Yamagake

Yamagake is a town situated in the North-west of the continent of Plagos, on the Northern world border of Rathnir. It was part of the Lordship of Sakura, one of the provinces of the Second Empire of Plagatéa, formerly the Realm of Asarakaen, prior to the collapse of the Empire. After this, it became a town within District Kanzan, shortly after renamed District Goshuma, in the Empire of Simulami, though is still widely recognised as part of the informal Sakura region.

It is situated close to the old town of Sakura and the old capital of Kitaichi. It is largely situated in the side of Numachi Mountain, with South-east Asian style houses built into the cliff face. It also is home to the Royal Numachi Walled Garden, or Numachi Nōbumachi Kōenkabe, a small walled garden dedicated to Aisuru Numachi and her husband Techno Numachi and their rule over Sakura and Plagos.

It is also the home of the Ōritsunero Kyujikenai Yamagake, or Yamagake Royal Research Institute, set up by then Tagavor Alexander S. Numachi to conduct various research projects to serve the Second Empire of Plagatéa. It was primarily used to conduct foreign relations studies, catalogue the history of Plagatéa and conduct National Censuses within Plagatéa. He continued to operate the institute even after the collapse of the Empire, while the core territories became part of Simulami, publishing papers on Plagos more generally rather than Plagatéa.

History
It is an important mining town with the region of Sakura, providing exports of important minerals and iron ore mined out from the resource-rich Numachi Mountain, relied upon in particular for arms manufacturing in Kitaichi. This is also the reason it possesses a small barracks, originally constructed during earlier days of the Numachi rule in Sakura to protect against bandit raids.