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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Okayama · Kurashiki · Architecture

Japanese name: 倉敷美観地区

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WHAT TO DOKurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

A quarter along the Kurashiki canal, with white-walled storehouses and willows. An Edo-period townscape survives.

WHEREOkayama

Kurashiki

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A quarter along the Kurashiki canal, with white-walled storehouses and willows. An Edo-period townscape survives.

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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter is a townscape preservation and tourist district in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. This area was defined under the Kurashiki City Bikan District Landscape Ordinance and includes all of Honmachi in the city, the northern part of Chuo 1-chome (Maegamicho, etc.), and parts each of Higashimachi, Achi 2-chome and Tsurugata 2-chome.

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