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Yame Fukushima White-Walled Townscape

In Japanese: 八女福島の白壁の町並み
Yame Fukushima White-Walled Townscape
Photo: 皓月旗 / CC BY 4.0, resized

Clay-walled merchant houses from the Edo period line the old streets of Yame, a town known for tea, lanterns and handmade paper.

Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

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Travel times are rough estimates by car.

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Getting there
About 10 min by car from Yame IC (Kyushu Expressway)
Easier with a tour or car
Fee
Free to walk around
Good to know
Ask at the Yame tourist information center (Chanokuni) for maps
Time needed
1 h 30 min

Checked against the official Japanese website on 2026-10-12. Report outdated info