Land Of Fire

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 (火の国, 𝐇𝐢 𝐧𝐨 𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐢) 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐲ō. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝, 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐔𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚.

## Konohagakure

**Konohagakure** (木ノ葉隠れの里, *Konohagakure no Sato*, *English TV:* "Village Hidden in the Leaves" or "Hidden Leaf Village", *literally meaning:* Village Hidden by Tree Leaves) is the hidden village of the **Land of Fire**. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konohagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Hokage, of which there have been seven in its history. Konoha resides deep within a forest at the base of a mountain known as the Hokage Rock, which has the faces of all those who have taken the office of Hokage engraved on it.

## Fire Temple

The **Fire Temple** (火ノ寺, *Hi no Tera*) was a large ninja temple or shinobi monastery in the Land of Fire that strongly resembled the Shaolin Monastery except that it only housed ninja monks. It was particularly famous among ninja temples.

## Hachō Village

The **Hachō Village** (ハチョウ村, *Hachō-mura*) is a village lying on the outskirts of the border of the Land of Fire. They are on very friendly terms with the Tonika Village. When the village was attacked by Kabuto Yakushi in his attempt to gain access to The Hole, the villagers that were able to survive all fled to this village and the Hachō Village later sent officers to help guard the ruined village.

## Tanzaku Quarters

**Tanzaku Quarters** (短冊街, *Tanzaku-gai*, *English TV:* Tanzaku Town, *literally meaning:* Poem Card Quarters) resides in the Land of Fire and is a fair distance from Konoha. It is a lively town that attracts many adults due to its gambling opportunities and fine women. Much of the Search for Tsunade takes place in or around Tanzaku Quarters at the same time that a festival is going on. The Tanzaku Castle (短冊城, *Tanzaku-jō*, *literally meaning:* Poem Card Castle) was a popular tourist attraction, but it is destroyed by Orochimaru.

## Tonika Village

The **Tonika Village** (トニカ村, *Tonika-mura*) is a village located on the outskirts of the border of the Land of Fire. It is also where The Hole is located. The village was destroyed during Kabuto Yakushi's invasion which was geared towards acquiring The Hole to conduct his experiments. During the invasion, the villagers fought bravely to defend their home, but Kabuto's reincarnated pawns were too powerful and overwhelming.

## 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚

* The Land of Fire is often said to border the Land of Wind, however, maps show that the Land of Rivers is right in between them. Whether the map is wrong or the Land of Rivers is smaller than initially thought is currently unknown.