Shimabara Samurai District 島原武家屋敷
A water channel still runs in front of the samurai houses, which are open free of charge.
An Edo-period residential district built for the lower-ranking samurai serving Shimabara Castle, one of the few in Japan preserved with the original layout of its streets and of its system of water channels for household use and firefighting.
Nagasaki
Shimabara