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The firewalls of merchant houses made rich by indigo. The origin of the Japanese phrase about getting on in life.
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Wakimachi Minamimachi is a Place of Scenic Beauty in Wakimachi, Mima, Tokushima Prefecture. It is also called the Udatsu Townscape. Selected as a nationally Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings on December 16, Showa 63 (1988). It is also selected as No. 8 of the Shikoku 88 Views, one of the Tokushima 88 Views, one of the 100 Recommended Viewpoints of Nishi-Awa, one of the 100 Urban Landscapes, one of the 100 Roads of Japan, and one of the 100 Historical Climates of Beautiful Japan. It is designated an Awa Historical and Cultural Road. It won the fiscal 1986 (Showa 61) Hand-Made Hometown Award (Townscape Nurtured by People and Climate) for its "townscape of udatsu and white walls."
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Designation：Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings
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