• 1.The site also features transportation routes used to transport silver ore to the coast, and port towns from where it was shipped to Korea and China.  (Translate into Japanese.　)

• 2. 　When was the Iwami Ginzan the mass production of silver and gold in Japan?

• 3. Silver from the mine was used widely for coins. (Translate into Japanese.)

by Yoshihito Akai, Aoyama Gakuin College of Economics  

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