Katsuyama Preserved Streets

cool historic town

Personally, I really like traditional Japanese architecture and culture, so wandering around Katsuyama was really cool for me. There's a bunch of shops with noran (the drapes covering shop entrances),...

cool historic town

Personally, I really like traditional Japanese architecture and culture, so wandering around Katsuyama was really cool for me. There's a bunch of shops with noran (the drapes covering shop entrances),...

A nice day out

I love this area of Maniwa - I live not too far away so I visit pretty often. The preserved streets have gotten rid of all the power lines so it's not clogged up like most modern streets and gives it ...

A nice day out

I love this area of Maniwa - I live not too far away so I visit pretty often. The preserved streets have gotten rid of all the power lines so it's not clogged up like most modern streets and gives it ...

Very characteristic

One of the cutest town I've been to in Japan where almost every shop including post office here has a noren (traditional Japanese fabric dividers) with most of them depicting the business that the sho...