Things to Do

Mima's strongest sights are around Wakimachi, where merchant houses and a restored theatre preserve the city's older prosperity.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Miki Residence

Miki Residence is a thatched wooden house from the early Edo period and one of Tokushima Prefecture's important old residences. The house shows samurai-era …

Architecture
02

Udatsu Townscape

Preserved Wakimachi merchant street lined with Edo and Meiji houses and udatsu firewalls.

Sight
03

Ganshōji Temple

Ganshōji Temple is a Nara-period temple outside central Mima, best known for its old dry landscape garden. The stone garden is said to date …
04

Mount Yahazu

Mount Yahazu rises above the northern side of the Iya Valley and rewards the steep hike from Ochiai Pass with broad mountain views. The …
05

Wakimachi Theater

Restored 1934 theatre used for kabuki, storytelling, cinema, and later film location work.

Architecture
06

Honrakuji Temple

Honrakuji Temple is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in the 9th century. Its position near Mt. Takamaru and the Yoshino River gave it strategic …
07

Yoshida Residence

Indigo merchant house from 1792 beside the Udatsu townscape.

Architecture
08

Aoki Residence

Aoki Residence is an early 20th-century private house built in 1915 as a retirement home for the Aoki family. The walled compound includes the …

Sight
09

Former Nagaoka Residence

Former Nagaoka Residence is a relocated thatched farmhouse in Wakimachi and an Important Cultural Property. Its mud-and-earth walls and yosemune-style roof show the building …

Architecture
10

Saimyo Temple

Saimyo Temple is an old Buddhist temple in Mima, said to date from the Tenpyo era in the 8th century. It is temple number …
11

Izanami Shrine

Izanami Shrine is one of the historic shrines of the Mima region listed in the Engi-shiki, the 10th-century record of court procedures and recognised …

Sight
12

Kawai Mountain Pass Weeping Cherry Trees

The slope below Kawai Mountain Pass is planted with about twenty weeping cherry trees. They usually bloom from late March into mid April, around …