This is the Umeyashiki Rest Area. Built in 1921, it was originally a tea house.
This is the Minoh Falls.
This is a statue of Shūji Mori. He was the first person from a Buraku community—communities that have historically faced discrimination in Japan—to be elected to the House of Representatives.
Also known as the “Ryōichi Sasakawa and His Mother Statue”, this is the “Statue of Filial Devotion”. The man depicted here is Ryōichi Sasakawa, a right-wing political activist and businessman. Born during the Meiji period, he’s depicted here at the age of 59, carrying his 82-year-old mother, Saku Takahashi, on his back as they visited Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture.
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