Kirigakure Geography

The village of Kirigakure no sato is located inside the central - western region of Mizu no Kuni. Although the Water Country is an island nation Kiri itself is not on the coast. The village has many small lakes located around and inside of it along with numerous more dotted around the whole of Mizu no kuni. Kiri uses a system of aqueducts made to carry water through the village to be used in it's defense. In the center of the village is the Mizukage water gardens within which lies the Mizukage Building and office where all important work is done. This is the most serene and beautiful place in all of Kiri, it is what the whole of Kiri hopes to look like when true peace is finally obtained.

The main village is inside a large cave formation with a collapsed top giving Kiri great defense and no need for walls with plenty of open sky to allow in sunlight and rain. Usually covered in Mist which ranges from dense to sparse depending on the whether the Mist thins most in summer and winter and is thickest in spring and Autum. Temperatures are usually mild in Kiri summers having a high of 15 degrees celcius and winters of a perfect 0. All over Mizu kuni there are camouflaged watchtowers each with a group of ANBU within them they are all connected via wireless radio to Kirigakure meaning anybody new on the island won't stay unknown for long.


Mizukage Building Detail.

The Mizukage Building is a five story hexagonal shape, it is in the style of Japanese fortresses of the feudal era. The only wooden doors are the main entrance doors which are 11ft high and 9ft wide all other doors are traditional Japanese sliding doors. Statues of Mizukage at either side of entrance.

Hospital

The Kiri hospital is the largest building in Kirigakure, state of the art it is designed with four wings, Emergency, casual, Poison, Mental. This is to make sure all patients are seen to in order of importance and need and to get them out and back to work as quickly as possible.

Academy

The Kirigakure Academy is the second largest building, it has two floors the top floor contains high grade students the lower for the average and below average students, their is also a large basement which was used for the final exam, 1v1 fights to the death, this was locked and sealed after Momochi Zabuza killed all of the graduates single handedly.

Housing

Most houses within Kiri are designed in a similar way to the one's in Konoha though the appear slightly more military.

Mizukage water Gardens

The central part of Kiri is a small lake with many floating Gardens which hold an abundance of beautiful flower trees of all types. In the Middle of the lake on the only small piece of land is the Mizukage building connected to the rest of Kiri by four small bridges set as points of a compass, east, north, west and south each bride is guarded by a single ANBU at all times.