Sachii-wa

Sachii-wa (さちい話; sa-chī-wa) is a street in Hapu-sha, Katouko-do, Shinsu Prefecture. For many hundreds of years, the region has been heavily reliant on fishing; Sachii-wa is a tribute to the ancient culture of Hapu and its associated practice.

The street is mostly lined with traditional seafood restaurants, along with one or two which have been converted into museums for visitors to explore. The area was refurbished in 1998 in order to commemorate and uphold the age-old tradition of seafood production in Hapu; it now draws a fair number of tourists each year, which is helpful to the economy of the village.

In total the street holds sixteen seafood restaurants which are still operative, with four of these serving as inns also. At nighttime (starting in the early evening), street-food vendors will appear too, and on special occasions it is customary for lanterns to be lit.