Jinaimachi Center	Open to the public, Admission free （Located at the opposite side of former residence of Sugiyama family, an important cultural asset of Japan.） Rest room is available for visitors. In the exhibition corner, "Kawachi-region sites old picture maps", other old local town maps as well as old furnitures, tools and kitchen utensil left at old merchants' residence are displayed. There are more information on other Jinaimachi towns in Japan, photographs of "Machiya" or town houses, a local tanka poet of Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami and a popular Osaka-based author of Mr. Sakunosuke Oda.
	The entrance
A chop of commemorative stamp featuring the design of former residence of Sugiyama family, is available for visitors.
"Kawachi-region sights old picture maps" （painted in 1801）	Riverbed of the Ishikawa River and Kongo-Katsuragi mountains. (comparing the old landscape.)
An old town map （as of 1753） The town plan shows the square blocks, consisting of six streets called "Suji" (north to south) and seven streets called "Cho" (east to west) surrounded by rock bariers, bamboo groves and outer moats.	Bamboo groves left at the southern boundary of Jinaimachi town such as the riverbed of Ishikawa River and Kouda-saka slope, an entrance of the town
An old town map (as of 1778） One street (east to west) was added at the southern part of the town between 1753 and 1778.	Sanka-zaka slope left at the southern boundary of the town, which is an entrance of the town
富田林・寺内町の探訪　・　"Visiting Tondabayaahi Jinaimachi" (Back to Top Page) (c) Copyright　2002 by Naoya Okutani , edited in Japan All rights reserved.