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.
| Title | Semizo pier |
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| 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 |
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| 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。 |