Yokaichi Gokoku District, Uchiko Town
Also written: 内子町の八日市護国地区 · 内子町八日市护国地区
A historic streetscape of white-walled merchant mansions that flourished on wax production, where you can stroll through scenes of Japan from the Edo to Meiji periods.
An Illustrated Japan / Ehime / Townscape & Scenery
About this place
Yokaichi Gokoku Uchiko 600 m old Ozu highway white-walled storehouse wax merchant manor continuation essential traditional preservation zone first Shikoku chosen Apr 17 1982 Edo-Meiji wax washi thriving Ehime bleached wax biggest countrywide 70 percent Uchiko brand Asatsuru foreign shipping luxe Hon Haga Kami Haga Omura important asset 1990 wax implements 1991 folk asset white fence namako plaster crane turtle wave wires underground 1986 Japan Roads 100 trip market passage Uchiko Za kabuki info building merging pedestrian Matsuyama special 25 min Edo Meiji townscape pedestrian zone top scenic.
