Serika

Serika (芹香) officially Serika Metropolis (芹香都), is one of the 40 prefectures of Nakama. Nanohana is the capital of Nakama, the center of the Greater Serika Area, Largest metropolitan area in AIN and the 2nd most populous metropolitan area in the world. It's the home of Nakama Government and Imperial family of Nakama. Serika located in Kitaseki region on the largest island of Nakama, Seijima Island. Serika special prefecture originally divided into 2 different prefecture, Serika Capital City and Nanohana Prefecture until the merge in 1953.

Located in the mouth of Serika Bay, Serika was named Nanohana since 1953 until 2018 where parliamentary decide to rename Nanohana back into its original name before the merge of Nanohana Prefecture with Serika City. Serika history mostly remarked as the capital of ruling Kurahashi Shogunate since 1603 until the dawn of world war 2. Nanohana Imperial Palace complex was a historical site in Nakama which include the late Serika Castle other historical landmark in Serika includes Ayakashi Shrine which built in 12th century. Modern landmarks in the city includes Serika Tower, Sunshine Bridge and the Mizugishi Tower.

Today Serika is one of world leading city and considered as an Alpha City with very high quality of life comparable with Tokyo, Seoul, New York City and London. In 2015, the city income US$372.9 M which make GDP percapita US$37,291. Major company based on the city including Setsu Electrical Co. Ltd, Nagisa Electronic, Rinko Digital, and Koeta Motors providing majority of the city incomes.

Etymology
Serika (芹香) in Japanese literally means Fragrance of Seri, Japanese parsley which can be found easily around the southeastern portion of Kashiwadaira Province which is the northern part of modern day Serika and later become the base name of the plains which lay from Tsurumi Province to Kagohara Province. When Kurahashi Muramasa establish the central for the Kurahashi Shogunate in 1600, he choose the area in the western end of Serika Plains and named the city after the plains itself.

The city name changed briefly into Nanohana (菜花) in 1953 when it merged with the Nanohana Prefecture. Nanohana means Rapeseed flowers which can be found as well in Serika Plains. It also refers to the Nanohana Imperial Palace complex where the imperial family lives. However in early 2018, Parliament of Nakama decide to return to use the original name of the city dated back from the foundation and historical significance of name Serika toward the capital and government central of Nakama.