Omotechō Shōtengai 岡山表町商店街
1.4 km of covered arcade, eight streets joined when a feudal lord moved the road there.
The street began as a merchant quarter when, in the late sixteenth century, the lord Ukita Hideie diverted the old Sanyō road so that it passed through the new castle town, and settled merchants and artisans there from all over Bizen province. The shopping street has never moved since, even though the arcade and its present appearance date from the twentieth century.
Okayama
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