Sawara's Little Edo: Onogawa Boat Tour

Sawara in Katori City, Chiba is known as the 'Little Edo of Northern Chiba,' with an Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings lining the Onogawa, featuring Edo and Meiji period warehouse-style merchant houses. A boat tour aboard a hand-rowed sappa boat, drifting leisurely past swaying willow branches and the townscape, is unparalleled. The experience of viewing historic structures such as Ino Tadataka's Former Residence and Shoujou Soy Sauce Shop up close from the water is unique to Sawara. The boat tour is especially picturesque during the iris festival in June.