzag course over thirty nine meters of the Sweetwater River that then plummets another fifty two meters into a large seventy seven meter deep plunge pool, the water then continues on to class four whitewater rapids. The Sweetwater River eventually merges with the Long He {dragon river} in the next chiku, Yubokumin {nomad}, just over the northern border of the Hoshizora Chiku. Some other must see attractions in the park are, Raven Rock a naturally bare large rock face composed mostly of limestone leaning at a forty five degree angle overlooking the Aille River {cliff} within the Aille River Gorge, the rock is over eighty meters tall and has massive cliffs on three sides, there is one trail to the top which has the most spectacular views in the area. The Cave Ampitheatre has deep crevices home to several species of carnivorous bats, and Ishinoki Hashi is a natural sandstone bridge which resembles a petrified tree that has fallen over. The park has three large railroad stations combining several rail lines coming from various points of the continent, the farthest being the city of Port, the closest (outside the chiku) is the town of Madina in the Yubokumin Chiku to the north. The park is home to the Hoshizora Scenic Railway, a luxurious experience with every amenity imaginable which has routes that spiral and crisscross through the park and then the chiku, it offers regular service schedules for all routes - traveling an average of fifty five kilometers per hour, with as many as fifty coaches that have specially designed extra large windows that curve over the roofs of the cars, so that not one centimeter of the picturesque scenery is missed. The train route within the park is often sold out during hanami, and momijigari {red leaf hunting}, also for meteor showers and other astronomical events. The Hoshizora Scenic Railway also operates trains with just chair coaches as public transportation within the chiku, at slightly higher speeds on regular schedules. There are also two small regional airfields near the north and south entrances of the park.   

The Chukan Kawa {middle river} rapids (class four to six) feeds the Anheru Taki {angel waterfalls} with a flow rate of two hundred fifty four thousand three hundred twenty six cubic meters per second, then plunges five hundred seventy six meters over a rock face nine hundred seventeen meters wide, then finally the water gently flows into Tentai Mizumi {celestial lake}. The falls were named Anheru, because the natural rock arches that the water flows over, combined with the intensity of the movement of the water and subsequent vapors make the falls resemble multiple large white wings outstretched for flight. The hydropower plant, built inside the cliffs, provides electricity primarily for the chiku in which it resides, but also for customers from Baja to Lanikai, and for customers from Leaf to Stonehaven. The falls are one of the most admired sights on Nejiro and is a popular tourist destination of the northwestern sector of the chiku. Another popular destination is Tentai Mizumi. The second largest freshwater lake on Nejiro is thirty nine thousand five hundred seventy square kilometers and three hundred fifty four meters deep. Sailing and surfing are the most popular pastimes on the lake. The lake holds one hundred and fifty three identified fish species including salmon and sturgeon. The fields along the shore have many varieties of suisen {water wizard, daffodil}, and the basin is filled with forests of oak, hickory, beech, maple, mulberry, and juniper. The lake gets its name for its phenomenal, breathtaking, impression - 'for on still nights it holds heavens vaults beneath its depths'.
Near the northern border of the chiku are the Chian Yama, named after the prolific native varietal of grapes (with deep red skin and red flesh) found growing there. In the Teliani Valley there is a mild climate with many mineral rich springs - optimal conditions for wine making. There is even cyperus papyrus growing wild around the ponds and springs. It is the home of award winning artisanal estate winery Chateau Mukhnari {oak grove}. The estate currently owns five thousand acres on which it cultivates white varietals like Kakheti, Mtsvane, Rkatsiteli, Bodbe, Gareji, and red varietals like Saperavi, Akhasheni, Khvanchkara, Kindzmarauli, Mukuzani, Usakhelauri, and Chian with the maglari method. The estate has a few labels under which it produces wine; the first is Orgo {the eternity of the sun living in a bottle}, a favorite of connoisseurs and sommeliers, that produces artisanal wine using the ancient qvevri method with amphora jars, that also bottles amber wines. The next is the Teliani Valley label that bottles wines produced from modern methods using computer controlled robotic vats, and from traditional barrel methods. The Teliani Valley label is also used for meads, juices, vinegars, jams, raisins, honey products, and table grapes produced by the estate. And the Chateau Mukhnari label is used for its limited, and special edition wines and for its reserve, extra old, and Hors d'age brandy production. The estate handles all its own production needs from grape cultivation to bottling - they even make their own labels from their own paper, and their own cases. So, as well as the usual winery workers and machinery, the estate also maintains its own apiaries, quarries, kilns, potters, glassworks, coopers, kitchen gardens, carpenters, presses, printers, machine shops, garages, technicians, engineers, and foresters. The winery maintains a vast underground cellar network for the aging and storing of wines and spirits, a laboratory, and several warehouses. The estate has its own private security force, Kolkha, that provides armed security guards for access control of physical and cyber spaces, integrated security systems, surveillance and process monitoring, roving patrols of the entire estate with dogs, resource protection, emergency services, and convoy escorts. Kolkha is also contracted to two small, nearby private guard gated communities on property owned by the Mukhnari family in the hills overlooking the vineyard. The estate winery is a sought after stop on the Hoshizora Scenic Railway and runs regular tours, tasting events, and other social and corporate events. The estate itself does occasionally host weddings and other social events in either the Chateau's formal gardens, or one of its ballrooms, libraries, or wine cellar. The estate will celebrate its hundredth anniversary in March 3069. 

