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Former Saito Family Villa
A merchant's villa built into a dune; the garden came first, and the rooms were placed to look at it.
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Townhouses of Murakami
A castle-town street of living merchant houses; each spring the families set out their inherited dolls, turning homes into galleries.
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Gangi Arcades of Takada
Householders gave up their own frontage to roof a continuous walkway - 16 kilometres of it, the longest in Japan.
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Noh Stages of Sado
Over thirty Noh stages survive on this island - a third of all those left in Japan, one to a village.
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Kakudahama and Old Farmhouses
A village on the dunes, where the direction of every house and windbreak still follows the old rule.
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Shibata Castle
Its turret roof is T-shaped and carries three shachi finials - the only such example in Japan.
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Teradomari
A port of call for the Kitamae trading ships, keeping its highway townhouses and its beachfront market.