Banora Banora Village is a town in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " and home to many secrets . It is the only location of which Banora apples grow because of the village ' s rich soil , as in the area Lifestream runs near the surface . Banora is located on the Mideel continent , as evidenced by the " Crisis Core : Final Fantasy VII Ultimania " . The cans of apple juice are spotted throughout the game ; a few cans are locked within a room within the Shinra Mansion . Dr . Hollander also wears a shirt with the Banora White Apple Juice logo . Story . Banora was one of many sites examined by the Shinra Electric Power Company for the potential to host a Mako Reactor . The underground mines were built with this purpose in mind , with the village constructed to conceal the mines ' construction and existence . The mining site was closed when Shinra discovered the Emerald Weapon in stasis , and the village was built to hide the discovery with Shinra staffing the new village with residents . Though the village was placed there to conceal the vestiges of the mining site from the general public , it was also used as a location to keep the staff of Project G under house arrest . Shinra employees were placed on the village board of trustees but eventually the company lost interest in the site and Banora became a free village . After the Jenova Project , Genesis Rhapsodos was sent to live in Banora under foster parents , as were Gillian Hewley and Angeal Hewley and others involved in Project G , to live under surveillance . Banora is the only place in the world where Banora White apples grow , due to an unknown property of the soil in the region . Because they ripen at random times throughout the year , the villagers nicknamed them " dumbapples " . As a child Genesis won a competition for the idea of Banora White Apple Juice , which would become Banora ' s trademark export . Genesis ' s family property hosted the largest Banora White tree in the village , and it was said to produce the tastiest apples . As Genesis and Angeal grew up , they became best friends despite the socioeconomic differences between their families ; Genesis ' s family were rich landlords , while Angeal ' s family was poor . Genesis discovered the abandoned mines and made them into his secret base . A journal Zack Fair finds there later recounts his desire to share Banora White juice with Sephiroth , who was the same age as Genesis but a famous hero of the Wutai War . Genesis and Angeal left Banora to join SOLDIER , Genesis aspiring to become a hero like Sephiroth , both rising through the ranks to SOLDIER 1st Class . After Genesis deserts Shinra , Zack and Tseng are sent to Banora Village to look for Genesis ' s parents to see if their son has contacted them . They find the village has become a stronghold for Genesis , and the townsfolk , including Genesis ' s parents , are dead . Gillian is the only survivor , and Genesis has set up a base in a warehouse on the edge of town where Genesis Copies are being produced . As Zack and Tseng investigate the village , they find Genesis and Angeal , Zack believing Angeal killed his mother after finding her dead in her home and Angeal at the scene . Genesis summons Bahamut to battle Zack , and after he defeats it he and Tseng leave . Shinra orders Banora firebombed to destroy all evidence of Genesis ' s actions , leaving the town a crater . The bombing failed to destroy the underground mines where Hollander had constructed other testing facilities . Years later Zack returns to Banora , realizing that Genesis ' s continued holding of a Banora White means he must still be using the village as a base since they grow nowhere else . Zack explores the caverns and locates Genesis in an underground chamber where a tree holds an enormous Materia known as the " Goddess Materia " . Genesis absorbs power from the Materia and the Lifestream to become Genesis Avatar , and engages Zack but is defeated yet cured of his degradation . Zack carries him out of the caverns and takes a bite of the Banora White apple , fulfilling Genesis ' s childhood dream by proxy since he carries Sephiroth ' s cells . Genesis falls unconscious from the battle as Lazard and the last Angeal Copy fade into the Lifestream . Zack takes Cloud and departs for Midgar , leaving Genesis behind . After Zack leaves , a Shinra helicopter arrives carrying Weiss and Nero of Deepground , and the two retrieve Genesis and leave Banora . Location . Banora is located on Gaia ' s South - Eastern island mass .