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  • Sasaune Kodo
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Nariwacho Fukiya 1987
    This facility is about a 40-minute drive from Nimi Interchange off the Chugoku Expressway. Inside Fukiya Furusato Village, it reconstructs a mine that flourished from the Edo through the Taisho periods, and allows tours of the mineshaft. The air is naturally cooled to 15 degrees centigrade year-round. The mine was managed by Mitsubishi Metals from the Meiji period onward, and was known as one of the three largest in Japan. Even now, it's surrounded by the old townscape, including the Bengara-kan and Old Katayama House. It's perfect to step back in time and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Fukiya's townscape, potter's houses, and more.

    平安初期に発見され、明治期には近代的な採掘方法を取り入れ随分と繁栄しました。現在は観光用として受け入れています。中は細い道筋、高さも低いので出来るなら入口で貸し出しているヘルメットを着けた方が良いですよ。

  • Nishie Residence
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Nariwacho Sakamoto 1604
    This important historical and cultural building left from the height of the Edo period is about a 25-minute drive from Nimi Interchange off the Chugoku Expressway. In the Edo period, the Nishie house fell under direct control of the government and became an official location for the local government representative. The structure retains its condition from the Meiji period. After the family lost their positions, they took up work in iron oxide dye (or red ocher) making for paints and pigments, with apparently great success. In addition to experiencing the novel forms, fresh color, and original melanterite designs, you can try red ocher dyeing yourself.

    You will be excited to find the residence is the origin of Bengara ,a kind of red color painted in Imari Porcelain which is very famous to export to Europe in 19 century. Ukiyoe was painted the paper...

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  • Former Katayama Residence
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    Okayama Pref. Takahashishi Nariwachoufukiya
    This is the mansion of Katayama family who gained wealth from the manufacture and sales of red iron oxide. In the red iron oxide warehouse, there are manikins recreating the production of iron oxide which is interesting. In 2006, it was designated as a National Important Cultural Property.

    説明書からですが、18世紀半ばからベンガラの製造販売を手掛けた老舗のお家です。建物そのものはいつのものか分かりませんが、母屋や蔵などが見学出来ます。重要文化財として平成18年に指定されました。映画にも使われたみたいですよ。

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  • Former Yunoki Residence (Saiso-tei)
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Tamashima 3-8-25
    A 15-minute drive from the Tamashima Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. This is the former residence of the Yunoki family who served the lord of the Bicchu-Matsuyama Domain. The house is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. It was built during the mid-Edo period and was sometimes used to house the lord of the domain. Including a Yakui-mon gate (Onari-mon gate, for guests of importance), a traditional step-up entrance way, and a drawing room reminiscent of a tea-ceremony arbor, the house is a perfect historical specimen of the architecture of a mid-Edo period village headman's domicile. It is also the house where clan leader Kumata Ataka took full responsibility for his domain's betrayal during the end of the Edo period and commit suicide. The former main section of the house has been restored and is now used as a learning establishment.

