加茂川と土蔵 Kamogawa-to-Dozou The Kamo River and the Storehouses
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The old Japanese townscape remains in Tenjin-cho, Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture. The port town of Yonago thrived as the commercial center in this region from the Edo to Meiji periods (the 17th-19th centuries). The store houses with white sea slug walls continue along both sides of the Kamo River, which flows from the former city hall building to the Port of Yonago. Many bridges built over the river and the white walls and lath windows reflected on the surface of the river remind us of the prosperity of the town in the old times. The old house of the Goto family, who carried on shipping business in the Edo period, is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. Visitors can also enjoy viewing the townscape from an excursion boat going leisurely down the river. The Kamo River and the old storehouses comprise the representative townscape of the city, which will bring you back to the Edo period.
- address
- Tenjin-machi, Yonago, Tottori Prefecyure, Japan 683-0821
- name
- Yonago City Kanko Kyokai
- phone
- 0859-37-2311