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A 10-building merchant estate built in 1894, whose collective designation as Important Cultural Properties embodies Uchiko's wood wax prosperity
25 min walk from JR Uchiko Station
Uchiko, Uchiko-cho, Kita-gun, Ehime
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An 1894 wealthy wood-wax merchant's residence whose ten buildings are collectively Important Cultural Properties, central to Uchiko's preservation district.
The Kamihaga Residence is a Meiji-era Japanese-style estate located in Uchiko, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture, situated at the heart of a town once renowned for its wood-wax (mokuro) industry. The production of wood wax from haze (Japanese wax tree) flourished in Uchiko from the late Edo period onw…
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