Awa-Ikeda Udatsu Townscape
阿波池田うだつの町並み
An old street that prospered from the tobacco industry, lined with merchant houses that have udatsu fire walls, along with a tobacco museum.
From the Meiji to the early Showa period, Ikeda Town was an important tobacco distribution hub in western Japan. Along Honmachi Street, wealthy merchant houses keep their udatsu (fire-resistant partition walls) rising at both ends of the roofs. One of them, the Awa-Ikeda Udatsu House, has been converted into a tobacco museum displaying tools used to cut tobacco and the daily life of merchant families. Admission costs about 300 yen. The old street is small and takes 30 to 60 minutes to walk. It is about a five-minute walk from JR Awa-Ikeda Station and serves as a transfer point for travelling to and from Iya.
Opening hours
Archive approx. 09:00–17:00 (check official site for closures)
Nearby sights
- Tsubojiri Station
- Hashikura-ji Temple
- Iya Gorge & Peeing Boy Statue
- Iya Onsen
- Koboke Gorge & Yoshino River Rafting
- Oboke Gorge Boat Ride
- Michi-no-Eki Oboke & Yokai Yashiki
- Iya Kazurabashi Vine Bridge