History and Culture
Would you like to learn about history and culture of Yawatahama? You may find something unexpected.
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Hizuchi Shogakko Elementary School
Masatsune Matsumura who was a civil servant designed the school and other buildings of schools and hospitals. Two bui…
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Kotohira Koen Park
Kotohira Shinto Shrine in Kawanoishi district is famous for its Sakura cherry blossoms. An archway of flowering Sakur…
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Kinzan Shusseki-ji Temple
Shusseki-ji Temple is located on the hill of 812 meter above sea level at the border between Yawatahama and Nagahama …
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Umebijin Shuzo (Sake Brewery)
The brick chimney conveys the tradition. We are a fine sake brewery founded in 1918 (Taisho Era year 7). Five buildin…
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Daiho-ji Zen Temple
Nishiyama Kazan, a distinguished monk of Rinzai School of Buddhism, once served as the superior at this temple. Visit…
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Former Library
Designed by Masatsune Matsumura this former library was built in 1951. When the building was relocated to the present…
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Mochiokuri (Corbel)
Mochiokuri, which support eaves of family houses of merchants, remind us of old prosperity in those days. Each family…
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Yawatahama Dai-Ichi Bokugo (Bomb proof…
This bomb proof shelter was the first one of full-scale built in Shikoku. It was actually used by citizens to escape …
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Shoka-zukuri (Marchant house construct…
Yawatahama was developed as a trading port town in trading with Kyushu and Osaka. Beautiful old merchant houses with …
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Former European-style House of Wataro …
This western style house was built by Wataro Shiraishi, who made a fortune by running a mine business around 1900 (Me…
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