Sano-machiba Walk and Fish market

HIGHLIGHTS

 

You will visit the middle-class merchant house (former residence of the Niigawa family). Furusato-machiyakan, one of the designated cultural assets of Izumisano, has been well preserved, so visitors can still imagine how people were living in old days. 

Niigawa family had engaged in soy sauce industry from the late 18th century. 

Since Sano-machiba was developed spontaneously, the houses were built along roads unsystematically. Roads are curved and narrow. You might feel as if you had strayed into a maze.

・Walking tour in Sano-machiba

・Visiting Furusato-machiyakan (former residence of the Niigawa family)

・Professional local guide

・Visiting a local fish market

・Visiting an auction site at the market

 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

 

・Sano-machiba walk is just like traveling into the past.

・You get to know daily living and dietary culture of Japanese by visiting a local market.

・You will find various kinds of fish freshly caught in Osaka Bay.

・To satisfy your appetite, we will have a lunch at the market.

Enjoy a rice bowl topped with a deep-fried conger eel.

Please ask us for other options for the lunch menu.

・If you are lucky, we can enjoy watching an auction site where the price of freshly caught fish will be set.

・Look forward to souvenir as a token of your visit!

 

ITINERARY

 

11:00 We meet at east exit of Izumisano station, Nankai Electric Railway.

We stroll around Sano-machiba.

We visit Furusato-machiyakan (former residence of the merchant).

12:30 We visit a fish market.

We will have a lunch at the seaside restaurant.

14:00 We visit the auction site at the market.

15:00 End of the tour at Izumisano station

 

NOTES

Fish catch or auction might be called off due to bad weather.

The tour will be available daily except for Wednesdays.

(There is no fish catch on Wednesdays.)

 

If you have any special dietary requirements or restrictions, please let us know in advance.

Please be advised that you wear comfortable walking shoes.