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  • Special Historic Site Former Shizutani School
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    Okayama Bizen Shizutani 784
    Former Shizutani School is a Historic Structure designated as a Special Historic Site. It was built in 1670 by the local feudal lord, Ikeda Mitsumasa, and it is the oldest remaining public school building in the world. In addition to the lecture hall, which has been designated a National Treasure, and in 2015, Japan Heritage designed it as No. 1 in the category Group of Remnants of Early Modern Japan’s Educational Heritage.

    The school is located in Bizen City which is in the eastern part of Okayama Prefecture. During the Edo era the Ikeda Family was the feudal lord of Bizen. Shizutani Gakkou was established in 1670 in...

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  • Seibyo (Sacred Hall Which is Dedicatio to Confucius)
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    Okayama Bizen Shizutani 784
    A five-minute drive from JR Yoshinaga Station. A mausoleum dedicated to Confucius, father of Confucianism, located on the site of the former Shizutani School that was founded by the Okayama Domain during the early Edo period. As the most important facility it is located in the center at the highest point and a gilt bronze statue of Confucius is enshrined in the Taiseiden main hall. Every October they hold the Sekisai Ceremony to honor the virtues of Confucius. To the left and right of the stone staircase leading to the temple are a pair of Chinese Pistache trees called the Trees of Learning. In early November the leaves on the trees change color with the left tree's leaves turning scarlet and the right tree's leaves turning a yellow-tinged pink.
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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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