Looking down on Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture from Mount Gagyu, Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, once the site of many warlord battles, was restored to the tranquility of its original design in harmony with nature during the long peace of the Edo period, thanks to the aesthetic leanings of the local magistrate Kobori Enshu, who influenced the design of the town and the development of the local sweet Yubeshi.