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Komatsu-dera (小松寺), a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple of the [[Myoshin-ji|Myôshin-ji]] branch located near the harbor is home to the grave of [[Sho Dokyo|Shô Dôkyô Yoseyama Peechin]], <!--與世山親雲上朝易（向道亨）--> a musician and member of the [[1790]] Ryukyuan embassy, who died on the way to [[Edo]] on 10/13 in that year. A plaque was later donated to the temple in his memory, by Yoseyama's grandfather, Fukuyama ''[[ueekata]]'' Chôki<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->. Another plaque, hanging over the main gate to the temple, features calligraphy by a man named Wu Taihe<!--呉泰和-->, but little else is known about this figure.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 42.</ref>

Komatsu-dera (小松寺), a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple of the [[Myoshin-ji|Myôshin-ji]] branch located near the harbor is home to the grave of [[Sho Dokyo|Shô Dôkyô Yoseyama Peechin]], <!--與世山親雲上朝易（向道亨）--> a musician and member of the [[1790]] Ryukyuan embassy, who died on the way to [[Edo]] on 10/13 in that year. A plaque was later donated to the temple in his memory, by Yoseyama's grandfather, Fukuyama ''[[ueekata]]'' Chôki<!--譜久山親方朝紀-->. Another plaque, hanging over the main gate to the temple, features calligraphy by a man named Wu Taihe<!--呉泰和-->, but little else is known about this figure.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'', 42.</ref>

Tomonoura is also home to the shop of Uoya Manzô, where [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] engaged in negotiations surrounding the [[Iroha-maru]] Incident.<ref name=shirarezaru41/> In total, some 102 Edo period buildings, 85 Meiji period buildings, and 270 later prewar buildings, together, have been designated by Fukuyama City as a ''dentôteki kenzôbutsugun hozon chiku'', or "Protection District for Groups of Traditional Buildings," though this has not yet been taken up the national-level [[Agency of Cultural Affairs]].<ref>Mouri, 131.</ref>

Tomonoura is also home to the shop of Uoya Manzô, where [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] engaged in negotiations surrounding the [[Iroha-maru]] Incident.<ref name=shirarezaru41/> In total, some 102 Edo period buildings, 85 Meiji period buildings, and 270 later prewar buildings, together, have been designated by Fukuyama City as a ''dentôteki kenzôbutsugun hozon chiku'', or "Protection District for Groups of Traditional Buildings," though this has not yet been taken up the national-level [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].<ref>Mouri, 131.</ref>

A small island known as Sensuijima lies just off the coast from the town, and is accessible by regular ferries. The name of the island derives from a legend in which a [[Taoism|Taoist]] immortal (''[[sennin]]''), intoxicated by the natural beauty of the area, lay down, and became an island. The island is roughly six kilometers around, and rises to the 154m Ômisen mountain at the center. Another peak on the island is known as Gozen-yama. It is officially part of the [[Setonaikai National Park]], which was established in 1934. A number of much smaller islands, including Benten-jima (also known as Hyakkan-jima, home to a [[Benten]] shrine) and Kôgô-jima, surround Sensuijima.<ref>Plaque at the Tomo ferry port.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892147611/sizes/k/]</ref>

A small island known as Sensuijima lies just off the coast from the town, and is accessible by regular ferries. The name of the island derives from a legend in which a [[Taoism|Taoist]] immortal (''[[sennin]]''), intoxicated by the natural beauty of the area, lay down, and became an island. The island is roughly six kilometers around, and rises to the 154m Ômisen mountain at the center. Another peak on the island is known as Gozen-yama. It is officially part of the [[Setonaikai National Park]], which was established in 1934. A number of much smaller islands, including Benten-jima (also known as Hyakkan-jima, home to a [[Benten]] shrine) and Kôgô-jima, surround Sensuijima.<ref>Plaque at the Tomo ferry port.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892147611/sizes/k/]</ref>