Gensokyo
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| Basic Information | |
| World Name | Gensokyo (幻想郷, げんそうきょう) |
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| Inhabitants | Yōkai, humans, mages, deities, fairies, undead, etc. |
| Works | Touhou Project |
Gensokyo is the setting of the Touhou Project series, created by Team Shanghai Alice.
Gensokyo is a fictional world, most of the plots of the Touhou series take place here.
Introduction
Gensokyo is thought to exist deep in the mountains, away from Japan.[1]
Most of the territory is inhabited by yōkai and other non-human creatures. But there are a few human inhabitants.
Due to the strong borders that cut off Gensokyo from the outside world, there is no way to confirm the existence of Gensokyo in the outside world. Outsiders can't get into Gensokyo either, but if there is a very rare event, outsiders can enter there. Also, there is no way to confirm what the outside world looks like inside Gensokyo, and most residents can't leave either.[2][3] However, yōkai and humans with special powers can enter Gensokyo by various other means. Reisen, who escaped from the moon many years ago in Imperishable Night, and went back to the moon in Reimu's rocket in Silent Sinner in Blue, Sanae Kochiya, who was transported there from the outside world in Mountain of Faith, and Mamizou Futatsuiwa, who was transported to Gensokyo because of the Nue, a sealed beast who could communicate with the outside world by some means, in Ten Desires, are some examples of exceptions in works.
Additionally, Gensokyo is separated from the outside world with a border. It is not another dimension, or another world, as it is geographically connected to the outside world.[4]
(Reference: Japanese Wikipedia[5])
Notes and references
- ↑ In a submission to this forum dated June 1, 2003, ZUN thinks of the shrine in the Outer World, which is the entrance to Gensokyo, as being deep in the mountains of Tohoku and Shikoku.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050408092238/http://gensou.s93.xrea.com/world/qa0307.html
- ↑ "Hakurei Reimu" article in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.
- ↑ Yukari Yakumo article in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- ↑ Wikipedia (Japanese): https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/幻想郷/
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