Art kinda imitating life Zen town

[Mayor-of-Bliss]

I have a fishing Zen town and I've just now this month been recently loosely basing it more off of the Edo/Tokugawa period in Japan. (I'm American so I go off general ideas).
I've only recently been looking at things closer online.

I actually had some things work out just naturally that had a bit of a parallel. I found it fun.

For example:
(These are off basic internet info so I could be 100 percent wrong)

Present day Tokyo used to be Edo. Edo started as a fishing town! I started my town as a Zen fishing town.

I built a water fountain in town. Looked it up. Water fountains (the ones we have today I think they are called double bubblers or something) invented around the late Edo period. I doubt Japan had them so soon obviously, but it's still historically accurate so shush.

My town is isolated. I don't play with other people or trade or any of that. Due to lots of factors. But Japan was also isolationist during some of that period. Kind of made me smile.

I recently upgraded all the homes to Zen Exterior. The Pagoda looking one. That period had castles like that which was fun learning about.

My alt hotel is based off a ryokan hotel. These were popular an started up around this period I think.

Recently a villager gave me an odd clock. I never understood what it was supposed to be really. It's actually based off a wadokei clock. Long story short Japan quit trading with everyone but the Dutch pretty much. While Europe invented clocks more like ones we use today mechanically Japan was closed off. So all they had was what made the wadokei clock which basic idea was Dutch.

Kabuki just moved into town so I learned all about that.


I know obviously the Zen set is based off more historical Japan. Obviously. But it still makes me happy to learn when things kind of fit history.

 

[StarrySkye3]

That all sounds perfect and what a neat idea for a town! It's so cool you are learning all of this stuff along the way that really fits in with the theme. I would be interested to see what other ideas you fit in along the way, as the town develops and you get more pwp requests!

 

[Mayor-of-Bliss]

Thank you! It's so much fun actually verifying and learning about it. It kind of feels like I'm learn more about my actual town lol. I actually have all my pwps! They all fit except my moai statue but it can be a normal rock that just looks that way or a spirit or something. Shoot. I have a totem pole and stone hendge too. But whatever. They existed in the world then who cares XD

 

[StarrySkye3]

Haha yeah well there are only so many PWP's so I guess you have to be creative with it! I bet it looks best in like darker, maybe rainy days. That's what I think of when I think of an isolated town in the Japanese forest anyway. I bet your DA will be awesome to visit if you don't have one already! Gotta lay out the right clothes and of course a fishing pole