The oldest settlement in the chiku is the Circle G Ranch, privately owned by the Galt {boar, irish/norman descent} family since 2840. Located in the eastern sector of the chiku in the Senotakai Matsuyama, the ranch is currently five hundred fifty six thousand and eighty eight acres. The Galt family regularly adds more parcels every decade or so. In 2963 the Galt family successfully petitioned Parliament to charter the Circle G Station village, near the southwestern border of the ranch, to facilitate movement of freight and tourism, and now the rail station regularly accommodates seven different passenger and freight railway lines, including two bullet trains. Currently the village holds the Chiku Jimusho {district office} of the Common House MP Hanae Chen, Meritous {ranked member of the Civil Service}, Jinshi {advanced scholar}, Tanhua {flower snatcher, ranked third in her last testing year}. The ranch runs an average of eighteen thousand head of organic grass fed bison, plus another eighteen thousand head of various breeds of organic grass fed domestic and native cattle. There are wild herds of aknata, and horned andalusians (native wild polydactyl horse breed marked with whorls, some showing scales, with three graduated curved horns on its head), that migrate through the ranch. There are also domestic herds of horses, sheep, and deer on the ranch. The ranch breeds and trains working dogs for ranch work, herding, guarding, and hunting. In addition, the Circle G raises pigs, chickens, and goats - both for use on the ranch and commercial sale. There are large kitchen and herb gardens, and commercial fields of hay, clover, roses, lavender, sunflowers, tulips, and dozens of tracts of plantation timberland. There are over two hundred resident stockmen (and women) employed by the Galt's to work the ranch. The ranch clinic provides both veterinary and medical facilities and offers their services throughout the chiku. The private airfield can land small aircraft and executive jets, it also has an attached rail station for the Hoshizora Scenic Railway and freight. The family holds all the mineral rights for the land, and currently operates a blue zoisite mine on the property that produces violet blue gemstones worth an average of fifteen hundred ryu per carat. The mine, Iyashitochowa {healing and harmony}, produces an average of two point seven million carats per year and is expected to produce that for at least another sixty years. The Galt family has both in-house security and has contracted with Canopy PMC to protect all the Galt family resources. The Circle G ranch house is built near the western shore of Suzumushi Loch {bell cricket lake}, a large sprawling homestead of timbers and stone in Gleann Fada {long valley} overlooking several acres of wildflowers and the home pastures. 

