Hokage Monument

The Hokage Monument, Hokage Mountain or the Hokage Rock(火影岩, Hokage-iwa) is the most representative trait of Konohagakure. It is a mountain that has had the faces of all the Hokage carved into the stone.

The Monument has been important during many parts of the story, mostly because of its symbolism:
 * In the episode "The Appearance of Strange Visitors", the stone faces were jokingly shown to make disgusted grimaces and the monument of the Fourth holding his nose, when Naruto spilt a whole barrel of manure on the wannabe-spies Mondai and Potcha in what he thought to be taijutsu training.
 * In the first episode of the original series, Naruto painted all over the faces to show he was going to be better than all of the Hokage.
 * During Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, the Third Hokage's face cracked, giving a bad omen (signalling the Hokage's death at the hands of Orochimaru).
 * During the Trap Master Arc, the climax occurred at the Hokage Monument, symbolising that the future of the village was safe in the hands of the genin.
 * During Pain's Invasion, after using Shinra Tensei, most of the village was destroyed, but the Hokage Monument escaped the gravitational attack. After his return, Naruto was confused about where he was. But, after seeing the Hokage Monument, he realised that the ruins he was surrounded by were the remains of Konoha.