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津和野は、古い城下町の佇まいが素敵な街です。
小京都と呼ばれ、町の中心街に古い町並みが残っています。
訪れた時、すでに夕方で、観光客の姿は見えなかったのですが、人力車の車夫の人が瞑想している姿が印象的でした。



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Tsuwano, located in the south-west of Shimane Prefecture, is a small town, which population is 6,600 as of May 2022. In the Edo Age, Tsuwano was a capital of Tsuwano Feudal Domain and Tsuwano Castle was located. Historical houses remain in downtown and it is called "Little Kyoto".


If you walk to the south from Tsuwano Station on the Yamaguchi Line, you will see traditional houses along Honmachi-Dori Street.




To the south from these houses, Catholic Tsuwano Church is located. 
The church was founded in the late nineteenth century.




In 1857, crypto-Christians were fond in Nagasaki and 125 of them were sent to Tsuwano. 
They were put to torture. Thirty-seven of them were martyrized.
Catholic Tsuwano Church tells this history.


To the south from Catholic Tsuwano Church, it used to be the districts where retainers of Tsuwano Feudal Domain, "Samurai" lived. The street was the main street in the Edo Age. The white cray walls continue along the main street.




A rickshaw man was standing in front of a residence. 
He seemed lost in meditation. Red crepe flowers and his figure were very impressive.




Koi fishes were swimming in the roadside driving channel. limpid stream flows in the driving channel.




To the south, Yorokan is located on the other side of the main street. 
Yorokan was the domain school in the Edo Age. 
It was founded in 1786 by KAMEI Norikata (1766-1821), who was the eighth generation of the feudal lord of Tsuwano Domain.




Tsuwano is a small town in mountains. It is very lovely and attractive town to visit. 
Tsuwano downtown is designated as an important preservation district of historic buildings.



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