On the eastern shore of Suzumushi Loch, at the edge of the Circle G Ranch's sixteen thousand acre hunting reserve, the Galt family owns and operates the Tintinnabulum Hunting Lodge {a bell}. The lodge offers all inclusive packages from weekend stays to month long excursions, of seasonal guided hunting (for bow or rifle, from novice to expert) tours, and fishing tours (for trout, bass, and salmon) via trail, boat, or air with either primitive camp or glamping accommodations. The hunting reserve contains many different game species such as wild boar, bighorn sheep, elk, striped deer, great ostrich, fan tail pheasants, antelope, river gators, wherries, various waterfowl and gamebirds, wild aknata, moose, novosaurs, and black bears. Other lodge activities include hiking, horseback riding, and atv excursions and adventures. There is also boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming at the loch; rock climbing, skiing, spelunking, biking, and paragliding through the hills and mountains of the Senotakai Matsuyama. There is an aerial adventure park with several tree top courses, an oversize playground suitable for children and adults, lawn games, tennis, a professional eighteen hole golf course, disc golf, and movies under the stars. The timber and stone rustic style lodge house features high vaulted ceilings with redwood beams, enormous copper chandeliers, stone fireplaces in all public areas and suites, and wide panoramic views of the valley from floor to ceiling windows in all public areas of the lodge and all guest rooms and suites. The lodge has concierge services for the patrons occupying the thirty sumptuous guest rooms, five lavish suites with private balconies, and nine private cottages. Guests are offered a wide array of alcoholic beverages, (from two, forty seven square meter wine and spirit cellars) in the Bone Orchard Saloon. The All Hours Cafe serves guest snacks and pastries, with hot and cold beverages twenty eight hours a day. The Yarrow Restaurant serves gourmet cuisine, elegant comfort food, ranch style bbq, and also picnics upon request. The main hall of the restaurant seats up to one hundred fifty guests, and there are an additional three private dining areas that may accommodate from two to thirty guests. There are seatings for breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. Some seatings, beginning with brunch, are available to the general public by reservation only. Amenities of the lodge also include indoor and outdoor heated pools with cabanas, several fire heated indoor and outdoor lounge areas, outdoor hot tubs, media rooms, a billiards and game room, humidor, cigar room, lending library, gift shop, gym facilities, and spa facilities. Children fourteen and under receive complimentary backpacks containing slings, snares, a nature survival guide (with digital links to audio and video files), travel games, playing cards, hanafuda {flower} cards, a handheld electronic strategy game with charger, craft and science projects, crayons, pencils, sketch books, coloring and activity books, and classic toys including jacks, marbles, and pickup sticks. There is an armoury with a range suitable for rifle or bow, and experts suited to teaching how to get the most from your weapons. There are in-house butchers, taxidermists, furriers, tanners, and leather workers available to expertly dress and preserve your trophies in a method of your choice. The Tintinnabulum Hunting Lodge is also available for corporate and social events. 

