Wakimachi’s Udatsu Townscape

These ancient streets are lined with traditional-style homes featuring white udatsu barriers, specially designed to prevent the spread of fire between buildings. Such luxurious homes were a testament to the wealth and prosperity merchants enjoyed in Wakimachi during the indigo boom, and today, the buildings are protected and preserved to give visitors the feeling of strolling back in time.

Also lit up at night, the street offers a mysterious and beautiful atmosphere.

Address	徳島県美馬市脇町大字脇町2
Access	By expressway: Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes from Takamatsu City, approximately 1 hour from Tokushima City. Highway: Approximately 40 minutes from Tokushima City on the Tokushima Expressway. 　Interchange: Approx. 10 minutes from the Wakimachi Interchange About 10 minutes by cab from JR Anabuki Station.
TEL	0883-53-8599
URL	https://mimakankou.or.jp/event/udatsunomachinami/

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Ochiai Village

This community is located in the heart of the Higashi-Iya Valley; a beautiful hamlet built into the mountainside. The homes here were constructed during the middle of the Edo period (circa.1700), up until the Showa period (circa 1930). It is unknown when the first settlers arrived here, but there are many legends and folklore of the Heike clan and frontier settlers making their homes in Ochiai. Villagers live at an elevation of 390 meters on a steep hillside, and the village itself was formed by stacking stones to make walls. There is an impressive and ancient air to this mountain hamlet and a natural beauty you simply can't encounter anywhere else.

Designated in 2005 as a national preserved heritage site.

Sightseeing Spots & Specialties

Mt. Tsurugi Sightseeing Lift

This lift makes climbing the mountain all the easier, even for beginners. Enjoy the natural scenery around you in this single-seated chairlift that is 830 m long and takes about 15 minutes. It carries you up to Nishijima Station, an altitude of 1420 m, which is halfway up Mt. Tsurugi.

Sightseeing Spots & Specialties

Dodoro Waterfall

Dodoro Waterfall boasts a drop of 30 m, created on the Ototani River, a tributary of the Handa River. The area around the falls was developed as a sightseeing spot in 1995, and newly opened in May 1997.
There is a parking lot, an observation point and public toilets, and two rest houses.

Light-up: 2 months from July to August, from 7pm to 9pm.
The Dodoro Falls Festival (from 1pm) is held in July every year, with goma burning and other events.

Sightseeing Spots & Specialties

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