A large area of reclaimed land extends across Yatsushiro, home to numerous water channels and sluiceways.
These civil engineering works were carried out with extensive use of stones, leading to the advancement of technologies for using stone, and were applied to the construction of meganebashi, arched bridges, which still stand today as a symbol of Yatsushiro's culture of stone.
These artisans who worked with stone now tell their story as Japan Heritage: The Masons of Yatsushiro=The Stone-making Legacy of Masonry Town.