Kurashiki, Okayama
Kurashiki (倉敷市; -shi) is a historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. During the Edo period, Kurashiki was a place of storage for rice that was harvested from the neighbouring region. This place was like a rice port. If you can imagine how in the olden days, how the rice farmers would carry each sack of rice harvested with their own sweat and blooding, coming to Kurashiki for storage, it would actually tug some heartstrings and admiration for them.
The storehouses still stands today, picturesquely along the stream lined with willow trees along the historical canal area. There is even a merchant’s house open for public viewing called the Ohashi House. You can definitely see the structure of history within these confines.
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