Donryū Yokochō (呑龍横丁) 呑龍横丁
A market from 1947, burnt down in January 1982 and rebuilt within a year: reopened in 2021.
呑龍横丁 is in the centre of Maebashi, near the station, and takes its name from the Buddhist monk Donryū, who is associated with the area. The first covered market here, the 呑龍マーケット, opened in 1947 amid the post-war rubble; a fire destroyed it completely in January 1982 and it was rebuilt by December of the same year as 呑竜仲店, an alley of ‘back-street’ eating and drinking places (路地裏飲食店街). The current project has renovated it, keeping the narrow layout of the covered alleys and its down-to-earth character, and reopened it on 27 November 2021 with around fifteen places to eat and drink.
Gunma
Chuo-Maebashi
