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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.

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. 56 Bilingual guided tour on April 28-30, 2018
The Golden Week in 2018 is the three-day holidays during April 28, Saturday through April 30, Monday and the last four consecutive holidays during May 3,Wednesday through May 7, Sunday. It is nine consecutive holidays when you are off for two workday two days on May 1 and 2. During the holiday season, the weather was almost fine and Tondabayashi Jinaimachi was welcome to have many visitors including from afar.

Following the Golden Week in spring last year, we organized the Japanese-English Bilingual guided walking tour around Tondabayashi Jinaimachi historic district in spring 2018. The special voluntary project was held for 3 days from April 28 through 30, 2018. It is organized by: Jinaimachi Volunteer Guide Association, cooperated by Jinaimachi Kouryukan or Jinaimachi Visitor Center and Kirameki Factory or Tondabayashi City Tourism Promotion Board and the volunteer tour guide is Mr. Naoya Okutani. We organized the scheduled departure guided tours with no advanced reservation starting at Jinaimachi Kouryukan, or Jinaimachi Visitor Center for participants of visitors. The participation fee is free of charge.

The guide course is the same each time and it is about 90 minutes on foot through the national important cultural property of the former Sugiyama family residence (the end point) via the Jyounomon-suji street, the national important cultural property of Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple. The number of tour participants during the period (total 4 times) was 49 people. The tour participants came from Tondabayashi City and the surrounding Habikino city, Kawachinagano city, Kashiwara city, Sakai city and Osaka city. As there were no participants of foreign visitors who need the guide in English during the period, we conducted the tours in Japanese only.


Walikng guided-tour information for foreign visitors
 
The guide tour participants - 16persons - at the south Kuzuhara family residence on April 28, 2018
 
The guide tour participants - 12persons - at the Nakamura family residence on April 29, 2018
 
The guide tour participants - 8persons - in the precinct of Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple on April 29, 2018

The guide tour participants - 13persons - at the gate of Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple on April 30, 2018 
The guided tour conducted in the afternonn on April 28,2018 - The pictures taken by Ms. Yoshie Ono of Jinaimachi Kouryukan or Jinaimachi Visitor Center

Jinaimachi Kouryukan meeting room 
 
Ichiriyama AvenueJyounomonsuji street 

 Ichiriyama AvenueJyounomonsuji street
 
Koubai-kuraKita Kaisho cho avenue
 
Kuzuhara family residence(left)・(South)Kuzuhara family residence(right)
 
Koushouji Buddhist Temple - main gate

Koushouji Buddhist Temple - main hall

 Koushouji Buddhist Temple - main hall
 
Hashimoto family residence
Koma-tsunagi stone with a rope hole to tie with horses and cows
 
Nakamura family residence
According to the description of Kawachi region sightseeing book published in 1801, Tondabayashi was found to be a producing area of grape at that time. There still have vineyards spreading around Kashiwara City and Habikino City in Osaka Prefecture and the Kawachi wine is brewed.
 
Kawachi region sightseeing book published in 1801
 
Jinaimachi wine
Yakushi-do (The Buddha statue of Love Letters)

There is a romantic legend that the beautiful Buddha statue of Yakushi Nyorai that is settled in the hall of Yakushi-do along Minami Kaisho Machi avenue is said to be made of love letters with plaster that the young men and women of the Edo period exchanged. For this reason, the Buddha statue is also known as Buddha of love fulfillment and is popular among young people for happy marriage.


The tourism campaign of "Rekishi Oishi Tondabayashi" promoted by Tondabayashi City has a popular video movie website featuring the Buddha statue of Love Letters.

"The Buddha statue of Love Fulfillment " (15 seconds movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3WV-U6fWU
 
Yakushi-do
 
The Buddha statue of Love Letters
Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami, a female poet in the Meiji period (1868-1912)  

At the end of the guided tour where the national important cultural property of the former Sugiyama family residence is located, I talked about the life of Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami. Her real name is Ms. Taka Sugiyama who was active as a female poet in the Meiji era. Her life had been filled with hardship and many vicissitudes.

The novel titled of “Kamon" written by Ms. Toyoko Yamazaki published by Shincho Bunko is said to have modeled the life of Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami, and Anthologies of "Isonokami Tsuyuko collection" which is a collection of works of Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami published by Chuko Bunko is available at Ashida Bookstore in front of Kintetsu Tondabayashi Station.
 
The national important cultural property of the former Sugiyama family residence
 
The picture - Ms. Tsuyuko Isonokami, a female poet in the Meiji period (1868-1912)
"Picturesque landscape" - Visitors enjoying sketches of traditional townscapes by sitting on the roadside on April 29, 2018. 
   
