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  • Hirokane Residence
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    Okayama Pref. Takahashishi Nariwachounakano 2710
    "A 55-minute drive from the Kayo Interchange on the Okayama Expressway. This building was the residence of the Hirokane family, whose members served as the village heads of Onoro and amassed a vast fortune around 1800. The residence' stone walls were built at the end of the Edo period, their majesty a match for the romon-zukuri style residence. The residence was made famous nationwide when it was twice used as a shooting location for filming different versions of ""Village of Eight Gravestone"" in 1977 and 1996. Here visitors can experience the residence' luxurious, movie-like atmosphere and learn about the history of the estate and the Hirokane family, who prospered thanks to the Koizumi Copper Mine and the production of melanterite (a component used to make ferric oxide pigment)."

    辺鄙な場所にあるせいか観光客が誰もいませんでした。 こちらは映画「八つ墓村」のロケ地。 そういう先入観があるせいか、何ともいえない因習深い湿った感じが横溝作品にぴったりな印象を受けました。 屋敷は広く、厩舎もありました。 大きな庄屋であったことが窺えます。 水を流すと涼し気な音が鳴る筒があり、柄杓が置いてあり自由に水を流すことが出来ます。 そこだけが爽やかな感じでした。

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  • Ishibiya-cho Furusato Village
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Ishibiyacho
    This old castle town is about a 15-minute walk from JR Bitchu-Takahashi Station. It spreads out at the foot of Mt. Gagyu, one of Okayama's 100 Famous Mountains. It flourished as a samurai town, and there is a stretch of some 250 meters of road lined with old samurai residences, earning this a designation as an Okayama Prefecture Furusato Village, or old home village. Both sides of the lane are lined with while earth-walled Nagayamon gate style townhouses, with plain but still noble samurai-residence designs retaining their old shape. Some of the residences are open to the public, like the Old Orii Manor or Old Haibara Manor, and recreate the lifestyles of these old noble families.
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  • Takahashi Samurai Manor - Old Haibara Home
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Ishibiyacho 27
    This old Takahashi City samurai residence is about a 15-minute walk from JR Bitchu-Takahashi Station. It sits in one corner of Ishibiya-cho Furusato Village. They say main house was built in the mid- to late-Edo period, and is decorated in a temple-like style with sukiya-zukuri architectural elements in a rare mixture. This house belonged to a samurai with an income of 120 to 150 koku (an old measurement of wealth based on rice measurement), who worked as an attendant or clerk. It is a designated Takahashi City Important Cultural Property. The first floor of the detached building holds a museum room displaying materials related to Yamada Hokoku, who served the Bitchu Matsuyama Domain in the end of Edo period.
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  • Hayama Daini Tunnel (Hayama Dai 2 Tunnel)
    Travel / Tourism
    Okayama Takahashi-shi Nariwacho Hayama
Okayama Takahashi / Fukiya
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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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