Wakimachi Udatsu Street (Mima City, Tokushima Prefecture)
Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Wakimachi Udatsu Streetscape (Mima City, Tokushima Prefecture) is a well-preserved streetscape of merchant architecture from the Edo to Meiji periods, and its most distinctive feature is the rows of houses with fire-resistant walls and decorative small walls called "udatsu" on the roofs. Udatsu were originally used to prevent fires from spreading to neighboring houses...