    とても静かで落ち着いた場所です。 釘隠しが、兎の形をしていて岐阜の高山陣屋のものととてもにていました。備中松山藩主の小堀遠州になにかゆかりがあるのでしょうか。

  • Yurinso
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Chuou 1-3-18
    A mansion built by businessman Magosaburo Ohara in 1928 for his ailing wife in the Bikan Historical Quarter in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. The buildings green tiled roof, specially ordered from Senshusakai craftsmen, draws the eyes. The building is also characterized by its unique design combining elements of Japanese, Western, and Chinese architecture. The structure was designed by Ito Chuta, the famed architect behind the Ohara Museum of Art, Yakushiji Temple, and Meiji-jingu Shrine. Western-style painter Torajiro Kojima who renowned garden designer Ogawa Jihei VII were also involved. The mansion is opened to the general public twice a year in spring and fall.
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  • Musashi no Sato
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    Okayama Pref. Mimasakashi Miyamoto
    The area around Miyamoto, Mimasaka City is known as the hometown of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, besides the home where he was born and his grave, there are many spots related to him such as a statue, Musashi-jinja Shrine, a museum displaying related documents, and also the Miyamoto Musashi Station on the local Chizu Express Chizu Line.
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  • Old Ashimori Merchant Fujita Sennenji Manor
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Ashimori 916
    This merchant's house on Ashimori-rekishifureai-dori avenue in Okayama City was built at the end of the Edo period. The two-storied main hall has a gabled roof and a plaster finish, and offers a clear sense of how the Ashimori merchant class lived. The original owner, Fujita Sennenji, was the first person to run a soy sauce maker in Ashimori. The manor now holds soy sauce making tools like fermentation tanks, pressed, and other tools demonstrating how it was made in the pre-automated age, and account books of those times. It's free to tour, so feel free to wander in while you're out sightseeing.
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  • Takahashi Samurai Manor - Old Orii Home
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Ishibiyacho 23-2
    This old samurai residence is about a 15-minute walk from JR Bitchu-Takahashi Station. It is located in Ishibiya-cho, amidst a number of other samurai residences, in the ruins of the outermost region of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, and it is a designated Takahashi City Important Cultural Property. Built in the Tempo era, it is a beautiful stucco walled structure with a formal, architecturally traditional main house. The courtyard has a pond and garden stones that appear almost exactly like they did when the house was in use. The while stucco and heavy beams of the Nagayamon gate are particularly lovely. Inside you'll find displays of weapons and daily lifestyle items to offer a look at how life was lived long ago.
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  • Ushimado Torodo Lantern Tower
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    Okayama Setouchi-shi Ushimadocho Ushimado 2582
    Located a 15-minute drive from the Oku Interchange on the Okayama Blue Line. It was built during the Edo period as a nighttime landmark when more ships sailed the Seto Inland Sea. It was constructed on the orders of Ikeda Tsunamasa, then ruler of the Bizen Domain, and faces the Karakoto no Seto Strait, the route ships would take when making port in Ushimado Harbor. After the Meiji Restoration it was demolished except for the stone base but was restored in 1988 based on illustrations from the Edo period. Of the four lantern towers built during the same period the only ones remaining are this one in Ushimado and another in Otabu.
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  • Machikado Muse Ushimado Cultural Museum
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    Okayama Setouchi-shi Ushimadocho Ushimado 2835-1
    Located a 15-minute drive from the Oku Interchange on the Okayama Blue Line. It was originally built in 1915 as the headquarters for the Ushimado Bank and is a registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. It operated as a branch of Ushimado Bank until 1980 and is now used as a cultural museum. The outer walls are constructed of red brick with the foundation and window frames made of granite. This eye-catching red and white contrast is a prime example of Giyofu architecture style which blends Japanese and western styles. Inside you'll find displays including photographs of classic Ushimado and materials related to the traditional Shishikoma event, and you are free to explore the museum.
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  • Kumayama Remains
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    Okayama Akaiwa-shi Okuyoshihara 1521
    Located a 30-minute drive from the Wake Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. The masonry remains, which have been a subject of worship since ancient times, lie at the peak of Mr. Kuma, 508.6 meters above sea level. There stands a three-tiered step-pyramid with the sides of the bottommost level measuring 7.8 meters long. In the center of all sides of the second level there's a small rectangular alcove called a Gan that is thought to have been a small shrine where offerings were stored including Buddhist statues. This style of archeological site is rarely seen and is thought to have been a type of Nara period pagoda. There's a hiking trail to the summit of Mt. Kuma that visitors can use.
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  • Bicchu Kokubunji Temple
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    Okayama Soja-shi Kanbayashi
    A 10-minute drive from the Okayama-Soja Interchange on the Okayama Expressway. The remains of one of the Kokubun Niji nunnery temples built under the orders of Emperor Shomu to provide spiritual protection for the country. It's believed to have been built during the mid-8th century, the same period as Kokubun-ji Temple located nearly 700 meters to the west, but is assumed to have been abandoned shortly thereafter. The temple area covers a rectangular plot nearly 108-meters east to west and 216 meters north to south. The southern gate, middle gate, main temple, and lecture hall are arranged following a straight line. Presently foundation stones and pillar supports for buildings such as the main temple remain in the red-pine forest and traces of other building including the southern gate, middle gate, lecture hall, and tower have been discovered.
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  • Takamatsu Shiromizuzemeshiseki Park
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    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Tatsuta
  • Genbei Fujito Kosenjo Historical SItes
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Aruki
  • Koya Kawasuji
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Kajimachi
  • Tsushima Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Izumicho 2
  • Takashima Ruins
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    Okayama Kasaoka-shi Takashima
  • Tsukumo Kaizuka
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    Okayama Kasaoka-shi Nishioshima
  • YoriyukiHitoshi Prince tomb
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    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Kimi
  • Kokusa-ka
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    Okayama Prefecture Oda County Yakage
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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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