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The oldest surviving Western-style blast furnace remains in Japan, deep in the mountains.
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Hashino iron mining and smelting site (橋野高炉跡, Hashino kōro ato) is the ruins of an iron smelting and primitive blast furnace built by the Tokugawa shogunate during the final years of the Edo period in the Hashino neighborhood of the city of Kamaishi, Iwate in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. It has been recognized as the oldest western-style blast furnace in Japan, and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining.
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Founded / opened：1858 Architect / artist：Takato Oshima Highlights / collection：Remains of the oldest surviving Western-style blast furnace Genre：Architecture, Metalwork
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