List of X locations
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- This article about X/1999 is part of the X/1999 group of articles.
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[edit] List of Important Religious Sites
- Ise Jingū (伊勢神宮?)
- Kōyasan Kongōbuji (高野山金剛峰寺?)
- Mitsumine Jinja (秩父三峯神社?)
- Yasukuni Jinja (靖國神社?)
- Togakushi Jinja (釖隠神社?)
- The Togakushi Shrine is a fictional shrine created by Clamp. Togakushi means "sword concealing". Monō Kyōgo, Fūma and Kotori's father, is the shrine keeper and guardian of the first Shinken to be wielded by Kamui. The shrine is also the only place where the Shinken of Kamui can be born of a woman (the first sword by Monō Saya, Fūma's mother, and the second sword by Magami Tokiko, Kamui's aunt).
[edit] List of the Tōkyō Kekkai (Barrier Fields)
(Note: Kekkai are listed in the order in which they were attacked or destroyed chronologically)
[edit] Nakano Sun Plaza
中野サンプラザ (Nakano San Puraza?)
A cultural hall in the Nakano ward, west of Shinjuku, internationally known as a musical venue. Destroyed by Sakurazuka Seishirō in the manga and the motion picture. Nakano Sun Plaza did not appear as kekkai in the television series. This building's appearance might have related to the fact that Clamp worked with Tanaka Yoshiki in Sōryūden (Kodanshabunko). Nakano ward is a place where heroes of Sōryūden live. Interestingly, Nakano is considered "sacred ground" for otaku in Japan.
[edit] Sunshine 60
サンシャイン 60 (Sanshain 60?)
A sixty-story skyscraper in the Ikebukuro district of the Toshima ward, well-known for its myriad shops, novelty restaurants, aquarium, and SKYMAX planetarium. Destroyed by Monō Fūma and Nataku in the manga and the television series, destroyed by Nataku in the motion picture. Ikebukuro is also featured prominently in Tōkyō Babylon.
[edit] Yamanote Line/Tōkyō Station
山手線/東京駅 (Yamanotesen/Tōkyōeki?)
The busiest mass transit rail line in Tōkyō, encircling much of the city in the shape of the Amida Butsu's hand with the Imperial Palace roughly at its center. Destroyed by Asagi Shōgo in the motion picture, destroyed by Monō Fūma in the manga, and (nearly) derailed by Kigai Yūto in the television series. Notably, the Yamanote Line may have been the most powerful kekkai in Tōkyō other than Tōkyō Tower; it was a linear kekkai that covered a vast area of the city with its protection. In the manga, when Fūma broke just a small section of the Yamanote Line in Shibuya, every station along the line was destroyed in rapid succession—his explanation for this being that all one need do to completely compromise the protection of a circle is to breach it at but one point.
[edit] Shinjuku Highrises
新宿副都心 (Shinjuku Fukutoshin?)
The many skyscrapers of the Shinjuku ward, the administrative and commercial center of Tōkyō. Destroyed by Yatōji Satsuki in the manga and the television series, destroyed by Shiyū Kusanagi and Kigai Yūto in the motion picture.
[edit] Shibuya 109
渋谷 109 (Shibuya Ichimarukyū?)
A landmark building in the Shibuya shopping district famous for its trend-setting department store. Destroyed by Sakurazuka Seishirō in the manga. Shibuya 109 does not appear as kekkai in the television series or the motion picture.
[edit] Ebisu Garden Place
恵比須ガーデンプレイス (Ebisu Gaaden Pureisu?)
A popular shopping district in Tōkyō with many sidewalk cafes and fashion boutiques. Destroyed by Monō Fūma (with pop cans) in the manga. Ebisu does not appear as kekkai the television series or the motion picture.
[edit] Rainbow Bridge
レインボーブリッジ (Reinbō Burijji?)
A landmark bridge across Tōkyō Bay connecting Tōkyō with the Odaiba district in the Minato ward, which was built on reclaimed land. Destroyed by Sakurazuka Seishirō in the manga and the television series. Rainbow Bridge did not appear as kekkai in the motion picture.
[edit] The National Diet Building
国会議事堂 (Kokkai Gijidou?)
The chief legislative building of the Japanese government. Hinoto is housed in the basement of the National Diet. Destroyed by Monō Fūma in the motion picture. Kokkai does not appear as kekkai in the manga (although it is pictured when referring to the two remaining kekkai in volume 18, the two kekkai in question are actually Tōkyō Tower and Tōkyō Tochōsha) and despite the fact that it appears to act as kekkai in the television series, it is never destroyed let alone attacked.
[edit] Ginza
銀座 (Ginza?)
(Yet another) shopping district in Tōkyō, known for many department stores, coffeeshops, and restaurants. Attacked (but not destroyed) by Nataku and Monō Fūma in the manga. Ginza does not appear as kekkai in the motion picture. Apparently, the Ginza kekkai is specifically embodied by the Wakō Building Clocktower.
[edit] Inokashira Park
井の頭公園 (Inokashira Kōen?)
