Makabe Street

Visit Makabe during March to view their Hinamatsuri Fair

We went to a Hinamatsuri event in the Makabe district, now part of Sakuragawa City in Ibaraki Prefecture. Makabe was the castle township of Makabe fiefdom in the Edo era. The merchant stores from the ...

Makabe Hina Festival

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I went to see the Hinamatsuri in Makabe. You can freely visit the chicks owned by shops. There were also items in the early Meiji era. What impressed me was what was displayed in the shrine. I thought that the townscape was lined up with older houses, but it wasn't.

Take the Sakuragawa City Bus "Yamazakura GO" to the Makabe Traditional Buildings Preservation District!

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All lines ２００ yen uniform fee. Uniform fee from Iwase Station on the JR Mito Line to Tsukuba Yamaguchi. Although there should be no way to use this for sightseeing, only the access method by car or taxi from the station is posted on the city page and the tourist association page for some reason. In fact, I didn't know the existence of this bus, so I took a taxi to the Makabe district for about ４０００ yen. What a cost ratio １: ２０. ２０ Double! I can't believe it! Why don't you advertise this? Local buses are ...

It's popular as a small Edo.

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In the castle town of Manabe, 102 private houses have been registered as compact nationally registered tangible cultural properties. Before walking around the city, we recommend that you stop by the Manabe Denshokan, get a city walk map, and study in advance at the free museum. It's a pity that the cityscape is not maintained like Kawagoe and Sabara, which are also called Koedo, but I think each building has many interesting buildings and is good for a walk.

Hina Matsuri

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When I ran on Tsukuba Rin Rin Road by bicycle, I took a detour when there was a good townscape. Hina decorations were displayed in shops here and there, and I enjoyed shopping at the shop while watching them. I want to visit again slowly.