The area is really quiet and peaceful. It feels like you’ve stepped away from the city.
Kishimojin-do | Review by 屈逍遙
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Yachimun no Sato
A traditional pottery village in Yomitan Village in central Okinawa, home to 19 workshops. Yachimun is the Okinawan word for pottery, a traditional craft characterized by earthy colors, substantial forms, and bold painted designs. Pottery production flourished in Yomitan after Jiro Kinjo, a potter designated a Living National Treasure, moved his kiln there from Naha. Today, the village is known as Okinawa’s leading center for yachimun pottery.
The entire pottery village retains a simple, natural feel. Walking around doesn't feel like browsing an ordinary shopping mall, but more like strolling through a small Okinawan village. Looking at the workshops and pottery along the way really gives you the feeling of traveling.
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Udatsu Townscape
Wakimachi in Mima City was established as a castle town during the Sengoku period and developed in the mid-Edo period as a distribution center for indigo, which was widely produced at the time. The townscape, with traces of the early modern and modern eras, stretches for approx. 400 m and creates a distinctive atmosphere. The town still has 85 residences built from the mid-Edo period to the early Showa period, mainly from the Meiji period.
Udatsu Old Street has a more quiet, low-key feel. It’s not the kind of lively tourist area you might expect, and that’s exactly why it preserves such an authentic historic atmosphere.
The white walls on both sides and the distinctive “udatsu” roof ridges really stand out. If you look closely, you can see they were actually a symbol of wealth in the past.
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Minato Mirai 21
JR Sakuragicho Station, Japan’s first train station, is the gate to Minato Mirai. Coming out of the station, you will see a futuristic cityscape such as the 296m-tall Yokohama Landmark Tower and the ferris wheel Cosmo Clock 21. In 2021, the urban 630m-long ropeway, YOKOHAMA AIR CABIN, was opened, connecting the former railway and the Unga-Park Station.
It feels like a more upscale mix of Tamsui + Xinyi District.
Kind of boring during the day—nighttime is where it really comes alive.
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