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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welcome to jinaimachi town, tondabayashi, a historic district, japan
| 【Tourist guide to Jinaimachi town, Tondabayashi, a historic district and heritage site of Japan,Travelogues by Author - Series Vol. 32 Jinaimachi Guided Sightseeing Tour】 | |
The Silver Week in 2015 becomes a 5 day consecutive holiday in six years
in relation to the calendar and fortunately, the Kansai region was blessed
with beautiful weather every day. On the four days from September 20 (Sunday)
to 23 (Wednesday), the historic town sightseeing tour were held as a special project for the visitors
in Tondabayashi Jinaimachi organized by The Jinaimachi volunteer tour guide association. Foreign visitors joined the bilingual walking tour together with Japanese
visitors and the participants were guided both in English and Japanese,
which intended the mutual exchange of the participants during the tour.  English guide presentationDuring the period, I guided as many as 59 visitors in the morning and afternoon in a total of seven times (on the last day, only the morning tour was held.) Thanks to the cooperation by Tondabayashi City Municipality, Tondabayashi Jinaimachi Visitor Center, Tondabayashi Tourism Association (Kirameki factory), the local guest house Tomari-ya such as posting a poster and distribution of flyers. |
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 Koushouji Temple, Sep.20,2015 |
 Koushouji Temple, Sep.20,2015 |
 Jyounomonsuji street（Photo by Ms. Eiko Yanagida） |
 Jyounomonsuji street（Photo by Ms. Eiko Yanagida） |
 Koubai kura (photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Atemage crossing (photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Jyounomonsuji street（Photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Jyounomonsuji street（Photo by Ms. Mika Chibai） |
 Koushouji Temple（Photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Koushouji Temple（Photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Koushouji Temple（Photo by Ms. Eiko Yanagida） |
 Koushouji Temple（Photo by Ms. Eiko Yanagida） |
 Jyounomonsuji street（Photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 The Nakamura family residence（Photo by Mr. Takahiro Nakai） |
 Hacchou Chaya |
 LAiDBACK CAFE |
| On the first day of September 20, 10 visitors in the morning and 12 visitors
in the afternoon participated in the tour. There are those visitors joining
in the middle of the tour. In the morning, Those who joined the tour, are
a Japanese woman from Okinawa as well as a woman from the UK who has been
traveling alone in Japan for one month. I explained the origins of Jinaimachi, the features of the building alternately
in English and Japanese. The lady who came all the way from Bermingham, the UK mentioned "Although I have travelled to many sightseeing spots in Tokyo and Kyoto, I have now touched upon the genuine Japan after I took time to walk around the historic district of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi. She stayed up at a guest house of Tomari-ya for three nights, where a traditional style Japanese house was retrofitted to a guest house dedicated for women in the spring, 2015. "Both the UK and Japan have a long history, culture and tradition, and looking at an old streets in Japan just like a movie shooting location set let me imagine those who are dressed in traditional costume such as kimono come across on the streets and also reminds me of an old townscape in England.”, she expressed. I do hope she continues memorable journey in Japan for the remaining period. I also hope through foreign visitors own eyes, the tourist attractions of Tonadabashi Jinaimachi will be gradually spread out all over the world by visitors. When finishing the guide, the lady told me that she hope the historic district of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi will be registered in the UNESCO world cultural heritage site someday in the future. In late May 2016, the Ise-Shima Summit is scheduled to be held in Mie Prefecture where leaders around the world will get together. Including the "Japanese cuisine", which was registered in January 2015 to the UNESCO World Intangible Heritage, more and more opportunities for introduction of traditional culture of Japan are held in overseas through mass media. I believe foreign visitors visiting Tondabayashi Jinaimachi surely increase in the near future. I enjoyed the meals in Jinaimachi on the day. I had lunch of hand-made soba noodle at Hacchou Chaya Japanese restaurant at the interval of the guides between the morning and afternoon. For dinner after sunset, I relished a spicy curry set with fluffy eggs at LAiDBACK CAFE restaurant along the main street of Jyounomon-suji street. |
