Hiruzen area, Maniwa City
Photo by Asano Takeshi,Supported by JR West
Katsuyama thrived as one of the station towns on the Izumo post road. It still retains sections of the old townscape characterized by white-walled storehouses and merchant houses with latticed windows. The townscape is made even more colorful by the rich assortment of distinctive noren curtains hanging over the entrances of each house.