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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.Jan 18, 2013
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The second floor also has exhibits.Jan 18, 2013
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.Jan 18, 2013
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About the former Suo Bank building.Jan 18, 2013
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.Jan 18, 2013
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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Jan 18, 2013
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Firefighting equipmentJan 18, 2013
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Firefighting equipmentJan 18, 2013
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ArmorJan 18, 2013
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PalanquinJan 18, 2013
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WeavingJan 18, 2013
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Kitchen stoveJan 18, 2013
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PalanquinJan 18, 2013
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Farming toolsJan 18, 2013
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.Jan 18, 2013
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MirrorsJan 18, 2013
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.Jan 18, 2013
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For teaJan 18, 2013
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Bento lunch boxesJan 18, 2013
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PhonographJan 18, 2013
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SamisenJan 18, 2013
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CombsJan 18, 2013
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Make-up instruments for women.Jan 18, 2013
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Old camerasJan 18, 2013
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).Jan 18, 2013
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)Jan 18, 2013
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Charcoal heatersJan 18, 2013
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Old lanternsJan 18, 2013
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Maid's roomJan 18, 2013
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Exclusive room with a koto.Jan 18, 2013
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Ceiling beamsJan 18, 2013
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).Jan 18, 2013
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Bath tubJan 18, 2013
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Moon windowJan 18, 2013
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Small shrine outside.Jan 18, 2013
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UrinalJan 18, 2013
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.Jan 18, 2013
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.Jan 18, 2013
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.Jan 18, 2013
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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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).Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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Music box MuseumJan 18, 2013
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.Jan 18, 2013
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.Jan 18, 2013
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.Jan 18, 2013
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.Jan 18, 2013
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.Jan 18, 2013
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Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.Jan 18, 2013
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How they make shoyu.Jan 18, 2013
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.Jan 18, 2013
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Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.Jan 18, 2013
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.Jan 18, 2013
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Shoyu gift shop.Jan 18, 2013
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Shoyu soy sauce factory. Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).Jan 18, 2013
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.Jan 18, 2013
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.Jan 18, 2013
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)Jan 18, 2013
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.Jan 18, 2013
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About the Jizo statueJan 18, 2013
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.Jan 18, 2013
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Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.Jan 18, 2013
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Narrow alleyJan 18, 2013
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..Jan 18, 2013
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.Jan 18, 2013
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.Jan 18, 2013
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.Jan 18, 2013
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The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.Jan 18, 2013
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This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.Jan 18, 2013
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.Jan 18, 2013
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.Jan 18, 2013
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Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.Jan 18, 2013
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.Jan 18, 2013
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Street heading to JR Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.Jan 18, 2013
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Cross the river.Jan 18, 2013
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About Yanai's white-walled street.Jan 18, 2013
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Directional signs in English.Jan 18, 2013
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A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, YamaguchiJan 18, 2013
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Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.Jan 18, 2013
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The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.Jan 18, 2013
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Map of central Yanai.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside JR Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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JR Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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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.Jan 18, 2013
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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).Jan 18, 2013
     
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