Nobana Vale {wildflowers} is a v shaped valley surrounded by the Cnoic Ghlasa {green hills}. The Amai Kawa {sweet river} runs through the west side of the valley, it is thirty three meters wide and one hundred twenty seven meters deep, and has several pedestrian bridges. The valley is located to the east of the Gleann Fada on the Circle G Ranch. The Fiad Mori Wildlife Preserve {wild, untamed woods} - about nine thousand acres of untouched dense woodlands, and the Wild Fields - approximately seven thousand acres of untouched broad rolling meadows of wildflowers, honeybees, butterflies, songbirds, barking squirrels, and numerous other native and local flora and fauna - dominates the floor of the valley. Here the Galt family owns and operates The Wild Fields Lodge, built on a hill overlooking both the Fiad Mori at the rear of the lodge, and the Wild Fields filling the views at the front of the lodge. The french country style lodge is designed with light, airy, and subtly playful sensibilities. It features five round towers, hand carved doors, railings, and other architectural elements. It has enormous crystal chandeliers under high cross barrel vaulted patterned ceilings, some with skylights. There are stained glass sconces and lights, with stone fireplaces in all public spaces and guest rooms. The walls are dressed with custom wallpaper, crown molding, and wainscotting. There are paintings and photos of local wildlife, landscapes, and starscapes - mostly done by gallery worthy local artists throughout the lodge. And there are a great many arched top floor to ceiling french style windows for light, and of course to admire the sweeping scenery. There are thirty sumptuous guest rooms, five lavish suites with private balconies, and nine private cottages - all with personal concierge service. The lodge also features several fire heated indoor and outdoor lounge areas, an indoor Roman bath, a solarium, an indoor swimming pool with slides and diving boards, media rooms, lending libraries, game rooms, gift shops, gym and spa facilities, mineral rich onsen, an outdoor cooperage sauna, two large gazebos, a large ballroom that opens out into formal gardens, and several styles of meeting rooms. Fine dining is available in Effervescence, which offers native seasonal ingredients prepared with a combination of traditional japanese and european cooking techniques, accompanied by an extensive wine menu. The restaurant seats up to one hundred fifty guests in its main hall, and has three private dining areas that may each accommodate up to thirty guests for seatings at breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. Some seatings are available to the general public by reservation only. Two forty seven square meter wine and spirit cellars provides adult guests with a wide array of alcoholic beverages served in the Izakaya Kanosei ni todomaru {japanese style bar, dwell in possibility}. Kafe Ayame {wild iris} is located at the top of Hana tower, it has a large terrace with impressive views of the valley, the river, and the sky. There are racks of complimentary periodicals from around the world, and the cafe serves guests an array of hot and cold beverages, snacks, and pastries twenty eight hours daily. The Wild Fields Lodge offers all inclusive packages from weekend stays to month long excursions of seasonal guided photo safaris via trail (horseback or motor) or air, with a choice of primitive camps or glamping. The lodge also hosts corporate retreats, and is available for social events. Children fourteen and under receive a complimentary backpack with an instant digital camera and film, craft and science kits, a nature guide (with digital links to audio and video files), crayons, stickers and decorative embellishments, colored pencils and sketchbooks, a scavenger hunt mission, a scrapbook for photos, hanafuda cards, travel games, marbles, jacks, pickup sticks, coloring activity books, and a scrapbook for scavenger hunt and other found treasures. Further activities include flower and leaf peeping excursions; guided nature walks in the preserves and surrounding hills to admire the local fauna and flora: coywolves, wild horses, wild horned andalusians, ravens, honey buzzards, athena owls, shikra {sparrowhawk}, baza {crested hawk}, swans, mottled cougars, niji snakes, red lynx, melanistic foxes, macaques, cranes, turtles, red ombre pheasants, sika {deer}, amami {rabbits}, ayame, ogonshoku mangetsu kaede {golden full moon maple trees}, dragon trees, quercus {oak trees}, hogyoku {maple trees}, somei yoshino {white sakura tree}, suminagashi {crimson maple tree}, shidarezakura {weeping sakura}, yaezakura {pink sakura}, maiku jaku {fern maple}, wild wasabi, tsutsuji {wild azalea}, and myoga {wild ginger}. There is also birdwatching, nature trails, dark sky stargazing, scavenger hunts, ballooning, atv excursions and adventures, and astronomical observation excursions. Other outdoor activities include hiking, horseback riding, rafting, canoeing, swimming, biking, climbing, spelunking, paragliding, lawn games, yoga, disc golf, and movies under the stars. The outdoor natural stone hot tubs are fed from local underground hot springs which also feed the outdoor rock waterfall pool, its grottos, and water walls. Professional photographers and crafters are available for classes and assisting with editing, printing, and custom framing of your prized photos, and also with shadow boxes and scrapbooks for your found treasures. 

Morning Glory Lake is located in the southeastern sector of the chiku. The third largest freshwater lake on Nejiro is twenty seven thousand eight hundred ninety six square kilometers, and four hundred nine meters deep. The average surface temperature is sixteen degrees celsius, and in the summer the temperature may rise to highs of a toasty twenty to twenty one degrees celsius. The lake has more than fourteen hundred kilometers of sandy beaches, two rocky grottos with caves on its westernmost shore, and colossal cliffs along its northeastern shore. There are forests of oak, hickory, dogwood, magnolia, beech, maple, sakura, cedar, forest pansy, mulberry, and juniper trees surrounding the shores of the lake on all sides. Days with high winds combined with the deep water provide excellent surfing conditions with waves in excess of five meters. Be advised wetsuits or drysuits are highly recommended along with a thicker freshwater board. There is a longstanding argument concerning the name of the lake, some argue the name is derived from the shape of the lake as seen from the air it is said it resembles an unfurling morning glory blossom. Some argue that the name is derived from the abundance of morning glory blossoms in the fields around the lake. They have been arguing the point for over eight hundred years and there is no sign of ceasing. Recently, approximately thirteen hundred kilometers south of Circle G Station, and about fifteen hundred kilometers east of Sakura Onsen, the probationary koichizoku Starfall has begun to establish its landhold near the western shore of the lake. The new probationary koichizoku  landhold boundaries are just over twenty five kilometers of the western lakeshore of Morning Glory Lake, then it runs through part of Larkspur Prairie to the west, and part of Cibola Forest {buffalo} to the east. To the north the landhold boundaries are in the Silesia Foothills in the west and in between the lowlands and uplands of the Kyariko Yama to the east.     

