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A second set of elite lodgings and related buildings, located about 200 meters down the shoreline, is maintained today as the Shôtôen (松濤園) gardens, and includes museum exhibits related to the Korean missions, as well as displays of [[Japanese ceramics]], traditional lamps and lanterns, a historical guardhouse (''bansho'') reconstructed based on the surviving one at [[Kaminoseki]], and several historical homes from Kaminoseki and [[Miyajima]] relocated to Kamagari. These lodgings include a second-story room known as ''Kanchôrô'' (観潮楼, lit. "tower for watching the tides"), from which Korean envoys or other elite guests could sit and relax while watching the water of the Inland Sea, the boats, and the vista of Kami-Kamagari Island, just across the water. The port of [[Tomonoura]], two or three days' travel by ship east, had a similar space, known as ''Taichôrô'' (対潮楼, lit. "tower facing the tides").
A second set of elite lodgings and related buildings, located about 200 meters down the shoreline, is maintained today as the Shôtôen (松濤園) gardens, and includes museum exhibits related to the Korean missions, as well as displays of [[Japanese ceramics]], traditional lamps and lanterns, a historical guardhouse (''bansho'') reconstructed based on the surviving one at [[Kaminoseki]], and several historical homes from Kaminoseki and [[Miyajima]] relocated to Kamagari. These lodgings include a second-story room known as ''Kanchôrô'' (観潮楼, lit. "tower for watching the tides"), from which Korean envoys or other elite guests could sit and relax while watching the water of the Inland Sea, the boats, and the vista of Kami-Kamagari Island, just across the water. The port of [[Tomonoura]], two or three days' travel by ship east, had a similar space, known as ''Taichôrô'' (対潮楼, lit. "tower facing the tides").
Since 2003, a reenactment of the Korean embassy processions has been held every year on the third Sunday in October.<ref>Plaques on display in Kamagari.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36403201532/in/dateposted/]</ref>
Kamagari is also home to the Kanrankaku (観蘭閣), a mansion constructed directly along the shoreline by [[Sakakidani Senjiro|Sakakidani Senjirô]]<!--榊谷仙次郎-->; a second art museum known as the Rantôkaku Museum (蘭島閣美術館); and a small museum of insects, housed in historical Edo period buildings.
Kamagari is also home to the Kanrankaku (観蘭閣), a mansion constructed directly along the shoreline by [[Sakakidani Senjiro|Sakakidani Senjirô]]<!--榊谷仙次郎-->; a second art museum known as the Rantôkaku Museum (蘭島閣美術館); and a small museum of insects, housed in historical Edo period buildings.