The Miyama area is located in Nantan City, in the north of Kyoto City. It is a beautiful and quiet mountain village surrounded by mountains. The most popular tourist attraction is the "Thatched Village" (Chii District) with 39 thatched houses. There are not only many valuable thatched houses, but also the natural landscape of farmland, villages, and forests. It is rated as the place with the most "unique and beautiful style and landscape of mountain villages". In December 1993, it was selected as the country's "Important Traditional Building Group Preservation Area". The thatched houses of all sizes here were built more than 150 to 200 years ago, and the oldest one was built about 220 years ago. There are still people living in the thatched houses. In their daily lives, local people work hard to protect this tradition and landscape. The Miyama thatched house community is called "Japan's original scenery" together with Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture, and attracts many tourists from home and abroad every year. There are Miyama Folk Museum, 2 coffee shops, and 2 B&Bs in the community. From Kamakura Shrine you can have a bird's eye view of the entire settlement.