Traditional Streets/Houses Spots in Tokushima Area

  • Ochiai Village
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    Tokushima Miyoshi-shi Higashiiya Ochiai Hoka

    I took the bus here - tour books say to get off at the nearby school but it looks like quite a walk from there. So I followed the tourist information centres bus schedules and got off at Ochiai...

  • Udatsu Townscape
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    Tokushima Pref. Mimashi Wakimachi South town
    First established as the castle town of Waki Castle, this townscape developed as center for the indigo trade​. Many of the machiya (town houses) feature tile-roofed and plastered udatsu (short pillars for supporting a ridgepole) on both ends of their roofs. The streets, which retain the scenery of Japan’s early modern and modern period, are lined with 85 traditional buildings built between the mid Edo period to the early Showa period, with most being built around the Meiji period. Every October, the neighborhood holds the Udatsu Festival. The townscape has been selected as one of Japan’s 100 Best Roads as well as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.
  • Udatsu Old Street
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    Tokushima Mima-gun Tsurugi Cho Sadamitsu Cho
    "The Sadamitsu district of Tsurugi-cho, Mima County, has a long history of development as a commercial town, and many old merchant buildings still remain. Among them, the ""Orimoto-ya"" building, which used to be a sake brewery, is a registered tangible cultural property of Japan."
  • Chi Iori Trust
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    Tokushima Miyoshi-shi Higashiiya Tsurui

Tokushima Areas

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The southeastern corner of Shikoku is home to Tokushima prefecture, a region celebrated for its luscious nature and the nation’s favorite Awa Odori, an energetic dance to which an annual summer festival has been dedicated. Keeping the upbeat tempo, whirlpools excite the Naruto sea off Tokushima, while inland, dramatic cliffs line the Iya Valley, promising unrivaled views of vast and vibrant scenery.

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