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A river port whose merchant houses raise their upper floors high and seal their walls thick against fire.
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Shiotatsu is a group of townhouses in Shiotamachi, Ureshino, Saga Prefecture. In 2005 it was selected as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings (Judenken district). It flourished as a post town on the Nagasaki Kaido (Shiota-juku) and a river port on the Shiota River (Shiotatsu). Rows of white-plastered townhouses, "igurayas" (igura-zukuri), line the eaves and form a distinctive landscape. Besides the igurayas, the Edo-period town and lot divisions and waterways that remain were factors in its selection as a Judenken district.
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Igura-zukuri townhouses, Town that prospered as a river port Genre：Architecture
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