Myōbokuzan
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Myōbokuzan (妙木山, Mysterious or Exquisite Tree Mountain; English TV "Mount Myoboku") is the land of toads, the place where all the toads that Naruto, Minato and Jiraiya have summoned live. It is home for huge and small toads alike. Myōbokuzan is a rich and beautiful land, whose ultimate authority seems to be the Great Toad Sage. Shima and Fukasaku are both elders and sages, and they seem to have an even higher authority than Gamabunta himself.
For a human to get to Myōbokuzan, it either takes a month long travel on secret paths from Konohagakure or, if they have a summoning contract, they can let a toad use the Reverse Summoning Technique. According to Fukasaku, Myōbokuzan is impossible to find by foot if you don't know the secret route.[1] In the manga the path Jiraiya took to Myōbokuzan was the secret route,[2] in the anime the path taken was via using the summoning technique without a contract,[3] finding his way there as a young child. There is special puddle that links Myōbokuzan and Konohagakure, that enables the smaller toads to quickly travel between the two without the use of the summoning technique.[4]
Some of the inhabitants of Myōbokuzan can use senjutsu, to gather natural energy. There is a sacred fountain in Myōbokuzan produces a special oil that allows people to more easily feel the natural energy around them, but if the person is not perfectly still becoming one with nature, he or she starts becoming a toad and eventually turns into stone. This oil can only exist in the atmosphere of the mountain, and will evaporate if taken outside. There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who tried to learn senjutsu, but failed and become statues. The statues are treated with much respect.
Myōbokuzan has records of its population in a list, and the name of a Myōbokuzan toad stays there until it dies.
[edit] References
- ↑ Naruto chapter 409, page 04
- ↑ Naruto chapter 376, page 15
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden Episode 127
- ↑ Naruto chapter 429, page 9
