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Rest house35 views
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Lots of torii along the way.35 views
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Lighting the pile.35 views
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Sacred staff for the fire walk.35 views
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Flags of Gifu's sister cities.35 views
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This year, Oda Nobunaga was played by actor Hiroshi Fujioka. Nobunaga is one of Japan's most famous historical figures who started the unification of Japan's warring states in the 16th century. Gifu city really plays up Nobunaga as a hero and to35 views
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Tourists don’t normally get off at this station since most attractions are at the next stop, Yokaichi Station.35 views
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Nature trying to reclaim its place.35 views
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Emigrant ship to South America.35 views
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It took over 50 days to travel from Japan to South America.35 views
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History of the emigrant center.35 views
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Life in the emigration center.35 views
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Sports equipment.35 views
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Wish they offered Uminoko study cruises for the public too.35 views
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The bridge.35 views
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Interior layout is similar to the old Uminoko with faculty quarters on the basement deck, dining hall on 1st deck, activity rooms on 2nd deck, plus a large room on the 3rd deck.35 views
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Old Uminoko is shorter than the new one.35 views
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A large vat (sukifune) filled with washi fibers floating evenly in the water. The fibers are mixed in with a plant-based adhesive so they don't sink to the bottom and they also cling together to make the paper. 35 viewsA wooden mold (keta 桁) to make eight postcards on the right. Kurotani washi bills itself as Japan's strongest paper. In the 1920s, Kurotani washi was tested for strength and was declared the strongest washi in Japan. I was told Kurotani's kozo has longer fibers than other species so the paper is stronger.
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Our instructor first showed us how it was done. He used a mold to make eight washi postcards. 35 views
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About sugeta.35 views
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Afterward, we could decorate our postcards with colored ink/fibers.35 views
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This shows how they typically hang and dry the white strips and bark strips.35 views
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Japanese Oni Exchange Museum exhibits oni (demon, ogre) artwork and local oni legends of the Oeyama Mountains. Masks, statues, kawara roof tile ornaments, and paintings of oni from all over Japan and some from overseas. 35 viewsAll donated to the museum. The museum is at the foot of the Oeyama Mountains (大江山). The Oeyama mountains are known for famous oni legends. That's why this museum was built here.
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He showed us the finished product, a chirimen fabric with a woven design.35 views
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Chirimen fabric inspector uses a light box to carefully check for any defects and flaws in the material. Any defects in the material will reduce its value and the fabric (or kimono) will be sold for less.35 views
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Banner commemmorating the 300th anniversary of Tango chirimen in 2018.35 views
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The museum is on the upper level.35 views
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The restaurant's menu is quite cheap, prices ranging from ¥900 for Navy curry rice to ¥4,500 for a full course.35 views
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We could also go upstairs and tour the private dining rooms.35 views
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The private dining rooms are quite ornate with carved transoms like this one of Mt. Fuji.35 views
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Garden view from a private dining room.35 views
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Next to the bridge is this local Shinto shrine named Minazuki Jinja dedicated to Tsukuyomi (月夜見命), the Moon deity and younger brother of Sun Goddess Amaterasu. 水無月神社35 views
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Kimono displayed in Izutsuya ryokan.35 views
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Inner courtyard35 views
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The first floor was Japanese style, while the second floor was Western-style (Spanish).35 views
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Back of the lights.35 views
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Advertising posters on the walls.35 views
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Backstage has the dressing rooms for actors. Normally hidden by a curtain.35 views
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Shinkoro Clock Tower was first built in 1871 without any clock. 辰鼓楼35 views
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About the Shinkoro Clock Tower. 辰鼓楼35 views
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Inside JR Kinosaki Onsen Station.35 views
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Jizo statue at Jizo-yu public bath.35 views
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Willow trees along the river at Kinosaki Onsen hot spring. 柳の木35 views
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Foot bath next to Ichinoyu public bath. 海内第一泉35 views
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View from the cavern bath.35 views
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Hiking path to Onsenji Temple, but taking the ropeway is easier and faster.35 views
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Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway takes only 7 min. to the mountain summit. The ropeway runs three times an hour most of the day from 9:10 am to 5:10 pm.35 views
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View of Kinosaki Onsen from the lookout deck.35 views
