Hatago (Japanese inn) retaining its historical appearance

　Just off the street there is aJapanese inn, Asakichi，which has run continuously since
 itseatablishment in the latter half of the 1700s. Built on a sharp slope by meansof so-called
 'Cascade construction'，the house appears as if it werefive-storied when viewed from a
 distance.

　From the various furniture，tablewareand other daily necessities exhibited you may like to
 know how they lived inthose days. There also is a copy of a visa of a foreigner's
 recuperation stayhere.

　Down the narrow stone steps aside，thereis a small shrine, Asaka-Tsuzura-lnari by the
 freeway, whose deity is a bigrock，2.5m high，over 6m wide, recently moved here from some
 valley. Thissignifies an ancient belief of gods dwelling in stone. Miya-no-Meguri-no-Kamiin
 the Inner and Outer Shrines as guardians of each grounds with no definiteshrines to be
 dedicated nothing but stone.