Joge White Wall Street

**The church is a converted storehouse.** A white-walled merchant kura with a bell tower added. It is the town's emblem and it is on the main street. **Look for namako-kabe.** The diamond-lattice tiling in white plaster over black tile is the local wall treatment and it survives on several buildings here. **Three minutes from the station.** The Fukuen Line is slow and infrequent but it puts you at the top of the street, which is the right way to arrive. **Silver money built it.** Joge was a shogunal territory with an outpost of the Iwami Ginzan administration, which is why a small inland town has merchant architecture at this level. **Confirm what is open.** The theatre and several houses have limited or seasonal opening. The street itself is free and open at all times.