Hōōden

"This is the true Hōōden! The place you were just now is just a little something our Master came up with because he doesn't want to admit he lives in a place like this!" — Mera Hiuchigashima in "THE BATTLE"

Hōōden
Kanji	鳳凰殿
English	Fenghuang Palace
Location Statistics
Type	Main City
Located In	Ōetsu Nimaiya's city, Soul King Palace
Controlled By	Ōetsu Nimaiya
Primary Function	HQ of Ōetsu Nimaiya
First Appearance
Manga	Chapter 522
Anime	Episode 376

Hōōden (鳳凰殿, Fenghuang Palace) is the shack Ōetsu Nimaiya resides in and is located within the Soul King Palace.

Overview

Unlike the extravagant palace that Ichigo and Renji walked into upon arriving in Ōetsu's city, the actual palace takes the shape of a simple shack, located on the edge of a cliff. The only distinguishing feature denoting the importance of the building is the sign on the entrance, which, in kanji, states the building's name, Hōōden. The inside of the palace, however, is much bigger than what the exterior suggests it to be. Instead of being a small room, there is instead a deep pit that, if one is not careful, people will fall into immediately when they set foot inside the palace.

Ōetsu Nimaiya's Forge

A water slide at the palace can be taken to reach an enclosed cavern structure at the base of the cliff, that is surrounded on all sides by torrents of water. Ōetsu states that this is the reason the Hōōden is on a cliff as he uses all the water to restore Bankai.