Kusasato is a small country cloated between Earth Country to the north, Himorogi to the east, and Fire Country to the southeast.

Kusasato's climate tends towards the temperate and tropical, though it gets cooler the further north you go, towards the more mountainous regions near Earth Country, and towards the coastline. Normally though, the village tends to stay pleasantly warm, though the heat and humidity can get oppressive; rain is fairly frequent, but gentle, with storms uncommon.

Kusasato's terrain is some of the most varied in Kannagara, ranging from a more mountainous north, to more heavily forested regions in the other directions, and hints of swamp land to the south and east. Many areas have broad, grassy plains and hills, and bamboo thickets are common, with lakes and rivers prominent as well. Kusasato is perhaps one of the best areas to forage for food, in terms of both hunting and gathering, and has many herbs both medicinal and poisonous--if you know how to find and use them. As it sits right on Izanagi Ocean, it is also one of the better places to go for saltwater fishing.

Kusasato's village itself is not nearly as cultivated or well-off as Hisato's. The area is beautiful, though often wild and overgrown, and not entirely civilized as some of the other villages tend to be. Though the country is small, the village is sprawling, less centralized than its neighbors--space is important here, and camouflage, to give all residents the privacy and protection they need. Buildings are often difficult to see at all from a distance, and familiarity with the land is extremely important to ensure that residents don't get lost or worse. The scattered, hidden nature of the village is its greatest defense, set as it is on a particularly large tract of hilly land to the far north of the country, backed by mountains to the north and surrounded in other directions by a dense mixed forest of bamboo and other trees, with few reliable landmarks.

The houses themselves tend to be fairly old, simple, and small, with a only a few large rooms; generally all-natural materials see use for both construction and furnishings, such as peat, moss, wood, reed, and bamboo. The floors are typically packed earth and wooden boards, covered by tatami mats, with the kitchen and work areas a little bit lower than the rest of the house. Houses typically have the most basic amenities, but almost nothing modern at all. A small room is set aside for the bathroom, holding a basin and large tub, plus a toilet; the latter is the only thing in the house with running water and working plumbing, and is fortunately fully functional.

The bedroom is dominated by sliding-door closets and hold the futon and bedding they'll be sleeping on as well as several changes of clothing and belongings that they came into Kannagara with. Otherwise, it's an empty room, good for stretching and simple practice. The main room is a sitting area, with low tables for eating, and dominated on one side by a simple fire pit, or irori, which sports several chains with hooks that can be raised or lowered to hang pots from; this is the main way to heat the house, and a place for simple cooking.

The kitchen is set towards the back of the house in a sunken room with an earthen floor and a door that leads outside, dominated on one side by a kamado, or a low, hollow clay stove with holes in the front to feed in kindling and control the fire, and holes on top for grilling surfaces or clay pots to be placed into. A large basin and preparation surface take up much of the rest of the space, with shelves lining the walls for storage of cooking and eating implements; most food storage is in the hollow space beneath the floorboards, in large clay vases. There is no refrigeration.

Sliding shoji screens divide the rooms and create walls and separators that can slide fully open within the house, allowing inhabitants to see from one end of the house to the other; there are no doors in the interior of the house. Everything is open and spacious, with entire walls and windows that can open to take in the nature all around them.

Aside from the toilets, any water needed will have to come from the rivers or lakes, which the village has no shortage of. Bathing is more easily done, though far less private, in the quaint natural onsen that can be found at the far north of the village, nestled at the foot of the mountains.