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<span style="font-size: 26px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">Okano Island: New Neighbors<br/>
オかの<br/>
</span></span>​</div><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"><span style="font-size: 15px">Located just South of the Island of Hokkaido, Okano is a small traditional Japanese Island, it's inhabitants live simple lives and have always wished to live far from the ears and eyes of the modern world. For over a hundred years the Island has succeeded in keeping foreigners from their tiny paradise. This all changed when a local article written by a former resident turned Sapporo journalist made Okano the newest destination for the wealthy and the wanderers. Tensions have risen as the new inhabitants have begun to settle near the coasts and in the dense forests, places often left uninhabited out of respect to the spirits and sprite which many believed to reside in those hallowed spaces.<br/>
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Sporting thick forests across the near entire western portion of the Island, and a large dormant Volcano growing from the northern portion. Much of the town of Okano lies within the center and east of the island with the southern coast left as the ritual space for the people of the town. Okano's residents almost exclusively practice Shinto-Buddhism with a small portion of the younger generation having turned towards Christianity. While this divide has begun among the generations the young still keep to the traditions and superstitions of their elders, all except the new natives who have brought with them their love for technology and western trends.</span></span>