Home > YAMAGUCHI 山口県 > Yanai 柳井市 > Shirakabe White Wall Townscape 白壁の町並み

yn200-20121120-9262.jpg
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).
yn201-20121120-9265.jpg
The white-walled street is called Shirakabe Machinami (白壁の町並み), a short walk from JR Yanai Station.
yn202-20121120-9258.jpg
Train platform at JR Yanai Station.
yn203-20121120-9259.jpg
JR Yanai Station.
yn204-20121120-9260.jpg
Inside JR Yanai Station.
yn205-20121120-9264.jpg
Map of central Yanai.
yn206-20121120-9261.jpg
The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.
yn207-20121120-9266.jpg
Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.
yn208-20121120-9268.jpg
A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn209-20121120-9269.jpg
Directional signs in English.
yn210-20121120-9271.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn211-20121120-9272.jpg
yn212-20121120-9315.jpg
About Yanai's white-walled street.
yn213-20121120-9273.jpg
Cross the river.
yn214-20121120-9276.jpg
First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.
yn215-20121120-9399.jpg
Street heading to JR Yanai Station.
yn216-20121120-9394.jpg
Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.
yn217-20121120-9289.jpg
Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.
yn218-20121120-9290.jpg
Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.
yn219-20121120-9385.jpg
About Yanai's goldfish connection.
yn220-20121120-9284.jpg
Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.
yn221-20121120-9291.jpg
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.
yn222-20121120-9292.jpg
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.
yn223-20121120-9293.jpg
yn224-20121120-9295.jpg
yn225-20121120-9296.jpg
yn226-20121120-9297.jpg
yn227-20121120-9298.jpg
yn228-20121120-9384.jpg
This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
yn229-20121120-9383.jpg
The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.
yn230-20121120-9379.jpg
yn231-20121120-9380.jpg
About the Kunimori merchant's home.
yn232-20121120-9300.jpg
Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.
yn233-20121120-9358.jpg
The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.
yn234-20121120-9366.jpg
yn235-20121120-9359.jpg
yn236-20121120-9363.jpg
yn237-20121120-9361.jpg
yn238-20121120-9364.jpg
yn239-20121120-9365.jpg
yn240-20121120-9378.jpg
yn241-20121120-9368.jpg
2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.
yn242-20121120-9377.jpg
Folding screen
yn243-20121120-9370.jpg
yn244-20121120-9375.jpg
yn245-20121120-9376.jpg
yn246-20121120-9371.jpg
Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..
yn247-20121120-9373.jpg
yn248-20121120-9374.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn249-20121120-9369.jpg
Don't step on this.
yn250-20121120-9302.jpg
yn251-20121120-9303.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn252-20121120-9305.jpg
yn253-20121120-9306.jpg
Narrow alley
yn254-20121120-9311.jpg
yn255-20121120-9309.jpg
yn256-20121120-9313.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn257-20121120-9314.jpg
yn258-20121120-9317.jpg
yn259-20121120-9318.jpg
yn260-20121120-9316.jpg
yn261-20121120-9319.jpg
yn262-20121120-9320.jpg
Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.
yn263-20121120-9322.jpg
yn264-20121120-9321.jpg
Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.
yn265-20121120-9324.jpg
About the Jizo statue
yn266-20121120-9323.jpg
River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.
yn267-20121120-9326.jpg
Park
yn268-20121120-9327.jpg
yn269-20121120-9328.jpg
yn270-20121120-9329.jpg
yn271-20121120-9330.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn272-20121120-9331.jpg
yn273-20121120-9334.jpg
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.
yn274-20121120-9355.jpg
Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
yn275-20121120-9357.jpg
Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
yn276-20121120-9336.jpg
Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.
yn277-20121120-9337.jpg
About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.
yn278-20121120-9339.jpg
Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).
yn279-20121120-9342.jpg
Shoyu soy sauce factory.
yn280-20121120-9341.jpg
Shoyu gift shop.
yn281-20121120-9353.jpg
Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.
yn282-20121120-9349.jpg
yn283-20121120-9343.jpg
Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.
yn284-20121120-9344.jpg
Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.
yn285-20121120-9350.jpg
yn286-20121120-9352.jpg
How they make shoyu.
yn287-20121120-9347.jpg
Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.
yn288-20121120-9346.jpg
It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.
yn289-20121120-9351.jpg
yn290-20121120-9335.jpg
yn291-20121120-9282.jpg
yn292-20121120-9275.jpg
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
yn293-20121120-9381.jpg
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
yn294-20121120-9382.jpg
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
yn295-20121120-9575.jpg
yn296-20121120-9576.jpg
Yanai, Yamaguchi
yn297-20121120-9577.jpg
Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.
yn298-20121120-9578.jpg
Music box Museum
yn299-20121120-9579.jpg
yn300-20121120-9580.jpg
Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.
     
101 files on 1 page(s)