In Pictures: Shimokamagari: Island Walk

The Shyotouen Cultural Museum shows the life on the island and the things dignitaries who stayed at Sannose left behind.

Shimokamagari or lower Kamagari is the first island in a chain that starts at the western base of Mount Noro. The island was used as a military outpost to watch over ocean traffic and as a secure location to conduct diplomacy with visiting dignitaries from Korea and beyond in the Edo era. (Read More: Island Walk)