Icicle Inn

Icicle Inn (アイシクルロッジ) is Aerith's birthplace. For a time, Professor Gast and Ifalna, an Ancient, lived in the town to hide from Shin-Ra. The town functions as a resort because it snows year-round. The constant cold temperatures are not due to the location of the town, which is somewhat polar, but actually because of the town's proximity to the Northern Crater, where the planet uses a large amount of Mako to try to heal itself. Called "Icicle Lodge" in the Japanese version of the game.