Ōuchi-juku

Ōuchi-juku (大内宿, Ōuchi-juku) was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō.

[1] It is now located in the town of Shimogō in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street.

[2] Ōuchi-juku was an important post town whose buildings served as shops, inns and restaurants for travellers.

Many buildings have been preserved as they were before the Meiji Restoration,[2] and the area has been designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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