On the eastern edge of Gensokyo lies its only shrine.

This shrine exists on the border between the outside world and Gensokyo (*1).

All of Gensokyo can be seen from this shrine, and it is famous for having the most beautiful cherry blossom trees.

The Hakurei shrine maiden, who specializes in incident resolution, lives here.

She watches over Gensokyo from here, and when an incident arises, she will go out immediately and ascertain the cause.

It's said that she resolved the recent Scarlet Mist incident.

Although normally youkai should not approach the shrine, there is a rumor that it has become a den of youkai, and that humans no longer approach.

Just as in the village, one is ensured safety from attacks by youkai while at the shrine; however, as the path between the shrine and the village is an animal trial with poor visibility, and since safety cannot be guaranteed, it has always prevented people from visiting the shrine to worship.

It has other special traits, such as items from the outside world appearing within the proximity of the shrine or people from the outside world spotted nearby.

A human being from outside will become food shortly after encountering a youkai, but if his luck is sufficient to find the shrine, they can return to their own world (*2).

Most of the items from the outside world are mysterious, and are popular among humans and youkai alike.

For this reason, many collectors like to gather around the shrine.

However, it is said that the purpose of most of the discovered objects is unknown.

1: To be accurate, the place where this shrine exists is not Gensokyo.

2: It is said that the human beings who don't want to return outside have increased in number lately. In that case, they are made to live in the human village.