On Hinamizawa, Shiboneshi

The History and Social Studies of a Japanese Town

Current Day:
Small town, has a single room school building where multiple grades intermix. The building is rented from the Forestry Department. The class has only about 15 students. Other children go to school in a nearby town called

The Furude Shrine:
The Private Property of the Furude clan (consisting now only of Rika). It has the best view of the villiage and is also where the Watanagashi Festival is held. Riak says that the shrine is considered public property.

The Dump/The Old Dam Contrusction site
There is a lot of illegal dumping going on here, and oddly enough a lot of Higuashi takes place here, either due to Rena trying to get a statue of Colonel Sanders out of the dump (because she thinks its cute) or Keiichi trying to find out more of the mystery of the killing at the Dam Site.


Onigafuchi Swamp

On η-173 (eta 173 aka Hinamizawa Syndrome)

The Virus is considered a Class-C parasitic Virus called η-173 (aka Hinamizawa syndrome) there are five levels to the deasease and it is considerd that any given moment all the citizens of Hinamizawa are affected to Level 1 or 2 of the illness.