Around Asahi-machi
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- Around Asahi-machi where some restaurants were located. The front building worked like an advertising tower, displaying signs for sake and beer.
- Around Asahi-machi at present. There are some shops including a store of Japanese steamed bean-jam buns.
Reference sources
- The Edo Period:
The Picture Map of Ashikita-gun, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, the late Edo Period. - The Meiji Period:
The Japanese National Atlas at the end of Edo Period and in the Meiji Period, Kashiwa Shobo, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, 1983.