Overview
Located in the hilly southern outskirts, Yatsuo is a charming merchant town that flourished through silk production and washi paper. It is world-renowned for the Owara Kaze-no-Bon festival held every September, where dancers in straw hats perform elegant, melancholic routines to the sound of the kokyu (fiddle). The town’s steep, stone-paved streets and preserved Edo-period architecture have earned it a spot among Japan’s top 100 historic roads.