Dockside



The Dockside was the main commercial area of Slow Tide Harbor, having dozens of piers extending into the water. The wharves had ten to fifteen ships at any given time, mostly the standard kobune but also a few merchant variants of the larger atakebune, and at least one gaijin vessel, with a low-raking deck and a trio of masts with triangular sails. The bulldings near the docks were warehouses, cheap inns, sake houses, gambling dens, and a number of semi-covert brothels and opium parlors.