Mino Historic Street, ‘the street of the Udatsu’ (美濃市うだつの上がる町並み) うだつの上がる町並み

A protected area since 1999: the udatsu, firebreak walls on the roof, were a merchant's pride.

Edo-period market town that grew up on the trade in Mino washi paper, and which preserves the street grid and the crenellated façades of the merchants enriched by that trade.