A roughly 100-meter stretch of the historical Silver Mine Carriage Road (the Ikuno Kozanryo Bashamichi, now known as ...
Shikama-tsu Wharf was the arrival and departure point for Gin no Bashamichi. The wharf even included a cargo port use...
This monument was built to commemorate the completion of Gin no Bashamichi in 1876. The inscription includes various ...
Tsujikawa is a post town along Gin no Bashamichi. The town was located at the intersection of the East-West and South...
The Miki residence was home to the Miki family, prominent local officials who took up residence in Fukusaki in 1655. ...
Yakatamachi was an important post town for travelers on the road between the mines in northern Hyogo and the port of ...
The post town of Nakamura and Awagamachi served as a rest stop along the route leading from the northern mines to the...
The Takeuchi family was a wealthy merchant family that built their home in Awagamachi at the end of the Edo Period (1...
When in operation, the Ikuno silver mine was one of Japan’s top five silver producing mines. In 1868, it was al...
The Ikuno mining town stretches about seven kilometers along the Ichikawa River. From the Himemiyabashi Bridge visito...
The Mikobata and Habuchi bridges were completed in 1885 and 1887, respectively. Built as part of the Ore Road (Koseki...
Although once a mine itself, the Former Mikobata Mine became a processing center for ore mined at the Akenobe Mine in...
The Mouchet house was first built in Ikuno in 1872 for the French engineer and geologist Émile Théophil...
The Akenobe Mine Meishin Train was a six-kilometer electric railway built in 1929 to carry ore from Akenobe through t...
Operations at the Akenobe mine began around the ninth century. Various metals have been discovered, but copper and ti...
In 1573, gold was discovered in the Yagigawa River which runs through Nakaze. A mine was opened soon after, and it be...
The Kanzaki County Museum of History and Folklore offers visitors a historical overview of the Kanzaki district with ...
This memorial hall includes a rich exhibit of valuable material from the folklorist Kunio Yanagita, recipient of the ...
Referred to by Kunio Yanagita—a pioneer in Japanese folklore studies—as “the smallest house in Japa...
Fukusaki Town’s Mochimugi no Yakata specialty foods center includes a wide variety of mochimugi barley-related ...
The Miki Family moved to the Tsujikawa area of Fukusaki Town from Shikama-tsu (Shikama) in 1655. As the village offic...
Tsujikawa-machi is the birthplace of Yanagita Kunio (1875–1962), a fa...
Located about 18 km from Himeji Port off the coast of southwestern Hyogo Prefecture, the Ieshima Islands consist of 4...
The “Koderaso” Himeji City Rest Center is a little-known inn boasting a carbonated hot spring. The Center...
Tegarayama Central Park is a municipal park covering some 38 hectares. Built around the cenotaph for the city’s...
The six earthen white-walled buildings of the impressive Japan Toy Museum house a collection of toys representative o...
This Tendai sect temple is often referred to as the “Mount Hiei of the West” (in reference to the mountai...
Himeji Castle—a World Heritage Site and National Treasure site—is located in the heart of Himeji City. Th...
After the Meiji government nationalized the Ikuno Silver Mine, in an effort to increase silver production, the Gin no...
The Himeji City Museum of Art is located in a preserved Meiji Era building. This fashionable red brick building locat...
Designed to breathe new life into Himeji Port—the terminus of Gin no Bashamichi—this museum was created w...
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