Last Updated: Sep 10, 2023

Takehara City

The “Little Kyoto” of Hiroshima Prefecture

Today, I’d like to introduce you to a part of Hiroshima Prefecture that not many tourists know about. Known as Takehara (lit. “Bamboo Field”), this locale was an important port town on the Seto Inland Sea during the Edo period (1603–1868). The homely hamlet specialized in the production of both sake…