Last updated: May 5, 2024

The Townscape of Mitarai

A Historic Preservation Area

Donny Kimball
10 min readMay 5, 2024

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The historic townscape of Mitarai, located in Hiroshima Prefecture, symbolizes the Setouchi region. Designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings in 1994, it showcases traditional Japanese architecture and cultural heritage.
This story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium.

For the past year, I’ve been working with the Setouchi DMO to help promote the region internationally via the press and on social media. Over the many moons that we’ve collaborated together, I’ve learned a great deal about this amazing part of Japan. Looking back at my original feature on Setouchi, I am…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/