The Kasumigaseki Mountains are a coastal mountain range on the planet Eiennohana. One of the oldest settled regions on the planet, it is known for the being the home of the Fujimori-genji and the Hoshino-gumi, as well as containing several sites considered holy by followers of Eiennohanan Shinto.
Geography
The region is marked by rolling hills in the lowlands and jagged peaks in the highlands. These hills and mountains are riddled with river valleys and lakes, the most famous being the Tengu, Kappa, Kintaro, and Jorogumo rivers. The height of the mountains prevents rain from reaching the Red Desert (赤い砂漠). The trapped clouds cover the land in a constant drizzle, nourishing the region's dense forests. These forests in turn release large amounts of volatile organic compounds or VOCs. These chemicals have high vapor pressure, meaning that they form vapors at room temperature. Since the Kasumigaseki Mountains are home to millions of trees, the combined vapor they produce a blanket of fog that the Kasumigaseki Mountains are famous for.
Shinto Holy Sites
The forests of the Kasumigaseki Mountains are deep and dark, evoking the aesthetics of myth and legend. It is believed that here in the mountains, at a location known as the Hill of Spirits (レイヶ丘), that a Shinto priest named Otsuka Yoriyuki was contacted by the spirits. The legend says that while Yoriyuki was traveling through the mountains he came across a hill covered in flowers of every imaginable color and shape. While appreciating the flowers' beauty, Yoriyuki was approached by a kitsune who claimed to be a messenger of the Goddess Inari.
The kitsune told Yoriyuki that many kami and yokai had come with the colonists to their new home, eager to bless and aid the colonists in their times of need. However, the kami and yokai from Sol were at war with the native kami and yokai, who were insulted by the colonists lack of respect. Even worse, because of the colonists' lack of veneration towards the kami and yokai that had come with them meant that they were losing the fight against their native counterparts. The kitsune begged Yoriyuki to inform the King that unless proper veneration was given to the spirits the colony was doomed to disaster. In addition, the colonists were instructed to learn the names and needs of the local kami and yokai, so that they to could venerated appropriately. This was the beginning of Eiennohanan Shinto, and holy sites began to the spirits were constructed throughout the region.
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