Upper Yard

Upper Yard (神の島 [アッパー･ヤード], Kami no Shima [Appā Yādo], literally translated as Island of God) is an island in Skypiea , that unlike other sky islands is a piece of solid land (soil), not a cloud. It was part of Jaya in the past.

The trees on Upper Yard have grown to huge sizes, due to the decrease in the atmosphere.

Most of the Skypiea arc took place here.

History
Upper Yard was once the part of Jaya that was sent up in the sky four hundred years ago by the Knock-Up Stream. Its former habitants, the ancient Shandians were then droven out by Skypieans, for whom it presented a big value due to rarity of soil in the sky. Upper Yard had become home to the rulers of Skypieans, who beared the title of God of Skypiea. Enel, after his invasion to Skypiea, made it his residence and instituted total control over the island. Apart from him, only the four Priests, which run their respective Ordeals there, God's Enforcers, Enel's servants and some of former Gan Fall's men, turned into slaves, inhabited the island. For everybody else it was forbidden to step onto Upper Yard, as it was considered "holy land". The situation was changed only when Luffy defeated Enel; both Skypieans and Shandians started to live together in peace there.

Locations
A Milky Road leads to Upper Yard from Angel Island.

Entrance of Ordeals
Entrance of Ordeals is an entrance in which people must decide an ordeal of their choosing. Underneath the entrance is the sculpture of the head of an idol.

Areas of Ordeals

 * Lost Forest - Ordeal of Balls
 * Ordeal of Iron
 * Ordeal of String
 * Ordeal of Swamp

Sacrificial Altar
The Sacrificial Altar is a place located in the northeast portion of Upper Yard. People who commit a Class-5 Crime are sent there to be executed. It was also at this place, 400 years ago, that Musse was about to be sacrificed.

God's Shrine
God's Shrine is the residence of Enel. In past it was home to Skypiean rulers. His servants stay there to play music and feed him. It was destroyed by Enel, although it was rather burnt a little bit instead.

Ruins of Shandora
The ruins of the fallen golden city of Shandora remain here, with Giant Jack crushing through the center of it.