The luxury resort city of Yakan {from the textile - with bold colors and geometric patterns}, chartered by the Koizumi Dai Ichizoku during the first score of years after the settlement of the Ichizoku on their landhold, has a normal population of 173,457 that may swell to well over a million during events, festivals, and holidays with tourists from across the planet and stellar system. The city is located near the southern most area of Shinrin, at the ti of the eastern side of the Gemini Hanto {twin peninsula} with Emerald Bay on the west side of the city, and the Akai Umi to the east - with excellent surfing conditions most of the year. Yakan stretches from the tropical rainforests of the Flamenco Hills well into Emerald Bay [named for the nearby gemstone mine, not the turquoise waters of the bay} with a half dozen cruise terminals, commercial and fishing ports,and several large marinas and yacht clubs, with spectacular views of Haku-san {mount haku, white mountain (shield volcano)} across the bay. there is a small but sophisticated intercontinental aeroport, Izumrudnyy Aeroport {emerald}, capable of handling small craft and dropships, and has special accommodations for the Princess class lxury passenger liner dropships from the Neptune Orient lines and Phoenix Mercantile fleets. Rokkakkei Eki {hexagon station} which handles both the continental high speed rail lines and the city's light rail public transport system, is well known for its colorful abstract and fractal tile mosaics that cover the walls and floors of the station, inside and out. Hanabira Bun'ya {petal field} is a multiuse complex and the 'petals' of the stadium structure, as well as other structures in the complex are arranged as fibonacci repeating spirals. the stadium seats as many as one hundred thousand, all with optimum views of the action (a wide variety of sportsand athletic events, as well as concerts and cultural events), with demountable and retractable seats and fields, and a skydeck with bars, food kiosks, exclusive merchandise, and lounges. The green buildings of the complex are powered by solar and ground sourced geothermal (as is much of the city), designed to withstand earthquakes (tremors an almost daily occurrence), with the shell of the stadium covered in millions of petal shaped, spiral patterned panels of programmable lights that put on quite a show from twilight onward, in theme for individual events. The rest of the complex contains open green spaces, walking trails, a tennis facility, a health club, olympic size swimming and diving pools, pro-shops and boutiques, community playing fields, an extreme sports area, and a multilevel indoor arena that hosts equestrian sports, basketball, e-leagues, hockey, figure skating, and also concerts, events, banquets, and activities. Yakan is quite spread out, roads and boulevards are wide enough for regular traffic, which is limited to electric power, but are mostly used by delivery vehicles and livery vehicles. the tourists mostly use cabs and limosuines, but locals mostly use the light rail system to get around - it is quick and effecient, is not crowded, and covers the whole city including the hills, beaches, and port areas, although motorcycles and scooters are also popular. Parking lots and structures in the city are minimal and designed to be either invisible or beautiful to behold. The local single home residence communities are scattered throughout the city and are named after geometric patterns and shapes, many of these neighborhoods create a vibe of feeling and design inspired by their shapes. Tourism is the engine and primary ecnomy of the city, even the small amount of light industry in the city is focused on producing goods for the tourist trade, and there is enormous investment in the devotion and commitment to outstanding, exemplary, and exceptional service levels throughout the city from the lowest sanitation worker to the most exclusive concierge (and salaries definetly reflect this - e.g. wait staff earningsare commensurate with technicians or even engineers in other cities) [In general Nejiro is a non-tipping socirty and gratuities are only acceptable for favors and extraordinary services outside the norm.] kokyo Senta Koen {public center park} is a nine hundred acre public park (full of lush vegetation and flowers carefully curated from the nearby rainforests) at the center of the city bordered by civic buildings - City Hall, the Mayor's Mansion (currently Akihiro Madrigal), Unity Hospital, kinkyu Taio Honbu {emergency response headquarters} - with all services from the constabulary to firefighting and also the NPO Resident Office, the Yakan Gazette headquarters (a news daily that focuses on gossip, society news, calendars and coverage of local events that occaissionally publishes global human interest stories, and headline news),Yakan Community Polytech, Kokyo Toshokan {the public library}, the Yakan Magistrate Courthouse, and The Postal Service. this in turn is surrounded by Hana no Odori {flower boulevard} a tropical flower lined wide boulevard perfect for parades and street fairs, which is surrounded by high rise apartment buildings and hotels with views of the park, ocean, bay, or city depending on the orientaion of the building. The Amai {sweet} candy factory offers free tours and produces hand pulled saltwater taffy, hand pulled lollipops, konpeito, ichigo ame, peppermint creams, over one hundred flavors of jelly beans, chew candy, hard candy,and gunnys, also handspun ribbon candy, higashi, amanetto, and karinto. La Contessa is the finest hotel in Yakan, located right on the oceanfront of the Akai Umi, a luxury resort hotel and spa with a casino, private docks for the yachts of their most affluent guests in the natural lagoon in front of the hotel and uninterrupted views of the puffy pink sands of Akala Beach and the ocean beyond. the Grand Opera House (the most opulent on planet) hosts the finest touringart shows, symphonies, ballet and dance copanies, pop and rock concerts, broadway shows and theater, children's programming, speaking engagements, and opera companies. the Beachside ArtWalk contains extra wide sidewalks lined with tropical shade trees, artisan studios, art galleries, shops, izakaya, ryokan, sidewalk cafes, temples and shrines, museums, theaters, and music clubs on Akala Boulevard which runs parallel to the beach for over five kilometers, and is in easy walking distance of its bordwalks and waves. The Aquaria is located on the harbor and includes an aquarium, a water park, the Biosphere Gardens, The Lantern - a working lighthouse you can tour which also houses a museum and a popular restaurant, and the Big Lift - an elevator with a circular glass cabin that moves sideways over the harbor and then upwards more than forty meters, it has incredible three sixty views of Yakan and Emmerald Bay. Encanto {charm} is the most well known and exclusive nightclub on the continent, the venue exudes quality, style, and class from its Funktion1 soundsystem to the gourmet chef-grade food to the stellar lineup of DJ's and EDM aficionados. Zouk {party} is another well known popular nightclub with a complex of six dance floors that play a variety of dance music, making sure everyone can have a really great time. the Pleasure Piers extend into Emerald Bay, aresomewhat isolated on the far side of the harbor, and contain a wide variety of intimate adult delights for the over twenty five crowd. Tourists also enjoy the opennaie outdoor markets, casinos, rainforest trails, nude sunbathing, colorful yukata, beach leisure activities (or non-activities as the mod demands), amusement parks, shopsand boutiques, golf, gelaterias, bars and clubs, cirques, numerous panoramic vantage points, shows, fine dining, exotic gardens, pickleball, polo fields, indycar races, mediterranean style villas and perches villages in the hills, festivals, private cabanas, sailing, snorkeling, deep sea diving, scuba diving on the coral reefs, convention center events, tasting and cocktail tours, plazas and fountains, and rainforest excursions.
