The dock off of Ash Street is primarily used for the transport
of rice and other foodstuffs. Sometimes barges dock here before
carrying truly heroic shipments of sake downstream, but mostly
the business here is rice. In addition to the dock, there are a great
number of coopers and warehouses around. There are also several good sized sake brewers here, several of whom have licenses
to sell their wares to thirsty passers-by.
