Stone has been used as building material for a long time, so it is seen everywhere of old streets and houses.
It is set in the ground as the boundary or the gutter, erected as a boundary with the next property and used as waist-high wall or foundation of building.
Stone put in front of house is called tying horse stone or nuisance stone and protects house from a car crash.
Most of stone used for buildings from Okubo to the west of Akashi are Tatsuyama stone from Takasago.
On the other hand, they use Tatsuyama stone and granite from Kobe as foundation of building in Okura area.
Colorful Tatsuyama stones are used in the wall of Daizoin Temple.
Akashi heritage-map “Okura” 2014
It is still remaining along the Saigoku Kaid? (Western National Highway).
It is still remaining
It is still remaining on the south side Inazume Shrine.
It is still remaining on the east side of the southern road connecting to Inazume Shrine.
It is still remaining within the grounds of Okura-in Temple.
