From Tsuboya Yachimun Street to Kokusai Street
Tsuboya Yachimun Street
Traditional red-tiled houses still remain on Yachimun Street
A well that used to provide essential drinking water
In the Okinawan dialect, yachimun means “pottery.” Yachimun Street is paved with stones and is home to more than 30 pottery shops. This area has noborigama (stepped kilns built on slopes) said to be about 300 years old and old-style red-tiled houses. The stone paved streets here make riding a bike bumpy and uncomfortable, so be careful.
Noren Market
The Noren Market opens before sunrise.
You will come to Route 330 at the end of Tsuboya Yachimun Street. Turn right on Route 330 and ride south. Turn right at the third traffic light. You will come to a quiet residential area which will prove quite a contrast to the hustle and bustle of Route 330. Be sure to watch for cars that may be turning onto the road from side streets. You'll see the grounds of a middle school on the right, then you’ll come to a small crossroads. Continue straight and on your right you will see the Noren Market, which sells farm produce.
Kainan Seseragi Street
The pleasant and cool tree-lined Kainan Seseragi Street
Go past the Noren Market and turn left. Then, turn right on Kainan-hondori Street and you will come to the Kainan Intersection. Kainan-hondori also goes by the name Butsudan-dori ("Buddhist Altar Street"), after the shops on this street that sell Buddhist altars and trinkets. Turn left at the Kainan Intersection and go down Kainan Seseragi Street. Though seseragi actually means "stream," little remains of the stream that used to run along the right side of this street. However, this tree-lined street is a great place to ride a bicycle. (251 words)
______ minutes ______ seconds