Takahashi

Takahashi sits along the Takahashi River in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, where a narrow basin is enclosed by the Chūgoku Mountains. Above the old castle town, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle occupies Mount Gagyū; its surviving keep is Japan’s only extant original mountain-top castle keep. The town developed as a regional centre beneath the castle, and its historic quarters retain merchant houses and samurai residences. Within the municipality, Fukiya preserves the streetscape of a former copper-mining town, recognisable for buildings coloured with local bengara red pigment. Explore additional webcams nearby to see how Takahashi connects with western Okayama’s river valleys and mountain country.

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