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A preservation district of traditional buildings, with latticed houses along stone-paved streets.
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A townscape in Kanayamachi, Takaoka. In 2012 it became the first casters' town in the country to be designated a nationally Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. In 1609 Maeda Toshinaga summoned casters and opened a foundry here, and it became the birthplace of Takaoka casting. Houses with thousand-lattice fronts line a stone-paved road of about 500 m, and there are workshops where you can try casting and making tin accessories.
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- The location on the map is the Takaoka City Casting Museum (1 Kanayamachi). - Prefectural Furusato Viewpoint (urban landscape)
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