Ji-u Reformatory

The Ji-u Reformatory was a tiny stronghold located on the western bank of the Merchant Quarter of Ryokō Owari Toshi, near the Bridge of Drunken Lovers. Whispers of Shadow and Steel, by Mari Murdock
== Appearance ==
The small compound had thick, towering white-pine walls and an iron gate built by farmers several centuries before the city was established. It held the office of the resident . A former rice vault was used as a prison for high-caste criminals with minimum security requirements. A gravel courtyard housed a few ancient administrative buildings and a waterfall with a pond inscribed with the word "". 
== Name ==
The building had earned the name "ji-u", referring to the gracious rain that blessed crops in Ryokō Province, a popular pun on "jiyū", the word for freedom. 
Category:Ryokō Owari Toshi