Takehara historic district

photo by OS6 · CC BY-SA 3.0

photo by OS6 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Designated in 1982, with 5 hectares of houses of the salt and Kitamae-ship merchants.

In the three blocks of the old centre (Honmachi 1, 3 and 4-chōme) stand rows of merchant houses with heavy tiled roofs and grey plaster walls, built with the wealth of salt production and of trade with the Kitamae-bune ships that sailed up the coast of Japan; for its period atmosphere the district is called the ‘little Kyoto of Aki’.

An Edo-period port town on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, which prospered on salt production. The district was designated an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings on 16 December 1982, over an area of about 5 hectares.

ℹ️ Public streets, open at all times and free. Some historic buildings (such as the former Matsuzaka residence) house small museums with their own opening hours.

🚉 Takehara · 13 min walk

Sources: city.takehara.lg.jp · japan-heritage.bunka.go.jp · denken.gr.jp

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