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  • The Peeing Boy of Iya Gorge
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    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Ikedachoumatsuo
    This statue of a peeing boy was based on anecdotes about local children and travelers who tested their bravery here by peeing off the edge of the 200-meter cliff above the Iya River. Created in 1968 by Tokushima sculptor Ryoko Kawasaki, the statue stands on a rock in Nana Magari (seven curves), said to be the hardest part of the Iya Kaido Highway.
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  • Ochiai-Shuraku (Community of Ochiai)
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    Tokushima Pref. Miyoshishi Higashiyaochiai
    This mountain settlement is lined with around 70 homes built from the mid-Edo period to the early Showa period on a steep slope with an elevation difference of 390 meters. In 2005, it was designated as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The Iya region has many Heike no Ochudo legends about members of the Taira Clan who survived and retreated to remote regions after the Taira Clan was defeated in the Genpei War.
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