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    Semizo pier

    Located on an island, boats were the only access to Nagashima Aiseien and Oku Komyoen until the realization of the Oku-Nagashima Ohashi Bridge in 1988.

    1970, National Sanatorium Oku Komyoen, Okayama, Japan. More details
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    Title Semizo pier
    Title(Original language) 瀬溝の桟橋
    Year 1970
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Oku Komyoen, Okayama
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 離島にある長島愛生園・邑久光明園では、1988(昭和63)年に邑久長島大橋が架けられるまで、船が島から出る唯一の交通手段だった。