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Kurashiki
Kurashiki can be roughly translated as "town of storehouses" for that the city served as an important rice distribution center the rice storehouses. Nowadays, many of Kurashiki's former storehouses have been converted into museums, boutiques and cafes. It is also renowned a beautifully preserved historical town with a canal area that dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1867) and Japan's premier destination for denim.
Kurabo Memorial Hall
It is where this Krabo history comes alive. The building housing the Memorial Hall is the raw cotton warehouse used at the time of Kurabo’s founding, which makes it a historical resource in and of itself, preserving the face of the past to show to people today.