These walls seem like works of contemporary art as they stretch out toward the blue sky.
Near the Dan no Nobori Gama cultural property designated by the city of Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is the hill lined by these bingaki walls, leading to private residences.
Bingaki refers to the many ceramic jugs embedded into the wall so that the circular bottoms are visible to those who walk along the road.
According to the Sanyo-Onoda city folk history museum, the Onoda District prospered by becoming the largest producer of these jugs for containing sulfuric acid during World War II.
The walls were constructed about 70 years ago by 92-year-old Tokiko Ito's late husband, Keiichi. About 1,000 jugs were used as they didn't have access to cinder blocks then.
Fans of ceramics who come to the cultural property can see before their eyes the excellence of the industrial heritage as they aim their cameras toward these walls.
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