It was the first Lutrion capitol created by a player who stopped playing eventually.
EDIT: just remembered his in-game name: @Lynxdragon
Some other guys built some things in it too and the Japanese style house you used was built by @wakeNbake. I myself had this little shop on the outskirts of old Ashenvale - this wass the first weeks after the game launch:
I couldn’t find good screenshots of the original Ashenvale, only bits and pieces from up close, one of them a view of the hub from the Ultima side and others being after the first oortmas and valentine’s events lol:
After Ashenvale started to turn to ash @wakeNbake 's own city built in a different area became the capitol and remained one for a long time; it was a glorious place, that one
As original Ashenvale started regenerating, me and @Trickyy90 moved in to save what was left of it and we added our own builds, including hubs for Ultima and PS (the other one built by @Buugi) . It was a completely new town basically with just a few older builds remaining but we decided to preserve the original name.
the dojo with new street lay out being placed around
new Ultima hub added back then and you can see the original Ashenvale creator dome which was his workshop - it was the last remaining bit of his own builds:
a bell next to dojo:
and new market we added:
@Trickyy90 's lighthouse:
RNG church and dojo, some small farms and @Trickyy90 's small shop:
cemetery next to my old small shop:
view of Ultima and PS hubs with @Trickyy90’ s floating restaurant in distance:
@Buugi 's PS hub close up:
Sadly, we stopped playing then (before all that was truly finished), but I handed the Ultima Hub and PS Hub beacons to the respective guilds members so it could function still.
There is a new large settlement built on the East side now and some structures from old days still there as well Kinda third incarnation of Ashenvale in the current shape.
And @wakeNbake 's dojo still stands, remnant of old Ashenvale glory…