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  • Bengarakan
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    Okayama Pref. Takahashishi Nariwachoufukiya
    "A 40-minute drive from the Niimi Interchange on the Chugoku Expressway. A museum operating out of a renovated Meiji period ferric oxide (known by the Dutch-derived term ""bengara"" in Japanese) factory in Fukiya Furusato Village. Fukiya Furusato Village was designated a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1977 and it was ferric oxide production which created the village's foundation. The museum presents how the factory made ferric oxide, which was developed as a red pigment. The elegant museum building's walls are painted with ferric oxide paint; inside visitors can get a taste of the village's heyday when ferric oxide production was at its height and experience the quiet passage of time through the surrounding old townscape."

    ベンガラを精製しているいわば工場群といったところです。とは言え当時のこと随分と人力が必要のようです。駐車場も広いので行き易いと思います。

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  • Fukiya Furusato Village Kyodokan
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Nariwacho Fukiya 699
    This facility is about a 40-minute drive from Nimi Interchange off the Chugoku Expressway. The town of Fukiya flourished in the Edo period as a center for mining copper and red ochre iron oxide pigment. The rare and valuable townscape retains Edo atmosphere, with several kilometers of buildings, including the mine and production facilities, preserved as they were. The Furusato Village includes the Old Katayama House, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, as well as the Kyodokan; the elegant Hirokane Residence, used as a filming location for the movie Village of Eight Gravestones; and other worthwhile sights. You can also try activities like pottery and glazing, red ochre dyeing, and more.
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  • Kawakami Local Museum
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Kawakamicho Jito 1857-1
  • Bitchu Local Hall
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    Okayama Takahashi-shi Bitchucho Fuka 3535
  • Festival hall
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    Okayama Kaga-gun Kibichuocho Kamo-shi Ba 1565-1
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