Ōuchi-juku
was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō.Visit Minami Aizu Ouchijuku
Visit Minami Aizu. Accessed November 29, 2007. It is now located in the town of Shimogō in Minamiaizu District, , and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street.
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Groups Of Traditional Buildings
is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castle town A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns were common in Medieval Europe. Some examples include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles. In Western Europe, ...s, mining towns, merchant quarters, ports, farming or fishing villages, etc. The Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes and protects the country's cultural properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. Municipalities can designate items of particular importance as and approve measures to protect them. Items of even higher importance are then designated by the central government. The Agency for Cultural Affairs then provides guidance, a ...
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