Katsuyama Preserved Streets

cool historic town

Personally, I really like traditional Japanese architecture and culture, so wandering around Katsuyama was really cool for me. There's a bunch of shops with noran (the drapes covering shop entrances),...

A nice day out

I love this area of Maniwa - I live not too far away so I visit pretty often. The preserved streets have gotten rid of all the power lines so it's not clogged up like most modern streets and gives it ...

Very characteristic

One of the cutest town I've been to in Japan where almost every shop including post office here has a noren (traditional Japanese fabric dividers) with most of them depicting the business that the sho...

Old town of Edo period

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This is the first preserved Edo-era ancient city in Okayama Prefecture. This used to be a residential area of shogunate and nobles. At present, there is still a look. Inside the house, there will be a display of the objects of ... .

There is an old townscape and you can enjoy walking around the city

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An old townscape that remains in Katsuyama. Take a walk with a map of walking around the city at the tourist information center. There are merchant and private houses with white walls and lattice windows. It is also an old castle town, and when you climb a hill, temples and shrines are lined up, and there is also a ruin of samurai residences.