Far Runner Dojo

The Far Runner Dojo was a unique institution, a training hall run by the Crab Clan, but located in Shinjo lands. It was a product of the unique friendship that sprang up between the Hiruma and the Unicorn Clan.

Friendship
After the Unicorn returned to Rokugan, they were mostly shunned by the Great Clans, but they found sympathy from the Crab, who knew what it was like to be looked upon as uncouth and brutish. The relationship became closer after Moto Tsume and his followers disappeared into the Shadowlands, and the Unicorn realized that they needed to learn more from the Shadowlands.

Foundation
Shiro Hiruma, the ancestral Hiruma Castle, was controlled by the Shadowlands, and the Hiruma did not had a place to train their bushi. The Unicorn agredd to build a training hall on the White Shore Plains, just across the Firefly River from Shiro Moto. In return, the Hiruma would teach the Moto survival techniques, combat techniques and other forms of lore regarding the Shadowlands.

History
After the recovery of Shiro Hiruma in 1132, Far Runner Dojo was almost vacated, and re-established there the Hiruma Scout School dojo, but they maintained a cadre of sensei at Far Runner Dojo. The Hiruma had sent students back to the dojo, keen to make use of the so-called Running Fields that surround the training hall.