Shiomi Nawate is a long street running along the castle moat that is lined with traditional Japanese houses on one side and majestic pine trees on the other.

A finely preserved samurai residence (buke yashiki), open to public viewing, is located at the half-way point of this street. There, you can see what life for a middle-class samurai in the Edo period was like.

Shiomi Nawate also has a soba restaurant (Yakumo-an) and other souvenir shops, as well as the Tanabe Museum, containing many artefacts relating to the tea ceremony.

The former residence of Lafcadio Hearn and his memorial museum are also located there.