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A cotton and salt port, with the temple where the monk Ryokan trained on the hill above it.
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Tamashima Tamashima area - an area in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Tamashima district - the historic place name at the centre of the above, a port town. Tamashima (Kurashiki) - a large district (oaza) in the Tamashima district. Tamashima City - a city that once existed in Okayama Prefecture. Now Kurashiki. Tamashima Town - a town that once existed in Asakuchi District, Okayama Prefecture. After becoming Tamashima City, it is now Kurashiki. Tamashima (Ibaraki) - a town name in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture. Tamashima Station - a railway station on the Sanyo Main Line that once existed. It was renamed Shin-Kurashiki Station in 1975.
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Merchant houses of a port town, Entsuji and Ryokan Genre：Architecture
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