Fire Temple

The is a large  or shinobi monastery in the Land of Fire that strongly resembles the Shaolin Monastery except it, as expected, contains only Ninja Monks. The monks are led by former Shinobi Guardsmen Chiriku. The Temple is located in an area surrounded on three sides by mountains and a large field to the south. The graves of four of the Twelve Guardian Ninja lie in each of the cardinal directions with the temple in the center.

There are many statues and images of Tengu and Yamabushi including two statues on either side of the front gates. This is significant as in legend Tengu and Yamabushi taught humans the arts of Ninjutsu. The monks have access to a skill known as "Theurgical Enlightenment" or "Gift of the Gods".

The grounds of the monastery are surrounded by, under normal circumstances, impenetrable Sealed Iron Walls that have only been breached twice. The first was when Sora unleashed his demon fox's chakra after it was first sealed into him as a child. The second was when Kakuzu of Akatsuki launched an assault on the temple to collect the head of Chiriku. Chiriku and many of the other monks were killed in the latter attack, and the temple itself was destroyed.