The total resident population as of the last census is 6100

The resident population of the Circle G Ranch is 1237
The resident population of Chateau Mukhnari is 429
The resident population of Sakura Onsen is 494 

village: Faywood {fairy woods} 

resident population: 248

Located five hundred kilometers east of the Sakura Onsen Resort in the Sunlight Mountains. The economy is based mostly in tourism due to the hot springs. There are a few ryokan with onsen, and a couple of minshuku also with onsen. There is a rail station for the Hoshizora Scenic Railway, two roads, and several paths. There is a small airfield big enough to handle small executive, and charter jets. The village itself hosts the Yosei Uzzu Bistro {fairy woods} that serves nabe {hot pot}, rei-shabu {hot pot served over fresh greens and vegetables}, and yakitori {grilled meat on a stick}. Ice Monster Cafe serves artisanal, seasonal kakigori shaved ice topped with your choice of available syrups, condensed milk, fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Katayaburi Boutique {unconventional} makes bold colorful shibori dyed, hand painted kimono, mawai {jackets}, and yukata from wool, linen, jersey, and denim fabrics. Many of them have patterns and designs that reflect pop culture references. They also make jaquard woven, yuzen dyed aloha shirts and dresses from silk, linen, and cotton. There is the Pola Museum of Art which houses over nine thousand works of the art collection of the Pola Cosmetic Group whose CEO Satoshi Suzuki has a residence here, and a factory in Ananda. Many tourists enjoy the Yosei Uzzu Gongen Shinto Shrine {incarnation, manifestation of an indigenous kami}, and the Owakudani Geysers {great boiling valley}, both not far from the village. There are many outdoor recreational activities, hanami in the spring and koyo in the fall. There are large groves of maple trees harvested for their syrup and leaves. The village is also known for its Yosegi-zaiku {parquet work} artisans skilled in traditional marquetry from a variety of woods. They make handcrafted storage boxes, treasure boxes, jewelry boxes, hope chests, furniture, and other decorative items - trays, vases, coasters, picture frames, etc..


village: Yuza {grace} 

resident population: 163

Yuza is located northwest of the Circle G Ranch in the foothills of the Senotakai Matsuyama. There are no roads only paths, rail lines, and a small airstrip east of the village just big enough to land bush planes and vtols. The village is laid out like spokes on a wheel, with the community barns and farmhouses toward the center and the pastures radiating out. In the village center is the Village Hall that also hosts the postal station and the rail station. The villagers raise sheep, and goats for textiles, dairy, beauty, and skincare products under the brand Yuza. There are several dozen weavers, potters, dyers, leather workers, and lace makers who also use the Yuza brand. The villagers also forage and make all their own natural dyes and pigments. 


village: Vecchio {old man} 

resident population: 271

The village is built of stone on the slopes of a long dormant stratovolcano, Rojin Kazan {old man volcano} in the Cascadia Range north of Hoshizora no Shizen Hogo Kokuritsu Koen. There are no roads up the steep mountainside only rail lines, and gondola lifts for freight and the Hoshizora Scenic Railway. There are two pads for vtols on the east and west sides of the village, and a rail station at the southern most point of the village. The village operates several mines in the area that produce iron, silica, copper, basalt, limestone, salts, lead, cobalt, obsidian, and quartz. There are several truffle hunters, and the terrace farms produce rice, peas, potatoes, blue maize, tulips, and a wide selection of flowering bulbs. Also here is Vetro di Drago, a glass factory that makes everything from industrial glass to bakeware and tableware to decorative murano style glass to fine art sculptures. But they are best known for their crystal, and their obsidian knives and weapons.



