Location List

Next street to Old Samurai Residence street where is popular for tourists. Quiet and old buildings remains.

Residential street in a new town readjusted.

Soy sauce making in Shodo island started from salt making. Soy sauce making has over 400 years of history and is ongoing now.

Preserved historic site of a farm house built in the 18th century. It's a typical farm house in the mountains in mid-Edo era and designated as a national important treasure.

You may feel the sky closer to you as there are no high mountains around.

Streetscape near Ikedo shopping street. Old houses and shops are mixed.

Country view of rice terrace around the upper stream of Ayagawa.

A part of the castle town of Shuri in the Ryukyu Dynasty.

A Wealthy farmer's house which was built in Tsubame area in Edo era and relocated to the present place in 1973.

The town is built in the high economic growth period after WWⅡ and tourists often say it has a typical atmosphere of Showa era. Can see a good view at sunset.

Old Samurai house built in early 1800. There are displays you can see Samurai's life at that time.

Utazu cho is the town having a mixture of old and new things.

Terrace style house where Shiga Naoya wrote "A Dark Night's Passing".

Shopping street located in the center part of Kida gun. There are many vacant shops now.

Built by German Reformed Church Community in 1920. Has an authentic western architecture style.

One of the locations in the movie "Twilight Samurai". The roof is thatched and partially stone placed which is characteristic.

Middle class old Samurai House. Many films and TV programs were shot here.

Typical house style of Middle class old Samurai's. Many films and TV programs were shot here.

Old streetscape

Built in 1688. The ceiling made of mad for fire prevention is quite rare.

Mid-eighteenth architecture

Former Iba House

Pottery street with red tiles and lion-shaped roof ornaments of Okinawa.

In 1902, it was built as a residence of an American character Charles · C · Chaplin who was a teacher of the former Yokote Middle School.