 Last additions - Udatsu Traditional Townscape うだつの上がる町並み |
Mino Bridge over Nagara River. (Under renovation.) 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. It has a wooden floor. It's being renovated so we couldn't cross it in Jan. 2019. Jumping off this bridge into the river can be fatal. 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
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Built in 1916, Mino Bridge is Japan's oldest surviving modern bridge and a National Important Cultural Property. It's now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge 113 meters long. 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. Until 1965, vehicles used to cross the bridge. 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
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Nagara River in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) was a daimyo who developed the Mino castle town. 小倉山城跡Apr 17, 2020
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Originally built by Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) 金森長近 in 1605 as a retirement residence. Now part of Ogura Park in Mino, Gifu Prefecture. 小倉山城跡The turret is a reconstruction.Apr 17, 2020
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Also visited Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop nearby. 小倉山城跡Apr 17, 2020
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Mino Tourist information office has tourist pamphlets. 美濃市観光協会「番屋」Apr 17, 2020
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Matsuhisa Eisuke paper storeApr 17, 2020
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Little external shrine, Akiba-sama. 秋葉様Apr 17, 2020
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in 1900 at Kyosenji Temple in Mino, Gifu near here. 杉原 千畝Apr 17, 2020
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in Mino, Gifu near here. Sugihara is famous as the Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who gave transit visas to Jews fleeing the Holocast during World War II.Apr 17, 2020
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Juroku BankApr 17, 2020
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Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
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Markers commemorating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince.Apr 17, 2020
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TomiyaApr 17, 2020
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About Former Imai Residence. 旧今井家Apr 17, 2020
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Former Imai Residence used as the Mino History Museum. Free admission.Apr 17, 2020
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Former Imai Residence 旧今井家Apr 17, 2020
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Yoshida Kobo udatsu roof firewall.Apr 17, 2020
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Yoshida KoboApr 17, 2020
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Yoshida KoboApr 17, 2020
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Udatsu roofs in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.Apr 17, 2020
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Kosaka Family ResidenceApr 17, 2020
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Inside Kosaka Family Residence is a sake shop.Apr 17, 2020
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About Kosaka Family Residence. 小坂家住宅Apr 17, 2020
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About Suzuki Kohei residence.Apr 17, 2020
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Kosaka Family Residence of a sake brewing family. National Important Cultural Property. 小坂家住宅Apr 17, 2020
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Former Honjin lodge for VIPs. Suzuki Kohei residence.Apr 17, 2020
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Inside Hirata Family residenceApr 17, 2020
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Signboards explain in English the most significant homes. This is the Hirata Family residence.Apr 17, 2020
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Hirata Family residence 平田家Apr 17, 2020
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Mino basically developed as a merchant's town up to the late 19th century. Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
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Mino in Gifu has a traditional townscape of "udatsu" homes. Udatsu is a decorative firewall on the side of the home's roof. Townscape is a rectangular area of residential streets lined with traditional homes. A few are open to the public.Near Minoshi Station on the Nagaragawa Railway. This area is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).Apr 17, 2020
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Mino and this townscape was part of the Mino castle town developed by Daimyo Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) who lived in nearby Ogurayama Castle. You can park your car somewhere and walk around the area.National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District.Apr 17, 2020
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