village: Tsurui {there are cranes here} 

resident population: 542 

The birthplace of MP Hanae Chen is located west of Hoshizora no Shizen Hogo Kokuritsu Koen in the Cascadia range south of Akai Okan no Mizumi {red crown lake}, which is a protected breeding ground for red crown cranes. The lake is an outlet of Kagayaku Kawa {shining river}, with an average width of two kilometers and a maximum depth of sixty seven meters. The tributary of the Chukan Kawa runs south and east through the chiku to the Eastern Sea, with the village built along its shores at the bend. Here there is a river port and docks for barges and other inland watercraft and amphibious vehicles. There is both recreational and commercial fishing, a boatyard, two marinas, a railroad station with passenger and freight service, and a small airfield. There is an independent marine road station near tollway sixteen, about fifty two kilometers west of the village. Mangetsu Ingegneria {full moon engineering} is located here and designs, constructs, and maintains seaplanes, bush planes, and firefighting aircraft. Also located here is Littowsky Yarns, a textile mill that make high quality yarns and fabrics from wool, cotton, hemp, bamboo, and flax. Tsurui is home to Shima no Mori {sister forest}, a collective of foragers and woodcutters hunting the Suzukoya no Mori {beech forest} (northeast of the village) to clear felled and damaged trees for poles and firewood, and to harvest matsutake and other mushrooms, also truffles, needles, cones, nuts, and other tree products, as well as ferns, mistletoe, edible greens, and berries. Shuinsen {red seal ships} designs, constructs, and maintains junks, freight boats, amphibious vehicles (military and civilian), motor launches, motorboats, rowboats (for sport and leisure, also for use on the lake as powered boats and planes are forbidden there), jetskis, river and canal barges, tugboats, fishing boats (leisure and commercial), cabin cruisers and patrol boats. 



village: Chiarezza {clarity} 

resident population: 238 

Located in the foothills of the Cascadia Range  northwest of Circle G Station, the village is built at a convergence of hot springs and artesian springs, namely the Shimizu Wellspring {clear, pure, clean, water}, which has several flowing artesian wells. The water is collected and bottled in glass for sale around the world at the Beatitudine {bliss} bottling plant. There are several small farms and ranches near the outskirts of the village boundaries that collectively run a farmers market in the village. The small resort village has a few onsen, ryokan, minshuku, shops, and restaurants. Also a couple of roads, a rail station, and a small airstrip. In the fall during momijigari in the second week of November, the village hosts the Zampillo Festa {flow, gush, spring, jet festival} in honor of the waters. 


village:Motika {pick}

resident population: 179

Located in the Chian Yama east of Chateau Mukhnari. The village is an organic farming commune and cooperative that grows mulberries, figs, barley, blackberries, elderberries, citrus, sunflowers, naga negi {bunching onion/leek}, kabocha {squash}, daikon {radish}, shiso {herb}, naga-imo {mountain yam}, renkon {lotus root}, takenoko {bamboo shoots}, wasabi, satsuma-imo {sweet potato}, olives, almonds, rice, tea, peas, greens, vegetables, soy, amaranth, buckwheat, clover, flax, alfafa, yellow mustard, gobo {burdock}, comfrey, stinging nettles, dandelion, dairy cows, goats, pigs, chickens, and apiaries. In the spring, summer, and fall the village offers a few dozen agricultural internships and apprenticeships through several guilds, high schools, colleges, and universities. They produce a wide array of goods from butter to rugs, from candles to jarred soups, from butcher cuts of meat to candy that are sold through their physical and digital store Motika Farmstand and at local farmstands in the chiku. The village has one road to the farmstand (which is only open seasonally), a small airstrip, and a rail station - but they are mostly used to transport freight.   



industrial park: Ananda { state of bliss, happiness} 

resident population: 696 

Located southwest of Circle G Station in Sankakkei Tani {triangle vale}, a v shaped valley in the foothills of the Senotakai Matsuyama, where the parkway, primary highway, and rail lines cross. The village has a rail station and a small airfield. It is home to a guard gated community (with three neighborhoods), an independent road station, and several small factories.

Hebino Raisen {snake helix} makes medical equipment and devices, analytics, lab equipment, medical monitors and sensors, diagnostic and imaging equipment 

Sanshoo Sharyo {salamander vehicles} designs and makes apcs, atvs, technical vehicles, amphibious vehicles, military support vehicles, firefighting and emergency vehicles, and does maintenance, upgrades, and custom work 

Tokushu Custom {special, unique} the idea is to take a platform that was designed quite well and update it with a number of innovations. No other designer/builder offers as many options or upgrades as we do. This is a pain staking process of creating your dream custom weapon exactly to your specifications and may include a wait time of approximately one year or more for a fully custom weapon. It is our absolute goal for every firearm that leaves our shop to perform at its highest ability so that you as a customer are not only satisfied with the craftsmanship of your firearm but at its ability to meet your needs at the range, match, hunt, or line of duty. 

