The Yamefukushima area is surrounded with nostalgic ambience as white-walled storehouses and townhouses with lattice windows can be seen everywhere. Buildings here are mostly in big structures due to the flourishing commerce and manufacturing industry in the Edo period, with many stores selling traditional crafts like the Yamefukushima Butsudan and Yame Chochin. Yame-city Yokomachimachiya Community Plaza belongs to one of them. The building which was once a sake brewery in the late Edo period was renovated and has now become a tourist information centre. Here you can enjoy the traditional Gyokuro Tea at the cafe, so why not stop by and take a break?