49 people participated in the Golden Week special project during the period. Thank you for joining the guided tours. Thank you very much for the cooperation in supporting the special project this year provided by Jinaimachi Kouryukan and Kirameki Factory. 

written by author in Yokohama on April 30, 2018
Tourrists' attractions (Part 1/2)
Tourrists' attractions (Part 2/2)
 
  Jinaimachi Town Sightseeing Map(English)
  Jinaimachi Town Sightseeing Map(Chinese)
  Jinaimachi Town Sightseeing Map(Korean)
Shops information - Food, Beverage,Guest House, Accessary & Handycrafts and Massage 
 
 
Accessary & Handycrafts, Massage  Food, Beverage  Guest House
 1 Ashida bookstore  2 Machiya Cafe - Shiori  3 Mame-to-Kona
 4 Kashiwaya katsuragi-do  5 Art gallery Jinaimachi galleria  6 Un Village
 7  Koumu-an  8 Cafe Narod  9 Jinaimachi classico
 10 Bakery shop Yasu   11 Haccho Chaya   12 Jinaimachi Kitchen Ai
 13 Young heart   14 Koubai KuraCafe HeizoKonjyaku-no-Tamatebako、Shizu)  15 Buple
 16 Kura gallery - Kusunoki  17  Tabimogura cafe  18  Pokuh record
 19 Midori-no-Komichi   20 Laidback Cafe  21 KokumakanHakoda shotenCOCO Gallery
 22 Nakabayashi shinsoten  23 Guest House Tomari-ya  24 Yim Yeem 
 25 Houpu-an  26 23banchi。  27 mane-ten-cafe
 28 kinogu  29 VitaRomantica  30 Pottry workshop Asuka
 31 art uma-no-me   32 oasi  33 Hiyori
 1 Toursit Information Center - Kirameki Factory 2 Jinaimachi Visitor Center - Jinaimachi Kouryukan  3 Jinaimachi Center
 4 Jinaimachi Viewing Terrace - Jinaimachi Tenbo Hiroba  5 ex. Sugiyama residence  6 ex. Tanaka residence
 1 Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple  2 Myoukeiji Buddhist Temple  3 Jyokokuji Buddhist Temple
 4 Yakushi-do  5 Tomisaka-Ebisu Shinto Shrine  6 Kitaguchi Jizo
 7 Honmachi Jizo  8 Nishiguchii Jizo  
 Mail & inquiry to Author

Information


Jinaimachi in Tondabayashi
Jyounomon-suji street

Photo: provided by Tondabayashi Municipality, unauthorized copying and replication are strictly prohibited.


National conservation district of valuable traditional buildings


Jinaimachi town, a part of Tondabayashi-cho located in Tonadabayashi city has been chosen as a national conservation district of valuable traditional buildings since 1997, which is only selected in Osaka Prefecture. Among approximately 500 buildings in the town, 181 buildings built during the period from the Edo era to the early Showa era have been identified as traditional buildings.
 

An application for prior approval to the section of cultural properties in board of education of Tondabayashi city is required when any change of current exterior appearances viewed from a street in the conservation district such as enlargement, renovation, repair, redecoration, change of the color, new construction and demolition of any buildings is to be made. After repairing works for the conservation of the exterior appearances, the reconstruction and face-lifting in consideration of landscaping, a white wall, a board fence, and a lattice door of traditional house remain as used to be, and rustic and calm atmosphere has been kept as people still live in those houses.  

The signpost is provided with main traditional residences to explain each origin and history, and those guiding signposts cum street lights have been placed along the streets of stone-pavement.    

In addition, the appearances of newly built buildings are also harmonized with the neighboring historic district in consideration for the traditional townscape in Jinaimachi town.

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 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) , theincipient temple was opened in Ebitani village. In 1560, Shoushuu Shonin, the 16th head priest of Koushouji Sect. in Kyoto dismantled the building and reconstructedit to the present location, adjacent to Ebitani village.

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. You can get the visitor map.

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.

 Shops & restaurants
 Tourists' attractions (part 1/2)
 Tourists' attractions (part 2/2)
 Town Planning
 Jyounomonsuji street "the 100 selections of roads in Japan"
 Koushouji Betsuin Buddhist Temple
 Former Sugiyama residence
 Nakamura residence
 Former Tanaka residence
 Architecture Vol. 1/2
 Architecture Vol. 2/2
 Roof ・Roof tiles
 Mushikomado
 Koushimado
 Storehouse(Kura)
 Kemuridashi
 Shokisan
 Sodeudatsu
 Historic Buildings
 Jinaimachi cookies
 New Year Hot Pot Festival
 Spring Hina Meguri Dolls Festival
 Summer Street Lantern Festival
 Autumn Nochino Hina Matsuri Doll Festival
 Art Gallery
 B&B (Tomari-Ya Guetshouse)
 Travelogues by Author
 Link
 Ichiriyama-cho street
 Tomiyama-cho street
 Kita-Kaisho-cho street
 Minami-Kaisho-cho street
 Sakai-cho street
 Gobo-cho street
 Hayashi-cho street

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