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 The (south）Kuzuhara family residence, Sep.21, 2015 |
 Jyounomonsuji street, Sep.21, 2015 |
 The former Banri-no-haru Sake brewery |
 Video Shooting by a drone at Koushouji Temple |
| On September 21 of the Senior Citizen's Day. It was the second day of the historic town walking tour. I guided five
visitors in the morning and eight visitors in the afternoon. Those who
took a look at this project flyer participated in the tour at Jinaimachi Visitor Center. After the PowerPoint slide presentation explaining history and architecture of Jinaimachi in the Japanese style tatami mat meeting room on the second floor of Jinaimachi Visitor Center, the town walk started. In addition, Shoki-san of a good luck talisman put on the roof of the Sugita family residence faces against a roof tile of evil of the Tamori family residence across Jyounomonsuji street. At this point, I always introduced an old story of Shoki-san as well as an old episode of a pharmacy store at Sanjo in Kyoto. About 450 years ago during the Sengoku era, the town of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi was developed and its layout looks like a grid. In the middle of each block, a sewage drainage of about 1 meter depth is provided, which divides each block. During the guide in the afternoon, for the promotional video production, video shooting from the air using a large drone was conducted at the main gate of Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple which has been designated as an important cultural property of the country, Like I think what is a large bees flies, it sounded a unique large wings sound, rising at once to the height of the second floor roof as a black spider has spread the legs. While the drone moved back and force before the main gate of the Koushouji Temple, |
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 Jyounomonsuji street, Sep.22, 2015 |
 The Nakamura family residence, Sep.22, 2015 |
 The lady from the UK joingning the guide tour at the guest house of Tomari-ya |
 Somen noodle lunch at Tomari-ya |
 Cafe Narod |
 Cafe Heizo (Koubai Kura） |
| On September 22, 2015 (the national holiday) it is the third day of walking
tour. Eight visitors attended in the morning and 14 visitors did in the
afternoon. (All participants are Japanese) Every participant eagerly listened
to the guidance and I spent more time than scheduled. As for lunch between
the interval of the tour, I drop in the guest house "Tomari-Ya", which opened in spring, 2015. I enjoyed somen noodles. Though "Tomari-Ya” is a guesthouse accommodation dedicated for women, rice balls and somen
noodle depending on the season are served during lunch time and men can
drop in at the guesthouse. In Jinaimachi, a few restaurants are open especially
on weekdays. After I finished the afternoon guided tour, I enjoyed self-roasting coffee
of "Heizo" as well as coffee at long-established cafe "Narod". (September 22, 2015) |
|
 The Okutani family resudence, Sep. 23, 2015 |
 Gallery Art Umano-me at the Nakamura familiy residence |
| On September 23, 2015, which is the Autumnal Equinox Day and the last day
of the silver week, the walking tour of the historic district was conducted in
the morning and I was pleased to guide two local participants coming from Sakai city and
Tondabayashi. city. The temperature was more than 30 degrees Celsius like the hot mid-summer
day. While looking for the shade during the tour, we entered the main hall
of Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist temple where its ceiling is high and atmosphere is cool and stately. Well, I was able to finish the volunteer guide tour seven times in total as scheduled during the holiday week. I appreciated every tour participants and visitors coming to Tondabayashi Jinaimachi. I am extremely grateful to all of you for cooperation extended to me for the success of the tour such as Tondabayashi municipality office, Jinaimachi Kouryukan Visitor Center, The Kirameki Factory by Tondabayashi City Tourism Association, Koushouji Betsuin Buhhdist temple, a self-roasted coffee shop "Heizo" at Koubai Kura warehouse. In recent years, foreign visitors to Japan has increased more than expected and it is likely to increase the number since as the Ise-Shima Summit is to be held in May 2016. By increasing more exposure of information about Japan, I do hope more foreign visitors come to Japan and Tondabayashi Jinaimachi from all over the world. (written by author on September 23, 2015) |
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 Jyounomonsuji street |
 The former Sugiyama family residence |
Information
Jinaimachi in Tondabayashi（Jyounomon-suji street）
Photo: provided by Tondabayashi Municipality, unauthorized copying and
replication are strictly prohibited.
