Sato-shime is a term for pressing juice from sugar cane. This is the first step in making sugar, and was done here. The only two conical huts in the whole of Japan are both located here, at the Shikoku Mura Museum. Kagawa Prefecture was once known for its flourishing production of sugar, salt, and cotton, called the Sanuki Sanpaku (Sanuki three whites), and this valuable building stands testament to a traditional industry in a region known for wasanbon refined sugar.