Shimabara Spring Water Swimming Carp Streets

**Water source visit:** The primary spring (Shimeisou) is accessible through a traditional Japanese house converted to a public spring house — visitors can drink the water directly from wooden ladles (bring your own bottle for takeaway). The spring house interior, with its dark wood beams and stone basin, has been unchanged since the Edo period. **Kanzarashi sweets:** Local specialty dessert served at spring water teahouses — white rice dumplings floating in cold spring water with brown sugar syrup. The dumplings are cooled in the actual spring water channels, creating a direct connection between the landscape and the food. ¥400 at teahouses along the water path. **Samurai district walk:** The water channels run through the former samurai residential area — several houses are preserved as museums (¥300 entry). The combination of spring water channels, white walls, and traditional gates creates one of the most photogenic traditional townscapes in Kyushu.