Strolling old townscape near the Wakasa Station in Tottori. Well preserved old wooden merchant’s houses “Kariya Dori” & old warehouses “Kura Dori”

“Kura Dori (street)” at Wakasa-shuku (former post-station town) has about 300 m of white walled warehouses district along the former castle town street, and they are well preserved, so it retains traces of the prosperity of the old Wakasa-shuku.
“Kariya Dori (street)” has an eaves as arcade between the house and the road with a width of about 1.2 m because Wakasa is a heavy snowy zone. This arcade could pass through without umbrella even on snow or rainy days in old days and this street is a wonderful stroll spot with a lot of atmosphere.
This is the main street of Wakasa with well-preserved old merchant houses or renovated old houses. They are still used and worth to stop-by such as “Wakasa Folk Crafts Museum”, “Wakasa Geihinkan(Community Space uses traditional old house)”, “Showa Toy Museum” and Sake brewery.