 Most viewed - Toyooka 豊岡市 |
Entrance lobby of Kou-no-Yu. Shoe lockers on the left, and entrance to the women's bath on the right. 鴻の湯36 views
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Entrance to the men's bath and rest area. 鴻の湯36 views
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Toyooka City Hall35 views
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Theater lobby.35 views
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Stage as seen from the back row.35 views
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Very retro.35 views
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Dressing room.35 views
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Go downstairs to the basement too.35 views
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Basement passage to the other end of the theater.35 views
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When visiting Toyooka, visiting Izushi is also highly recommended. Short bus ride from JR Toyooka Station to the Izushi bus stop here.35 views
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Pulling out weeds from the stone wall.35 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret is not open to the public. 西隅櫓35 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,35 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,35 views
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Sato-no-Yu Onsen さとの湯35 views
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Even the convenience stores were designed to blend in with the local townscape. 35 views
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Walking further along the picturesque river.35 views
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Willow trees along the river at Kinosaki Onsen spa.35 views
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It says "Kinosaki Onsen well matches people in yukata."35 views
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Kinosaki Onsen's roadside shrines for Kishimojin goddess and Life-prolonging Jizo for the protection of children. 鬼子母善神35 views
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Kiyamachi Koji shopping complex.35 views
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Welcome to Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway.35 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway's Onsenji Station.35 views
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"Onsenji" means "Hot Spring Temple." 温泉寺35 views
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They charge a small admission for a guided tour to see the Kannon statue in the Hondo main hall's altar.35 views
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Otagaki Shiro is also famous for building Kurobe Dam completed in 1963 in Toyama Prefecture to supply electric power to the Kansai Region. He also proposed building Japan's first nuclear power plant at Mihama, Fukui Prefecture completed in 1970.35 views太田垣士郎翁資料館
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The sidewalk lined with shops have a roof so we're okay even on rainy days.34 views
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Toyooka City Hall34 views
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Vintage building housing a restaurant.34 views
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Toyobra bag shop on Caban Street.34 views
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Artisan Avenue sells high-end bags of all kinds made in Toyooka. These ones are similar to the ones that were first made in Toyooka.34 views
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The theater's original front entrance that is not used anymore because of the road right in front. They now use a side entrance.34 views
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They turn the rotating stage by hand.34 views
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Castle moat.34 views
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Castle wall.34 views
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East Corner Turret.34 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru34 views
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Entrance to the path of torii gates to Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社34 views
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The torii gate path goes along the east side of Izushi Castle.34 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower as seen from Izushi Castle.34 views
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Toyooka also has Kinosaki Onsen (城崎温泉), a hot spring only 10 min. away by train from Toyooka Station. It's one of the best onsen I've ever visited in Japan.34 views
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Scenic train ride from Toyooka to Kinosaki Onsen.34 views
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Ichinoyu public bath. Went in this one. 一の湯34 views
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Inside Ichinoyu public bath. Men's bath entrance on the left. 一の湯34 views
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The building is right next to a rock wall.34 views
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Ichinoyu's outdoor bath is in a small cavern.34 views
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Entrnce hall of Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯). Men's entrance on the right. The outdoor bath faced a waterfall. Very nice. I got no bath photos because a few naked men were there.34 views
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Very nice outdoor bath. Large entrance hall or lobby of Gosho-no-yu (御所の湯).34 views
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Ryokan inn.34 views
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Walking further toward Onsenji Temple.34 views
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The gift shop had onsen eggs for sale. Locally-grown, organic raw eggs. This was popular.34 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway car. Mostly standing room only. Note that the ropeway is closed on the second anf fourth Thursdays of the month.34 views
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Onsenji Temple's Hondo main hall.34 views
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Onsenji Temple's Tahoto pagoda at the top of the stairs.34 views
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The area near JR Toyooka Station is also nice for walking around. In front of the station is Aity, a shopping complex. Where I went for groceries and dinner.33 views
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Caban Street is lined with several bag shops. カバンストリート33 views
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How Toyooka became a bag-producing city. 33 views
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There are many bag companies here, most are high-end bags costing tens of thousands of yen. Some of them supply materials to world-famous bag makers.33 views
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Even the mail box on Caban Street is designed like a bag...33 viewsTheir official website: http://cabanst.com/
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The theater is in Izushi's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).33 views
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The hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too.33 views
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Booth for instrument players.33 views
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Dressing room.33 views
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In Japanese, Izushi is written as 出石 which we may normally pronounce in other ways. So even the local bus makes its clear with hiranaga on how it's pronounced. Very unusual pronunciation.33 views
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The Izushi bus stop is conveniently located near Izushi Castle.33 views
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Izushi Castle is on a low hill. Only some steps to climb.33 views
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Some stone walls and foundations still remain.33 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓33 views
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East Corner Turret.33 views
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Izushi Castle's Honmaru has a large stone foundation for the main tower,33 views
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Izushi Castle's West Corner Turret.33 views
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Torii gates to Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社33 views
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Ariko-yama Inari Jinja Shrine atop Izushi Castle's main foundation. 有子山稲荷神社 33 views
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Atop Izushi Castle's main foundation also gives great views of Izushi.33 views
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The second public bath I came across is Jizo-yu.33 views
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Jizo-yu public bath in Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture. Open 7:00 am–11:00 pm, closed Fri. 地蔵湯33 views
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Ichinoyu public bath. 一の湯33 views
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Side street has a Benzaiten shrine. Benzaiten is the goddess of water and music.33 views
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"Zen"33 views
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Gokurakuji Temple's rock garden.33 views
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Gokurakuji Temple33 views
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Gokurakuji Temple's main hall was rebuilt in 1921 after a fire in 1912 destroyed the previous hall. 本堂33 views
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The street in front of Toyooka Station is lined with shops too. Sun Stork Avenue.32 views
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Always a reminder of what this city is famous for. Oriental white stork tiles on the sidealk.32 views
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Toyobra bag shop on Caban Street.32 views
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Caban Street in Toyooka, Hyogo. カバンストリート32 views
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Nice bags at Artisan Avenue.32 views
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Caban Street also had this place to repair or clean your bag.32 views
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The hanamichi on the left. You can walk on it too and feel like a kabuki actor...32 views
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Stage wheels on a rail.32 views
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Stone work on Izushi Castle.32 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓32 views
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Views of Izushi from Izushi Castle.32 views
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Men's indoor bath at Ichinoyu.32 views
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Kimono shop.31 views
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Reconstructed West Corner Turret. 西隅櫓31 views
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Entrance to Sato-no-Yu Onsen. I didn't go in this one though. さとの湯31 views
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Insde Artisan Avenue.30 views
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Tobacco shop selling cigarettes. This kind of shop will likely become obsolete in Japan.29 views
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On the left is a cloth bag vending machine.29 views
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Caban Street also had this place to repair or clean your bag.29 views
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Another bag shop on Caban Street.27 views
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