Handa Canal

n Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, the brewing industry of sake and vinegar is flourishing, and the blackboard-enclosed warehouses representing the brewing industry still remain along the Handa Canal. Canals opened since the Edo period transported special products such as sake, vinegar, and cotton from the Chita Peninsula to Edo and Osaka. Along the canal, there are blackboard-encased storehouses from the flourishing brewing industry and mansions of wealthy merchants from the early Meiji period, which still retain a strong vestige of those days. Is it like a scene from a movie? Time travel in a time machine? Handa, which is filled with the culture of the Edo to Meiji period, is perfect for a leisurely stroll.