Koushouji Betsuin Temple (Tondabayashi Gobo)
Koushouji Betsuin Temple is a temple of Jodo Shinshu School (Ikkoushuu School),
which became the center of the development and establishment of Jinaimachi
town in Tondabayashi . It has been popular as Mr. Gobo (Tondabayashi Gobo)
among the local residents.
During the Ouei period (1394-1412years) , the
The temple gate looks toward the east and the Jyounomon-suji street. Those buildings such as the bell tower, the drum tower, the main hall,
the reception hall and priest's quarters are set up and arranged.
The main gate has refined style and it became clear in a recent investigation
that the gate was further relocated from Koushouji temple in Kyoto, which
was originally said to be dismantled and reconstructed from one of the
gates at Fushimi castle in Kyoto.
Koushouji Betsuin Temple was designated as an important cultural property
of the country in 2014.
The former residence of the Sugiyama family, an important cultural property
of the country
Sugiyama family was one of the old family who was involved in the founding
of Jinaimachi town and the family flourished as a sake brewer throughout
the Edo period.
The former Sugiyama family residence is the oldest building among those
merchants’ houses in Jinaimachi and it is the remains of a large merchant
house of the mid-Edo period.
The residence is the birthplace of Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami, a female poet
of Myojo school (Her autonym was Takako Sugiyama, 1882ー1959).
The property was designated as an important cultural property of the country
on October 26, 1983 as a typical architecture of merchant’s house which
was originated from farmer's house in Minami-Kawachi region.
Location
Jinaimachi town, Tondabayashi city, a national historic preservation district
and heritage site of Japan, which is located in the south-eastern part
of Osaka prefecture, the western part of Japan
Directions to Jinaimachi town, Tondabayashi
It is a 10-minute walk from the Tondabayashi Staion or the Tondabayashi
Nishiguchi Station of Kintetsu Nagano line.
From Kansai International Airport
Airport Limousine Bus service available bound for Kawachi Nagano Station.
(60 minutes) Please take Kintetsu railways from Kawachi Nagano to Tondabayashi.(15
minutes)
From Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport)
Airport Limousine Bus service available bound for Abenobashi Station. (30
minutes) Please take Kintetsu railways from Abenobashi terminal to Tondabayashi.(30 munites)
From JR Shinkasen Shin-Osaka station or
Osaka (Umeda) station
Please take Subway Midousuji line from Shin-Osaka station or Osaka (Umeda)
station to Tennoji Station. (20~30 minutes) Please change trains at Tennoji
and take Kintetsu railways from Abenobashi terminal to Tondabayashi. (30
minutes)
Koushouji Betsuin Temple (Tondabayashi Gobo)
Koushouji Betsuin Temple is a temple of Jodo Shinshu School (Ikkoushuu School),
which became the center of the development and establishment of Jinaimachi
town in Tondabayashi . It has been popular as Mr. Gobo (Tondabayashi Gobo)
among the local residents.
During the Ouei period (1394-1412years) , the
The temple gate looks toward the east and the Jyounomon-suji street. Those buildings such as the bell tower, the drum tower, the main hall,
the reception hall and priest's quarters are set up and arranged.
The main gate has refined style and it became clear in a recent investigation
that the gate was further relocated from Koushouji temple in Kyoto, which
was originally said to be dismantled and reconstructed from one of the
gates at Fushimi castle in Kyoto.
Koushouji Betsuin Temple was designated as an important cultural property
of the country in 2014.
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 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
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.
