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Imabari-jo
One of the three great water castles of Japan, with seawater drawn into its moat.
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Homotsukan
It is said to hold about forty percent of all armour designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.
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Shimanami Kaido
It joins the islands of the Inland Sea. These were the waters of the Murakami pirates.
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Imabari Towel
Soft water is used for bleaching, which is what makes them soft. Most of Japan's towels are made here.
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Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture
Japan's only museum devoted to a single living architect: a faceted steel pavilion beside his own relocated house.
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Tokoro Museum Omishima
Galleries stepping down a slope, each sculpture set with the Inland Sea behind it.
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Iwata Ken Mother and Child Museum
A circular wall with no roof: the sculptures stand in the open, taking rain and sun.
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Kikuma Roof Tiles
Seven and a half centuries of tile-making, smoked at the end until silver; its demon tiles are the tiler's sculpture.
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Sakurai Lacquerware
Sold from boats that carried bowls as far as Kyushu; built for durability rather than display.
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Kirosan Observatory
Kengo Kuma buried an existing hilltop observatory back into the ground to restore the mountain's profile - architecture erased.
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Shipyards of Imabari
Japan's largest shipbuilding town, where hulls in dock and ranks of cranes are simply the everyday view.
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Citrus Groves of Omishima
Citrus terraces cover the island's slopes; Toyo Ito has worked here on tying farming back to architecture.