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  Heishi Rock

  {"ops":[{"insert":"Featured prominently in the \"Legend of Ori,\" Heishi Rock is believed to be the sacred bottle given by a god that was turned into a rock.\n"}]}

  URL	https://en.esashi.town/tourism/page.php?id=8
  Address	Kamomejima Esashi-machi, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido

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  Remains of Merchant Ship Mooring

  {"ops":[{"insert":"On the northeastern coast of Kamome Island lie the remains of mooring posts that once held herring trade ships.\n"}]}

  URL	https://en.esashi.town/tourism/page.php?id=8
  Address	Kamomejima Esashi-machi, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido

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  Remains of Stairs Up Kamome Island

  {"ops":[{"insert":"The stairs were made to allow people up the Kamome Island to pray at Itsukushima Shrine.It was established in the 19th century to allow merchants and their crews of herring trade ships to pray for a safe voyage.\n"}]}

  URL	https://japan-heritage.bunka.go.jp/ja/culturalproperties/result/2594/
  Address	Kamomejima Esashi-machi, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido

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  The Remains of the Banquet Site

  {"ops":[{"insert":"8 holes still remain in a rock flat known as \"Senjojiki\" located on Kamome Island's western expanse.\nEsashi's prosperous merchants, who flourished through the herring trade, erected food stalls here and threw banquets.\n"}]}

  URL	https://www.japan-heritage.bunka.go.jp/ja/culturalproperties/result/2595/
  Address	Kamomejima Esashi-machi, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido

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  Itsukushima Shrine

  {"ops":[{"insert":"The merchants and their crews moored their herring trade ship at Kamome Island and prayed for a safe voyage at this shrine. There are the stone Tori gate, which was donated by ship captains from Ishikawa Pref., and the Temizuya (a water basin), which was donated by the Esashi’s Murakami family together with business partners related to the herring trade ships.\n"}]}

  URL	https://en.esashi.town/tourism/page.php?id=8
  Address	Kamomejima Esashi-machi, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido

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