Waking around Hama-shuku, a historical place in Kashima

After seeing Keishu-en, we went to the Hama-shuku (浜宿) area in Kashima, Saga. This area has been designated a national important preservation district for groups of historic buildings.

The Nakajima Sake brewery company. Hama-shuku was one of important post stations (宿場 -shukuba) along the Tara Kaido (多良海道), a road that connected from the Nagasaki Kaido. There were 16 Sake breweries and ten Kamaboko shops in the early Showa period. However, those shops were closed after the World War Two. Currently there is only five breweries left. 

The site of Hama Post office is a Japanese and Western style building next to the tourist information center. It was built in 1937 and used until now.

An old style house is currently under repair.

The Mitsutake brewery company is located just center of the street.

We got tired very quickly, so we took a break. I ate soft-served ice cream and my mom went toilet.

After that we went to Hizen-ya (肥前屋) breweries. It is open for tourists every day; you can have some Japanese rice wines here.

Going back to the Sakagura-dori (酒蔵通り) street, then we headed for the Norida Family House. 

The samurai house was built in the late Edo period. It has a characteristic of cuddly roofing usually seen in Saga Prefecture.