Hizen Hamashuku: Important Traditional Building Preservation Area

Kashima City, Saga Prefecture

Hizen Hamashuku is a city that was formed during Japan's Middle Ages (1184-1603) with a townscape that developed around the residence of Omura, the lord at the ･･･

Wajima City Kuroshima Important Traditional Building Preservation District

Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Kuroshima-machi is located in the Monzen-machi area of Wajima City in the northwest part of the Noto Peninsula. The settlement faces the Sea of Japan to the wes･･･

Magaki (bamboo Fence) Village landscape of Ozawa and Kami-Ozawa

Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Ozawa and Kami-Ozawa in Wajima City are two small settlements along the Sea of Japan in the northwestern part of the Noto Peninsula. The northern part of the No･･･

Narai-juku

Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture

Narai-juku was the 34th of the 69 stations of the Nakasendo Route, positioned exactly at the center point of the route. The primary business at this post town w･･･

Kiso-Hirasawa

Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture

Kiso-Hirasawa is a village formed as a branch of neighboring Narai-juku, located along the Nakasendo Route developed by the Edo Shogunate. Its lacquerware indus･･･

Kawaramachi Tsumairi Merchant House District

Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture

The Kawaramachi Tsumairi Merchant House District is an old townscape that was built in 1620, after the construction of Sasayama Castle. For a stretch of roughly･･･

Akizuki Caste Town

Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture