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About 2 metres high and set east of the great hall, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Bust Pedestal is a granite structure carrying a bust of Nozaki Bukichiro.
Built in 1896 and covering 49 square metres, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Residence bends in an L from the kitchen to the gate and housed the estate staff.
Built in 1896 opposite the pantry, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Storehouse is a 186-square-metre kura with namako tiled walls and a 10-mat room on its ground floor.
Built in 1896 by the front garden in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Rickshaw Shed is an 11-square-metre garage, open on the west, that held four rickshaws.
Attached to the rickshaw shed in 1896, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Rickshaw Pullers Room is a 12-square-metre waiting hut whose eaves carry fanned rafters.
Built in 1896 and covering 856 square metres, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Main House opens from a formal entrance into a hall of one hundred tatami mats.
Built in 1908 in the east of the garden, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Seiten is a reed-thatched teahouse of three mats and a daime mat, reached from the east gate.
A gate of 1896 set into a bamboo fence in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Middle Gate is 1.7 metres wide and roofed in cypress bark with a tiled ridge.
Raised in 1896 along the Oda River in Kurashiki, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado East Wall runs 76 metres on a granite footing and is pierced by a tiled yakuimon gate.
Built in 1908 for Nozaki Bukichiro's sixtieth birthday, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Yuyotei is a reed-thatched guest wing reached by an adzed chestnut veranda.
Built in 1908 south of Yuyotei, Nozaki Family Villa Taikado Yuyotei Bathhouse is an 11-square-metre bath wing with bamboo-packed lower walls and banded grey plaster.
Discover Baiso Kura, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kurashiki's Kojima district. Built in 1907 by the grandson of the legendary Salt Field King, this storehouse is part of a stunning five-building villa complex now open as a udon restaurant with free admission and Seto Inland Sea views.
Discover Baiso Maid Quarters and Kitchen, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kurashiki, Okayama. Built in 1907 by the Nozaki salt dynasty, this Meiji-era villa now serves as a charming udon restaurant overlooking the Seto Inland Sea.
Discover Baiso Hanare, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kojima, Kurashiki. This exquisite sukiya-style detached pavilion was built in 1907 by the grandson of the legendary Salt King Nozaki Buzaemon, featuring plum blossom windows, Yakushima cedar ceilings, and stunning Seto Inland Sea views.
Discover Baiso Bekkan, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Kurashiki, Okayama. Built in 1907 by the grandson of Japan's legendary Salt Field King, this exquisite villa showcases Kyoto-crafted sukiya architecture, sencha tea culture, and Seto Inland Sea views.
Baiso Honkan is a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kojima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. Built in 1907 as a seaside villa by the grandson of legendary salt baron Nozaki Buzaemon, it features exquisite sukiya-style architecture with a sencha tea room and thatched roof. Now operating as a popular udon restaurant, visitors can dine amid Meiji-era elegance while enjoying views of the Seto Inland Sea.
Completed in 1905, the Handayama Distribution Reservoir No. 1 in Okayama City is one of Japan's rare circular distribution reservoirs and a nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Discover this beautiful Meiji-era industrial heritage of red brick and granite, nestled within the seasonal splendor of Handayama Botanical Garden.
Discover the Former Office of Handayama Water Distribution Site, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from 1905 nestled within Okayama's Handayama Botanical Garden. Part of Japan's 8th modern waterworks system.
Discover the Handayama Original Metering Room, an elegant hexagonal brick structure built in 1905 as part of Japan's 8th modern waterworks system. This Registered Tangible Cultural Property features classical Western-inspired design with granite-framed round windows, set within Okayama's beautiful Handayama Botanical Garden.
Discover Handayama No. 2 Reservoir, a rare circular brick-and-concrete waterworks facility built in 1905 in Okayama. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property, this Meiji-era engineering gem still operates today within the beautiful Handayama Botanical Garden.