The boat trip
Around the bay.
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The funaya of Ine are a row of traditional wooden houses built right at the water's edge around Ine Bay, in the town of Ine at the north-eastern tip of the Tango Peninsula in northern Kyoto Prefecture, about 18 km from Miyazu in a straight line. Each house has a boat store on the ground floor opening onto the sea, with the family's home above, a style unique to this area. The district is a nationally designated preservation area for traditional buildings, and the town of about 2,000 people welcomes more than 300,000 visitors a year. Mountains wrap the bay on three sides and it opens to the south, so the big Sea of Japan swells stay out and the water is calm and clear, mirroring the wooden houses and fishing boats, with a small wooded island in the middle. The best way to see the houses is a short boat trip on the bay, or a walk along the coast road. Some houses have become cafés and small inns. Most are real homes of fishing families, so do not wander onto private property.
Around the bay.
A quiet walk.
In the bay.
Ine Bay, Ine town, Tango Peninsula, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
By bus from Amanohashidate Station.
Yes, some are inns.