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栃木市は日光へ向かう街道の宿場町、巴波川の水運で栄えた商人町として栄えました。街には当時のお蔵や白壁の街並が残されており、江戸時代の風情を色濃く残しています。
佐原（千葉県・香取市）
佐原は利根川水運を利用して「江戸勝り」と言われるほどに栄えた街です。現在でも江戸時代の家屋敷のまま家業を引き継いでいる商家も多くあり、「重要伝統的建造物群保存地区」に指定されています。
大多喜（千葉県・大多喜町）
徳川家康の有力武将であった本多忠勝が作った城下町です。
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Translation / English
- Posted at 24 Feb 2014 at 01:10
no102301
Tochigi city prospered as a post-town on the road to Nikko and also as a merchant-town that thrived on the trade thanks to the water transportation system of Uzumagawa river. The town keeps the streetscape with storehouses and white walls and shows the scenery of Edo.
Sawara(Chiba prefecture, Katori city)
Sawara is the town called "Edo Masari"(superior to Edo), thanks to the transportation by Tonegawa river. Even now, there are many merchants who take over family business. The city is designated national "Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings".
Otaki(Chiba prefecture, Otaki city)
This is the castle town developed by Tadamasa Honda who was the powerful commander of Ieyasu Tokugawa.
Tochigi city prospered as a post-town on the road to Nikko and also as a merchant-town that thrived on the trade thanks to the water transportation system of Uzumagawa river. The town keeps the streetscape with storehouses and white walls and shows the scenery of Edo.
Sawara(Chiba prefecture, Katori city)
Sawara is the town called "Edo Masari"(superior to Edo), thanks to the transportation by Tonegawa river. Even now, there are many merchants who take over family business. The city is designated national "Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings".
Otaki(Chiba prefecture, Otaki city)
This is the castle town developed by Tadamasa Honda who was the powerful commander of Ieyasu Tokugawa.
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Rating
52
Translation / English
- Posted at 24 Feb 2014 at 07:24
no102301
Tochigi City is used to be a post-town on the road going for Nikko: it is used to be a flourish traders’ town which benefitted from inland water transportation utilizing the Uzujmagawa River. The town has been well preserved with storehouses and rows of white-walled houses which deeply remind the atmosphere of Edo era.
Sahara (Katori City, Chiba Prefecture)
Sahara is used be a flourish town of water transport utilizing the Tone River as it was called “surpassing Edo City”. There are many merchants, even at present time, which has been succeeding a family business together with houses built in Edo era: this district is designated as “important preservation district of historical buildings”.
Otaki (Otakimachi, Chiba Prefecture)
Mr, Tadakatsu Honda, one of a powerful commander of Mr. Ieyasu Tokugawa, created this castle town.
Tochigi City is used to be a post-town on the road going for Nikko: it is used to be a flourish traders’ town which benefitted from inland water transportation utilizing the Uzujmagawa River. The town has been well preserved with storehouses and rows of white-walled houses which deeply remind the atmosphere of Edo era.
Sahara (Katori City, Chiba Prefecture)
Sahara is used be a flourish town of water transport utilizing the Tone River as it was called “surpassing Edo City”. There are many merchants, even at present time, which has been succeeding a family business together with houses built in Edo era: this district is designated as “important preservation district of historical buildings”.
Otaki (Otakimachi, Chiba Prefecture)
Mr, Tadakatsu Honda, one of a powerful commander of Mr. Ieyasu Tokugawa, created this castle town.
