This book is a great tool for anyone running a Rokugan game. Although designed for use with the 2nd Ed. L5R core book, there is enough descriptive text that it can be easily used within any L5R edition. This book provides a fully functional village that can be dropped into any clan lands, and even provides sidebars with clan specific suggestions. This book also provides descriptions for all the major players in town that characters may encounter, from the regional gokenin to the local begger (although the book is very light on the mechanical side of character desciption, often providing nothing more than "Rank 3 Bushi"; that said, it does make references to the 2nd Ed. L5R core book for suggested stats). This book includes description of the town holidays, religion, geography, history, politics, economy, etc., as well as a number of small maps of the town and surrounding region. A number of campaign suggestions, as well as adventure threads provide a miriad of options that could be developed into full adventures. To conclude, this book provides a very rich setting that would allow a party to spend numerous seasons all in one small out-of-the-way village.