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Ine no Funaya
The ground floor is a boathouse, the upper floor a home. Two hundred and thirty of them ring the bay.
Sakai Cutlery
The skills of gunsmiths turned to kitchen knives. Most professional cooks use them.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
A central span of 1,991 metres. For a long time the longest suspension bridge in the world.
Wakayama-jo
The seat of the Kishu Tokugawa, one of the three branch houses. The keep is a reconstruction.
Okayama-jo
The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle. It pairs with Korakuen across the river.
Shizutani Gakko
Among the oldest public schools for commoners anywhere in the world. Its lecture hall is a National Treasure.
Bitchu Matsuyama-jo
A surviving keep, standing higher than any other in Japan. It floats on a sea of cloud.
Kurashiki Bikan
White-walled storehouses of a shogunal territory. The Ohara Museum stands on the same street.
Genbaku Dome
A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.
Shimanami Kaido
Six islands joined by nine bridges. You can cross it by bicycle.