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Overview
Terraced stone foundations of mine works and housing at 750 metres, left by 283 years of digging.
About this place
The Besshi copper mine (別子銅山, Besshi dōzan) was a rich source of copper in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The deposits were discovered in 1690, and copper mining began in the following year. It was the world's No. 1 copper producing mine in the latter half of the 1690s and changed a small fishing and farming village into a major industrial city on Shikoku. From 1691 until the closing of the mine in 1973, Besshi produced about 700,000 tons of copper, and contributed to Japan's trade and modernization. The Sumitomo family managed the mine, which helped build the Sumitomo zaibatsu. The Dōzan River was named after the copper mine. The Minetopia Besshi theme park uses some of the mine's facilities.
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Founded / opened：1691 Highlights / collection：Stone-laid industrial remains in the mountains, Called the Machu Picchu of the East Genre：Architecture, Outdoor art and land art
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