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Kanmangafuchi's Stone Jizo statues.

Along this particularly scenic stretch of the Daiya-gawa, where white rapids swirl around rocks, is a row of Jizō statues, the small stone effigies of the Buddhist protector of travellers and children. There were once 100, though many were damaged in a flood a century back, and remain in various states of crumble and mossiness. It's removed from the main sights, about 1km from the bridge, Shin-kyō (and is rarely crowded).

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