富田林寺内町の探訪
I'm glad to intorduce an old town, Jinaimachi, Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan as a national historic district and heritage site.
It takes 30 minutes from Osaka city to Tondabayashi station by Kintetsu railways. A 10-minutes walk will take you to the historic town.
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residence of the (east) Okutani Family (Con'd)
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| Youjin-Bori (Ditch for firefighting water) Youjin-Bori literally means a ditch of precautions against fire. |
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 Gan-ei bridge across Youjin-Bori （Tomiyama-cho） |
Yojin-bori, or a moat of precaution for fire-fighting and Ganei Bridge A moat of precaution (a culvert) is placed along the Jyounomonsuji street, and the stone bridge across the moat is named as Gan-ei bridge, praying
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 the Chinese characters "gan-ei-bashi" are engraved on the stone bridge |
 the Japanese characters "gan-ei-bashi" are engraved on the stone bridge |
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 Jinaimachi Cookies |
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Information
Not open to the public
(private residence)
Year built:
1826
Location:
At the intersection of Jyounomonsuji street and Tomiyama-cho street in Jinaimachi town.
Trade name: Iwase-ya
History (Origin)
Features of the buildings
The premises are the western half of the block. A main building, a shed,
a storehouse surround the premises. The present building was built when
a branch family was established and the year built is said to be in 1826.
The main building (Irimoya style architecture) is built at the southwest
corner of the site and a storehouse and a shed are located around a site
and they still exist. In addition, the tall and stout storehouse in the
north side becomes the tenement house for rent now as the interior was
retrofitted.
Visitor Center
(Jinaimachi Kouryuukan,
Town Community Center)
Address
9-29, Tondabayashi-cho, Tondabayashi city, Osaka, 584-0033, Japan
TEL.+81-(0)721-26-0110
FAX.+81-(0)721-26-0110
open 10a.m. until 5 p.m.
closed on Monday
The site-seeing map
available in English. Please stop by to the Tourist Information Cetnter
or Jinaimachi Visitor Center.
Restrooms
Available at Jinaimachi Visitor Center (Jinaimachi Kouryuukan), Jinaimachi
Center and Jinaimachi Tenbou Hiroba (Viewing Terrace)
Visitor Parking
Road width is very narrow in Jinaimachi town. If traveling by car, please
use Tondabayashi Municipal east parking newly opened in February 2014 (Toll
parking).
You can park the minibus for groups and passenger cars for general use.
Only one parking lot available for minibus, you must book it in advance
with Tondabayashi City Hall. A 15-minute walk to the Jinaimachi Visitor
Center and 5 minute walk up to the former Sugiyama family house, an important
national cultural property.
You will note that you will contact Tondabayashi Municipality Office for
a parking lot of large tourist bus for groups. Thank you in advance for
your kind cooperation.