Howa Machinery manufactures construction equipment, heavy construction equipment, machine tools, military and civilian firearms 

Airmids Garden has several ten story greenhouses and vertical hydroponic farms that produce vegetables, greens, dwarf fruit and nut trees, medicinal plants and flowers, herbs and spices, several experimental agricultural fields, and two large botany research labs   

Rockbell Automail custom engineer, manufacture, fit, and maintenance of medical prosthetics, bionics, and cybernetics 

Intimate Foundations designer and manufacturers of hosiery, lingerie, shapewear, and undergarments 

Sawel {the sun} makes the Anthelion {luminous ring} stationary home studio cycle, the Scua {shade, shadow} interactive fitness digital home gym and other exercise equipment 

Mademoiselle Poches {miss pockets} designs and manufactures of off the rack designer clothing with usable pockets for women, ladies, and girls 

Pola Cosmetics makes cosmetics and beauty products 

Sheppard Industries Research Lab Five conducts cutting edge basic and applied scientific research and technology development across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines for both immediate and long range needs, these fields include plasma physics, marine geosciences, optical sciences, quantum research, autonomous and unmanned systems, tactical electronic warfare, robotics, chemical and biological sciences, material science and technology, electronics, environments (sea,air,space), information science, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, power and energy, space sciences, spacecraft engineering, space systems development, builds and tests prototypes 

Heritage Boots does handmade and bespoke western style footwear, they are known for their original handstitched patterns, inlay, and tooling, they also do special orders, limited runs, and wedding pairs from a variety of leathers including sheep, shark, sea dragon, river gator, wherry, novosaur, and niji snake in dress and work styles from three hundred to two thousand ryu, there is a shop in Circle G Station and a boutique in Bridges           


village: Circle G Station

resident population: 763

Located near the southwestern border of the Circle G Ranch, it has several freight and passenger rail lines running regular service through the village. There are several small ranches and farms east of the village. It holds the office headquarters of the Hoshizora Scenic Railway and the Chiku Jimusho of the Common House MP Hanae Chen, Meritous, Jinshi, Tanhua. Main Street has several notable attractions that include the palatial art nouveau Circle G Station, which features a six story clock tower, mosaic tiled floors, and floral frescos. The Sounder Opera House is a lavish, visually stunning, acoustically perfect five hundred seat hall which presents chinese opera, western opera, symphony's, musical theater, puppetry, noh and kabuki performances. The Golden Movie Palace harkens back to the golden age of film and has three five hundred seat movie theaters. The baroque style Galt Public Library holds more thant thirty thousand books in their always expanding collection. Yorokobi Arena is a three thousand seat stadium with an inverted curve transparent roof that presents sports, e-sports, concerts, and other events - it is home to the Inoshishi Associated Football Club {wild boar}. Also near the central village streets are the Patchwork General Store, Twilight Antiques, the Public Square and The Meeting House. The Market Hall near the station is a food hall with additional vendor spaces for artists and craftspeople. Away from the central village is Scratch Addiction, a gallery/shop that does japanese style hand tattoos, as well as tattoo gun polynesian, tribal, celtic, woad, watercolor, calligraphy, and grey scale styles. Also present in the village are the public k-12 day/boarding school Nagareboshi Gakko {shooting star school}, the Hoshizora Community College, and The Arts Technical a high school through bachelor degree polytechnic with programs in visual and creative arts, crafts, trades, engineering, and math along with training in technical and scientific fields. There is a an NPO field office, and a unit of the Nejiro Fire Brigade. The Yunikuna do Kazamidori {unique copper weathervanes} factory is in the village, as well as the Baroness Takumi {master crafters} factory that makes tractors, agricultural equipment, and turf maintenance equipment, also the Velvet Gelato factory - that offers tours and free samples, the Sweet Citron lemonade factory - which also offers tours and free samples, and the Vintage Washboard factory. There are also several small hotels, a few dozen shops, boutiques, restaurants, galleries, and saloons.       



