Rumia

“”Is the person in front of me the edible kind?

— Rumia

Rumia is a town located in northern Poland, with some 45,000 inhabitants. Together with Wejherowo and Reda, they forms Little Kashubian Tricity. She is also associated with and is the origin place of Rumia, a Youkai cannibal from the Touhou Project video game.

Rumia has railways for transportation.

History

Rumia formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. The village of Rumia (then Rumina) was first mentioned in 1224 when she was awarded by Swietopelk II. She was part of Poland until 1309, when Teutonic Order came and annexed her.

In 1772 she was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland, and from 1773 she belonged to the newly established province of West Prussia until 1871 when she also became part of the unified German Empire. In 1905, Rumia (then officially "Rahmel") had 760 inhabitants. 579 of them were Germans and 180 were Kashubian or Polish.

Germany's defeat in World War I gave Poles hope for the restoration of an independent Poland. The Poles established a local Polish library, and on 29 December 1918 the first Polish pro-independence rally took place in Rumia.

During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which started World War II, Rumia was a site of heavy fighting. She was a flanking position of the main Polish defence line at the Battle of Kępa Oksywska. Two military cemeteries are located in the area.

Circa 2002, when the sixth edition of the Touhou Project called The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil was released, Rumia city became associated with Rumia youkai. Rumia town takes care of her, for example by feeding her human flesh, even if the youkai is located in Gensokyo.

On 9 June 2026 it was announced on Japanese Nintendo Direct that "New Classic" remaster, made by Shanghai Alice Reprise which includes ZUN and his veteran developers, is going to be released on 9 September this year. It would feature remastered portraits and soundtrack (including Rumia's theme).

Transport

Rumia is well connected through a 2-lane highway that leads from Wejherowo to Gdynia and from there by Circular Highway to Gdańsk. There is a plan to extend the Circular from Gdynia to beyond Wejherowo.

The Szybka Kolej Miejska (Urban Fast Train) makes two stops in the city, connecting Rumia to Wejherowo, Gdynia, and beyond. The stops are Rumia and Rumia Janowo. There is also network of city buses that also offers connections to Wejherowo and Gdynia.

Songs

Apparitions Stalk the Night

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Apparitions Stalk the Night (妖魔夜行) is the stage 1 boss music theme of Rumia in the game Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. It is of upbeat electro-pop style, composed and arranged by ZUN.

Relationships

Friends

• Cannibalism - Rumia likes human food.
• Choszczno - I see that you have some cannibals here. Of course, Rumia would like that!
• Dutch Republic - You eat your own statesman. If even she would like to join
• Gdańsk - Thanks to your port, she can eat human flesh outside.
• Hultsfred - Sister city! You would like to make a cover of mine.
• Japan - You brought her to me when you released Touhou.
• Netherlands - She would like to eat more human flesh here because it's legal and the police won't come after me for smuggling suspicious meats
• Poland - That's where I live!
• Sohjanankoški - Rumia was here! Also, this is similar to So Nanoka!
• Wejherowo & Reda - Little Kashubian Tricity gang!
• Złe Mięso - You cooked some flesh for her. Thank you!

Frenemies

• Papua New Guinea - You eat humans, but you delegalized it?

Food for Rumia

• German Third Reich - You killed a lot of my people… But if I was still German, then she didn't come at all.
  • At least I would be called Reisen so it wouldn't be changed in the scale of Touhou references.
• Humankind - Your are being a food for her.
• Police Statism - Why are you trying to arrest us? I am only looking after her.

How to draw

Flag of Rumia

Rumia has a drawing rating of intermediate.

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill it with blue.
3. Add a red shield at the top left of the ball (with a thin black outline), covering one would-be eye.
4. Draw a white wave in the red shield, and put a thin black border around the wave.
5. Connect the wave in the shield with a white line going through the ball.
6. Draw an anchor on the top half of the shield.
7. Draw a wheel on the bottom half of the shield.
8. Draw a white border around the shield.
9. Draw one right eye and you’re done!

Color Name		HEX
	Grayish Cyan	#008FC3
	Red	#FF0000
	Yellow	#FFD900
	Black	#000000
	White	#FFFFFF

Gallery

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  Rumia (Touhou) plushie.