Aibahama Park

Small riverside park named after the indigo merchants' wharves

A quiet linear park along the Shinmachi River in central Tokushima, on the site of the wharves where indigo barges once unloaded their bales. The name Aiba — "indigo wharf" — survives in the surrounding neighbourhood, and a row of restored Meiji-period merchant houses faces the water.

The park is busiest in late July during the Tokushima Indigo Festival, when the riverside fills with stalls and demonstrations of traditional dyeing.

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