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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.173 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.171 views
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Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.168 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.163 views
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Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.142 views
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The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.139 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi133 views
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A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi132 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi129 views
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Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.128 views
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This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.126 views
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Central Yanai has a beautiful street of traditional buildings having traditional white walls (shirakabe). This area is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).57 views
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Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.51 views
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Yanai's white-walled street has a long history going back to the Muromachi Period (1337-1573). It used to be a merchant quarter. The street is about 200 meters long.50 views
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Muroyano-sono is a long house (Machiya) museum, formerly the estate of an oil merchant. It is adjacent to Yanai's townscape of white-wall buildings.50 views
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Charcoal heaters50 views
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About Yanai's white-walled street.49 views
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.49 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)49 views
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.48 views
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.48 views
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.48 views
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.48 views
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.48 views
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.48 views
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Firefighting equipment48 views
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.47 views
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Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.47 views
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Folding screen47 views
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..47 views
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.47 views
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Toilet47 views
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Exclusive room with a koto.47 views
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Maid's room47 views
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The white-walled street is called Shirakabe Machinami (白壁の町並み), a short walk from JR Yanai Station.46 views
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JR Yanai Station.46 views
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Map of central Yanai.46 views
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Cross the river.46 views
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The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.46 views
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Don't step on this.46 views
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.46 views
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Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.46 views
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Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.46 views
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Old lanterns46 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)46 views
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Mirrors46 views
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Palanquin46 views
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Armor46 views
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About the former Suo Bank building.46 views
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Narrow alley45 views
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Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).45 views
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How they make shoyu.45 views
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Music box Museum45 views
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Muroyano-sono is open 9 am to 5 pm and closed on Wed. and during the year end and New Year's period. Admission is a few hundred yen.45 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.45 views
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Samisen45 views
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.44 views
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.44 views
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River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.44 views
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.44 views
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Shoyu soy sauce factory. 44 views
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Farming tools44 views
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Weaving44 views
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.44 views
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Inside JR Yanai Station.43 views
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.43 views
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About the Jizo statue43 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)43 views
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Shoyu gift shop.43 views
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.43 views
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Urinal43 views
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Bath tub43 views
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Ceiling beams43 views
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For tea43 views
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Kitchen stove43 views
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Palanquin43 views
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First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.42 views
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Street heading to JR Yanai Station.42 views
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Buildings are beautiful and in unison. Very impressive. Most buildings are private, but there are a few tourist shops and homes open to the public.42 views
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.42 views
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Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).42 views
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.42 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).42 views
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Old cameras42 views
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Make-up instruments for women.42 views
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.42 views
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Firefighting equipment42 views
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.42 views
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They did very well in preserving this traditional townscape. But I did see one house that was totally modern and didn't match the white-wall homes.41 views
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.41 views
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Moon window41 views
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Combs41 views
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Phonograph41 views
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.41 views
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Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館41 views
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.41 views
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Directional signs in English.40 views
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.40 views
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Bento lunch boxes40 views
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The second floor also has exhibits.40 views
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).39 views
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Small shrine outside.38 views
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.38 views
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