The city of Murakami is located at the north end of Nigata Prefecture.  It's famous as a hometown of salmon annually returning to Miomote River in the city.

The city keeps the old traditional Japanese townhouses, called Mchiya, to preserve the beautiful old town landscape.  Just walking down the streets downtown is quite fun with those antique houses.

By the way, Murakami is also a hometown of a young professional snowboarder Ayumu Hirano who recently won a sliver medal in the half-pipe competition in 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. He actually won the silver medal in the winter X Games last year, but I didn't him till at all. Sorry not interested in snowboarding.
  • See also;  
1. <Murakami City, Nigata>  http://funtravelinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/05/murakami-city-nigata.html
2. <I'm back to this page>  http://funtravelinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/05/im-back-to-this-page.html

FYI:





    This is not a machiya.
    Just an abandoned gas station.
    Murakami Station


    One of machiyas 
    Machiya with Rolls-Royce 


    Machiya of salmon
    A machiya I stepped in was a
    mercantile house of salmon.
    They open some parts of the house
    to the public as a museum



    Old cloths store
    This machiya was converted to
    an tourist information center. 


    Inside of the machiya
    tourist information center 
    Old liquor store.
       

    This is a book store
    Clock store


    This isn't a machiya.
    Just a closed shop.
    Barely read the signage
    indicating "bakery"
    This is an open bakery called
    Tora-ya (= tiger bakery) 

    Fisherman in Miomote River.
    The traditional salmon fishing style
    is still preserved.  
    Not sure this boat is still active.



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