白壁、板塀、木格子、虫籠窓 （むしこまど）、鬼瓦、煙だしの小屋根−　これらが見事に調和した江戸時代のお寺と商家の町並み。建築年代が少しずつ異なり、それぞれの町家が個性的な表情を今に伝えています。大阪府南東部に位置する、富田林 （とんだばやし）の旧市街−　寺内町 （じないまち）はいわば｢旧家の生きた博物館｣です。今度の休日にでも、ぶらり散歩でお訪ねになってみませんか？

この個人ホームページでは、私が生まれ育った大阪府富田林市の寺内町をご紹介します。 富田林・寺内町は、時代劇セットさながらに江戸時代以降の町家 （まちや）約40軒が、昔の姿そのままに残されており、時代をタイムスリップした感じがします。 寺内町一帯は、国から重要伝統的建造物群保存地区にも指定されています。ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパンとはまた一味違った「テーマパーク｣に皆さんもぜひ足をお運びになってみて下さい。

大阪市内 （あべの橋）から近鉄電車で３０分、お手軽な歴史散歩を楽しみながら、きっと新しい発見があることでしょう。国民的な文化遺産の保存と継承にも思いをめぐらせて頂けたら幸いです。
- 　歴史散歩　　｢富田林・寺内町の探訪」 管理人　−

Viewing the contrast of beautiful white mortar and cedar panels on the walls, wooden slatted lattices in a row, a miniature second story, black roof tiles with decorative designs and an overtopped small roof for smoke ventilation etc., there are a lot of tourists' attractions here in the traditional landscape of old merchants' residences and Buddhist temples of the Edo era (from the 17th through middle of the 19th century). As the time of construction differs from each other, so many buildings have shown so many variety of architecutural structures and designs. The historical district, Tondabayashi Jinaimachi, located in the south-eastern part of Osaka prefecture, Japan, remains, as it were, "an outdoor museum" of old wooden architecture. Why don't you visit the invaluable heritage site this coming weekend?

This website is intended to introduce my hometown, Jinaimachi in Tondabayashi city, Osaka pref., Japan. In the historical district of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi, there remain as many as 40 old town houses built from the Edo period through the early Showa era (the early 20th century) , as it looks like a movie location site and here you can enjoy a time-slipping journey. The town area has been designated as an important historical district and heritage site of Japan. Why don't you drop in another kind of theme park than the Universal Studio Japan?

Thirty minutes' train ride from the center of Osaka (Abenobashi terminal of Kintetsu Railways) will take you to the heritage site of Tondabayashi, Jinaimachi.You may enjoy a lot of new historical, cultural and architectural findings by taking a walk here. You might also come across an idea how important to inherit and preserve an invaluable heritage site forever.- by Naoya Okutani, Author of the Web Pages.