Akitakata
Geihoku Kagura
Descended from the Iwami tradition, with serpents and demons whose robes cost millions and whose masks are made of paper.
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HiroshimaArchitectureMihara
Mihara Castle Town
Called the floating castle because the tide reached its walls; the stonework now sits beneath the railway station.
HiroshimaArchitectureEtajima
Former Naval Academy, Etajima
A naval academy built from bricks shipped in from England, its identical blocks a finished form of Meiji officialdom.
HiroshimaArchitectureTakehara
Okunoshima Ruins
An island once erased from maps; the concrete remains of its poison-gas works are kept, overgrown, as record.
HiroshimaArchitectureFukuyama
Fukuyama Castle
A turret moved here from Fushimi survives; its keep was armoured with iron plate on the north face alone.
HiroshimaArt & CraftsOnomichi
Onomichi in Film
Filmed again and again from Ozu onward; the same slope and level crossing keep reappearing in different decades.
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Hiroshima Butsudan
Gilded altars grown from a strongly Pure Land region, finished by six separate trades in sequence.
HiroshimaContemporary Art
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Oyster Rafts of Hiroshima Bay
Rafts laid out in ranks across the bay - four centuries of oyster farming drawing geometry on the water.
HiroshimaArchitectureKure
Shipyards of Kure
The docks that built battleships still work; the rank of giant cranes states the scale directly.
Onomichi
Warehouse Reuse in Onomichi
Harbour warehouses and abandoned hillside houses repaired one at a time by residents - preservation by accumulation.
HiroshimaContemporary ArtFukuyama
Rose Park, Fukuyama
Residents planted a thousand roses in a burned-out city - an intention to recover, turned into a landscape.
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Prints of Hiroshima
Printmaking was chosen to carry the memory of the bomb precisely because prints can be multiplied and sent out.
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Fudenosato Kobo
Fudenosato Kobo in Kumano. It exhibits the history of brushes, and visitors can try brush making.
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Koyudo Makeup Brush Workshop
Koyudo in Kumano. It makes the heads of makeup brushes.
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Hakuhodo Head Office Workshop
Hakuhodo in Kumano. It makes makeup brushes with the skills of master brush makers.
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Takeda Brush Manufacturing
Takeda Brush in Kumano. It makes makeup brushes by hand.
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Miyajima Rice Scoops
Rice scoops from Miyajima. It is regarded as the birthplace of the shamoji rice scoop, whose shape is said to have been borrowed from the biwa lute of Benzaiten.
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Miyajima Turned Woodwork
Lathe-turned woodwork from Miyajima. Wood is turned on a lathe to make vessels.
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Hiroshima Buddhist Altars
Buddhist altars from Hiroshima. Gold leaf is applied thickly, and the work, from the wooden base to the gilding, is divided among seven trades.
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Taguma Bamboo Craft
Taguma bamboo craft from Onomichi and Innoshima. Bamboo is split and woven.
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Togochi Kurimono Woodcraft
Togochi kurimono from Akiota. Wood is hollowed out to make vessels.
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Ikkokusai Takamori-e
Ikkokusai takamori-e from Hiroshima. Lacquer is built up thickly to form pictures.