During his captaincy, Gin Ichimaru is said to have planted Persimmon trees in the barrack grounds and dried the fruits himself to create hoshigaki,
which he shared with other divisions. This tradition is still kept alive today.
Captain Ichimaru and Captain Hitsugaya also fought on the 3rd Division grounds during the Ryoka Invasion.(Source)
Behind the barracks of the Third Division into this small persimmion plantation, there is a small plot of land neatly boarded and painstakingly cared for.
Amongst the fine grass there stand the small shrines of those members of the Division who have come and then gone.
This is the Shrine that was constructed under the Persimmion trees in honour of those shinigami of Squad 03 who had come, and then passed away....
As one walks between these testaments to those who have come before,
it is hard to miss the good humour and mischievous nature of the Third Division apparent even in the epitaphs:
Here lies Johnny Yeast.
Pardon me
For not rising.
which he shared with other divisions. This tradition is still kept alive today.
Captain Ichimaru and Captain Hitsugaya also fought on the 3rd Division grounds during the Ryoka Invasion.(Source)
Behind the barracks of the Third Division into this small persimmion plantation, there is a small plot of land neatly boarded and painstakingly cared for.
Amongst the fine grass there stand the small shrines of those members of the Division who have come and then gone.
This is the Shrine that was constructed under the Persimmion trees in honour of those shinigami of Squad 03 who had come, and then passed away....
As one walks between these testaments to those who have come before,
it is hard to miss the good humour and mischievous nature of the Third Division apparent even in the epitaphs:
Here lies Johnny Yeast.
Pardon me
For not rising.
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To the Green Memory of
William Hawkings
Faithful Gardener:
Planted Here
With Love and Care
By His Grieving Colleagues
William Hawkings
Faithful Gardener:
Planted Here
With Love and Care
By His Grieving Colleagues
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She lived with her husband for 500 years
And died in the confident hope of a better life.
And died in the confident hope of a better life.
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Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go.
All dressed up
And no place to go.
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If the honoured visitor to the Shrines is keen enough, he will find a shrines kept in an obscure part of the garden.
These are kept for the past Captains of the Third Division.
These shrines are larger and more elaborate in design than those of the more modest former members of the Division.
Here one can easily find the shrine dedicated to Captain Izuru Kira, and also...the infamous Captain Gin Ichimaru .
Naturally, the dark humour that so epitomises this squad is not lacking in either of these epitaphs:
These are kept for the past Captains of the Third Division.
These shrines are larger and more elaborate in design than those of the more modest former members of the Division.
Here one can easily find the shrine dedicated to Captain Izuru Kira, and also...the infamous Captain Gin Ichimaru .
Naturally, the dark humour that so epitomises this squad is not lacking in either of these epitaphs:
Captain Gin Ichimaru .
Here lies a man who while he lived
Was happy as a linnet.
He always lied while on the earth
And now he's lying in it.
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Captain Izuru Kira
Once I wasn't
Then I was
Now I ain't again.
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