Place names・Hiroshima

TakeharaTakehara

Also known as: 竹原・竹原市

A town that flourished on salt fields and preserves its Edo-period streetscape, known as the 'Little Kyoto of Aki.' It is also the hometown of Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky.

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