Udatsu Townscape
Wakimachi in Mima City was established as a castle town during the Sengoku period and developed in the mid-Edo period as a distribution center for indigo, which was widely produced at the time. The townscape, with traces of the early modern and modern eras, stretches for approx. 400 m and creates a distinctive atmosphere. The town still has 85 residences built from the mid-Edo period to the early Showa period, mainly from the Meiji period.
Udatsu Old Street has a more quiet, low-key feel. It’s not the kind of lively tourist area you might expect, and that’s exactly why it preserves such an authentic historic atmosphere.
The white walls on both sides and the distinctive “udatsu” roof ridges really stand out. If you look closely, you can see they were actually a symbol of wealth in the past.
