Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture is called as “the Little Kyoto of Aki”. This area was selected as the Special Historical District of old warehouse, one of Japan “100 Most Scenic Towns”. We can still feel a deer air of old Japan on the merchant houses, warehouses and streets.
Occupying a strategic location on the Seto Inland Sea, Takehara became well-known as a port city in the Muromachi ara and flourished as a base of the salt industry.

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