village: Solardalur {sun valley}   

resident population: 374 

The Hoshizora Scenic Railway, and several other rail lines offer special rail passes during the winter ski season for this location in the heights of the Sunlight Mountains. The Sun Valley Ice Rink is located in the village and features floor to ceiling glass walls with views of the mountain and valley below. The rink plays host to several different skating competitions and races annually. The rink is also a popular off season training ground for several pro skaters. It has an outdoor rink with free admission, free thirty minute lessons, and unlimited sessions. There is a rink side restaurant, The Hearth with terrace views of the skating and a hot chocolate bar. The outdoor rink often plays host to festivals, concerts, broomball games, and skating exhibitions. Bryht Chalet, is the most well known of the five winter ski and snow resorts found at the top of Angelfire Canyon and near the base of Mont Koso {mount magnificent} in the Sunlight Mountains. The resort is known for its famous ski and snowboard school with group and private lessons available for every ability level. Bryht offers night skiing with over two hundred illuminated acres. Bryht also offers helicopter tours and heli-skiing. The young and young at heart enjoy our sledding hills and daily snowball war conducted at our seasonally built snow forts. The resort is a great combination of terrain and snow quality making it one of Nejiro's favorites. The resort averages five hundred centimeters of snow a season that blankets one thousand fifty skier and rider accessible acres. Bryht boasts a lift service vertical of five hundred thirty two meters with sixty six named trails and many off-piste runs with narrow corridors, tree studded steeps, and mega moguls. Freestyle skiers and riders will find four evolving terrain parks and a half pipe to practice their progressions. Boarders of all levels try their hand at the five meter deep, one hundred ten meter long superpipe. In the off seasons the Berhatz {bright} factory manufactures limited runs of excellent quality winter apparel, winter performance activewear, and winter sports gear and equipment. Every other year, towards the end of the season - usually March, the Solardalur Ski Patrol is challenged by several ichizoku militias, the NPO Wylde Rangers and other Ski Patrols in the Biennial Military Patrol Competition in which four person teams compete in cross country skiing with a twenty five kilometer race, in ski mountaineering with a twelve hundred meter climb, and with rifle target shooting throughout, for trophies and bragging rights. 


village: Hikari {light} 

resident population: 466

The village is located on the shores of Tentai Mizumi in view of the Anheru Taki. The hydropower plant provides a good percentage of employment for the village, but there is also tourism, the boatyard, a small aeroport, and fishing. There are several marinas and yacht clubs, as sailing is one of the most popular pastimes along with surfing. The docks and boatyard are home to several shops and crafters that provide a wide array of options for boating and other water activities. There are great tracts of timber and bamboo that are harvested, and maple groves that provide gallons of syrup every year. The Hoshizora Scenic Railway and a small locally run elevated monorail line  provides access to tourist who occupy many rental and vacation properties in the area. Other attractions are The Journey Behind the Falls that has an elevator that takes you down forty five meters to tunnels with viewing ports behind the falls and an observation deck near the lower edge of the falls where you can look up at the wall of water and feel the rush of mist on your face. The Street of Fun will take you past - the SkyWheel ferris wheel that stands fifty four meters tall and offers climate controlled gondolas with views of the falls and lake; Tenbo-dai {observation tower} a two hundred thirty five meter tower offers a spectacular bird's eye view of the falls and lake, and offers an indoor/outdoor observation area with two revolving restaurants; and the Speedway is a roller coaster style go-kart racetrack. The Street of Fun also offers boutiques, snack, candy, and ice cream shops, restaurants, and other family attractions such as The Mirror Labyrinthe, the Panoptic House of Wax, the Round One Arcade, the Nightmare Fears Factory, and the It's a Fact?! Interactive Museum. There are several small hotels, ryokan, and minshuku in and around the village for active families and romantic couples. a walkway stretches from above the falls all the way along the edge of the gorge, providing spectacular views and the only access to the not to be missed Serafu Shrine {seraphim}. The nearby NPO Tower has a resident unit, and a strategic response unit stationed there, as well as an NPO Shore Patrol unit, and a Nejiro Fire Brigade Wildland Firefighting unit.