Location List

The view of the Genkai Sea through the terraced rice paddies is spectacular.

The Nanatsugama Caves, designated as a natural monument of Japan, are spectacular caves formed from the infamous rough waves of the Genkai Sea pounding against the cliffs and eroding them away over...

The residence of the Sugihara family, chief retainer family of the Ashimori domain, stands out in the Ashimori City Scape Preservation District for its white walls and Namako (white grid on black s...

After Kyokutou Kindergarten (built in 1908) was dismantled due to aging in 1979, it was moved, reassembled, and restored in 1998. The exterior of the architecture is a typical western style buildin...

Omizuen was a garden that belonged to Lord Kinoshita of the Ashimori Clan. It is one of the largest gardens in Okayama Prefecture and features a circular promenade around a pond. The garden has bee...

Built in the Edo Period, the Kishiro Residence prospered as a wakihonjin (lodging house for samurais) in Shinjo Village for samurais who travelled to and from Izumo. It is very large with 6 rooms i...

Shizutani School is known as the nation's first public school. It was created by Mitsumasa Ikeda, Lord of Okayama in 1864 and 1865. The buildings that were built in the early Edo period remain prac...

The Former Katayama Residence, built around 1830, is the home of the Katayama family who were a successful Bengara merchant for more than 200 years in the late Edo to Meiji Periods. Their wealth ca...

A temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Was built from 985 to 987 and its Main Hall has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture. The Nio-mon (Deva) Gate and the Jizo ...

Sojagu Shrine is where both Soja City and Soja Station got their names from. It is said that the gods of 324 shrines in the Bitchu region were enshrined together along with the principal deity of t...

One of several temples established by the order of Emperor Shomu in the Nara period (8th century). It is estimated that the original temple site was 160 meters wide and 178 meters long, but the bui...

According to the shrine's undocumented legend, the shrine was founded in 707 AD. In 1533, the shrine was burned down by Amago Haruhisa during his invasion of the province, and reconstructed by Haru...

Josai Roman Hall is the former main building of Nakashima Hospital which was completed in 1917. The two-story wooden architecture of a European taste features a dome on the roof and intricately det...

A two-story wooden schoolhouse with a history of more than 120 years. It was first established as jinjyo-chugakko (traditional Japanese education-system junior high school) in 1895. In 1948, after ...

Kakuzan Park is built on the ruins of an ancient castle, Tsuyama Castle, which was built about 400 years ago. The castle’s approximately 10-meter-tall stone wall remains today. Because of its beaut...

Closely associated with the figure believed to have inspired the famous Japanese folktale Momotaro, the Kibitsujinja Shrine is a National Treasure of Japan, officially listed as “The Main Sanctuary...

Inada stone is a beautiful white granite, used in buildings such as Tokyo Station and the Japanese national parliament. The quarry in Ibaraki Prefecture's Kasama City is known as the Ishikiri mount...

Oiwa Shrine sits at the foot of Mt. Oiwa, which is said to be the oldest holy mountain in Hitachi, Ibaraki. Near the entrance, about three meters from the ground there is a mysteriously shaped gian...

The gateway to Kasumigaura. Leisure boats and yachts are anchored at the port.