A large, lush park in the midst of the city of Mitaka within Tōkyō. Destroyed by Monō Fūma in the television series, and attacked (although not destroyed) by Yatōji Satsuki in the manga. Inokashira Park does not appear as kekkai in the motion picture. Inokashira Park is home to a shrine dedicated to the vengeful goddess of love, Benzaiten. According to folklore, she causes the relationships of young couples to come to premature ends—which is interesting in that the incident at Inokashira Park (in which Sorata is grievously injured attempting to protect Arashi with his gohō dōji) causes Arashi to realize how much she loves Sorata and—in the anime—to consequently break from the Ten no Ryū to try to save Sorata from his lethal fate.
[edit] Yasukuni Shrine
靖國神社 (Yasukuni Jinja?)
A shrine in Tōkyō dedicated to all fallen Japanese soldiers. Yasukuni Jinja does not appear as kekkai in the manga (although Seiichirō has Daisuke and Yuzuriha meet him there), and it does not appear at all in the motion picture. In the television series, it may or may not be an actual kekkai, but (as in the manga), the Dark Hinoto lies to the Seals, telling them that there will be an attack at Yasukuni Jinja in order to divide their forces.
Notably, the Kadokawa Shoten headquarters is in the vicinity of the shrine, perhaps the reason why Aoki Seiichirō (who is based on the real Aoki Seiichirō, editor of Monthly Asuka, a division of Kadokawa), an editor of Kadokawa's Asuka magazine in X, is able to get to the shrine with relative ease.
[edit] Tōkyō Metropolitan Government Building
東京都庁 (Tōkyō Tochōsha?)
The administrative neural center of Tōkyō , this landmark building was constructed after the fashion of a European gothic cathedral façade, with its distinctive belltower-like twin peaks. Tochōsha is in the very heart of the Shinjuku ward and acts as the headquarters of Tōkyō's governing body. The headquarters of the Chi no Ryū is directly beneath Tochōsha, as well (some of its highlights including a throne that smacks of phallic imagery, Kanoe's shower and bedroom—which Yūto always seems to be in—and the cold storage chamber that the Beast is housed in). In the manga and television series, although Yatōji Satsuki destroyed the Shinjuku Highrises, Tochōsha was left untouched. Indeed, it seems that in all of Hinoto's and Kakyō's dreams of the future which the Chi no Ryū are working towards, although Tōkyō will be otherwise obliterated and flooded, Tochōsha is still standing undamaged amidst several metres of water. It is unknown as to whether the Chi no Ryū intend to destroy Tochōsha as well as Tōkyō Tower, but it seems—at least at the moment—unlikely.
In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (crossover series by Clamp), the story arc that focuses an alternate Tokyo shows that only two buildings remain standing in desolated world: the Tochōsha and Tokyo Tower (by inference).
[edit] Tōkyō Tower
東京タワー (Tōkyō Tawaa?)
Perhaps the most important kekkai. A landmark of red and white steelwork done in the style of Paris's Eiffel Tower, Tōkyō Tower is the final kekkai. Tōkyō Tower is a central recurring landmark in many of Clamp's works (including Tōkyō Babylon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Clamp School Detectives). In the motion picture and television series, Tōkyō Tower is attacked by Monō Fūma, though in each of these instances Shirō Kamui manages to prevent him from destroying it. In the manga, it remains to be seen as to whether Tōkyō Tower will survive the Final Battle.
[edit] Other
- Clamp Academy
CLAMP学園 (Clamp Gakuen?) (Also known as Clamp School and Clamp Campus)
A fictional school/functioning community in the southern area of Tōkyō built in the shape of a pentagram enclosed within a circle. Clamp Academy figures into several of Clamp's works (among them, Clamp School Detectives, Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders, Man of Many Faces) and was (apparently) built by the Imonoyama family with the dual purpose of providing some of the most talented minds in the world with an educational setting and sealing the Shinken within the centre of the pentagram which the school itself forms (three purposes if you count partying, which it seems that the students of Clamp Academy live for).
The unusual layout for the Campus resulted from an agreement between Magami Tōru and the former director of Clamp Academy for the school to contain and conceal the Shinken, even though the school was nearly half-built and most of the buildings (built and about to be built) needed to be moved. Every aspect of the Campus's design, from the layout of the buildings to the architecture to the infrastructure, is actually carefully plotted to help form the dynamic spell capable of sealing the Shinken. Par example: the trains which run between the five cardinal points of the Campus's pentagram and along the perimeter of the circle run only in one direction and at a speed which is only slightly faster than a person is able to run. The constant retracing of the pentagram and circle by way of commuter train is but a single aspect of the seal.
Although it never comes under attack by the Angels (indeed, it seems that the Angels—excluding Fūma, perhaps—cannot transgress the boundaries of the Campus), Clamp Academy seems to act as a protective zone much in the same way as the kekkai. After Monō Fūma's awakening as the Kamui of the Chi no Ryū, Imonoyama Nokoru provides the Ten no Ryū with all of the resources at the disposal of Clamp Academy.
東京カテドラル聖マリア大聖堂 (Tōkyō Katedoraru Sei Maria Daiseidō?)
Sakurazuka Seishirō stands on the belfry in volumes 11 and 12. The Hotel Chinzansō of Four Seasons Hotel where Kuzuki Kakyō was kept (up to volume 9) is in front of this church. Notably, the Kodansha headquarters (the publisher of several Clamp works, including Cardcaptor Sakura) is close by.