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Crab monument. For all the crabs that are caught and eaten every year in northern Hyogo. かに塚35 views
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Onsenji Temple's Hondo main hall.35 views
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About Onsenji Temple.35 views
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Onsenji Temple's bell dates back to the early Edo Period.35 views
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At the bottom station of the ropeway is a small museum dedicated to Otagaki Shiro (1894–1964) who proposed the Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway that opened in May 1963. He was a native of Kinosaki and the first president of Kansai Electric Power Company.35 views太田垣士郎翁資料館
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Entrance lobby of Kou-no-Yu. Shoe lockers on the left, and entrance to the women's bath on the right. 鴻の湯35 views
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Sumiyoshi Park is across the train tracks from Sumiyoshi Taisha. Big park. 住吉公園35 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine worships Tenjin, aka Sugawara no Michizane, the god of scholarly learning. This is the Honden hall. 本殿 35 views
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Cleaning up the fishing boat. Bycatch dumped overboard, but the birds are not picking it up.35 views
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Mino in Gifu has a traditional townscape of "udatsu" homes. Udatsu is a decorative firewall on the side of the home's roof. Townscape is a rectangular area of residential streets lined with traditional homes. A few are open to the public.35 viewsNear Minoshi Station on the Nagaragawa Railway. This area is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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Lunch was named, "Okinawa Makunouchi Bento Akabana" (沖縄幕の内弁当「アカバナ」. ("Akabana" means "hibiscus" in Okinawan.) Price was ¥1,320.35 viewsIriomote black rice, champuru, brown sugar yokan: 西表産黒紫米入りごはん、アーサのお吸い物、うみぶどう、ミミガー、漬物、沖縄黒糖煮、 アンダー味噌、野菜天ぷら、ウムクジ(紅イモを米粉であえて揚げたもの)、かまぼこ、チャンプ ルー、黒糖羊羹
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Chikubushima can be reached from Nagahama Port, Hikone Port, or Imazu Port (Takashima). I always use Nagahama Port (photo) to visit Chikubushima. Nagahama boat schedule35 viewsBoat cruise company Biwako Kisen (琵琶湖汽船) operates round trip boats from Nagahama daily. Schedule varies depending on the season (fewer boats in winter). No reservations necessary.
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The roof was also rethatched with new cypress bark. The last time the building was reroofed was in 1972. (The white patch is snow.)35 views
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Entrance to crafts booths. 工芸展34 views
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Buffet dinner in Providence Hall, Tokyo Prince Hotel34 views
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Everyone got to take home a gift bag of negi green onions, mochi, and other goodies.34 views
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Haleakala Crater from a roadside lookout point.34 views
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Base of the O-nobori poles.34 views
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Asahi is the name of the village, and Honen means rich harvest.34 views
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Pregame practice by both teams.34 views
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Free throw34 views
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English card game. Find the card with the correct answer to the questions.34 views
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Phoenix Firegirls cheerleaders34 views
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Phoenix Firegirls and mascot form a V. 34 views
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bj league championship trophy held high.34 views
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MVP award34 views
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Called a Suikinkutsu, the water drops make a soothing sound like from a koto harp. 34 views
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The shrine was historically famous for plum trees where even Hiroshige created a woodblock print. However, in 1910, a great flood ruined the garden. The current garden was built in 1994. Free admission. 34 views
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Omurai Katori Shrine's main worship hall.34 views
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A small path in the small but terrific plum garden.34 views
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Former Suzuki residence grain storehouse. 旧鈴木家住宅穀櫃34 views
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Inside the Entrance hall of the former Ogawa residence. 旧小川家住宅玄関棟34 views
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Inside Reconstructed thatched-roof home dating from the early Edo Period. 開拓当初の復元住居34 views
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Scarecrow in front of a thatched-roof house.34 views
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.34 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).34 views
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Make-up instruments for women.34 views
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Farming tools34 views
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Kitchen stove34 views
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.34 views
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The second floor also has exhibits.34 views
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.34 views
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The messenger fox holds a key to the rice granary.34 views
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Behind the main worship hall are many smaller inari shrines and numerous torii.34 views
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I don't know how people can live in an apartment right next to the train tracks.34 views
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Seibu Yagisawa Station34 views
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Sculpture of Lord Kusunoki Masashige34 views
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Nasubi eggplant twins.34 views
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Smaller decorations on the floor.34 views
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Hina decorations at Koshinkan. Koshinkan's main building has two exhibition rooms filled with hina dolls and hanging decorations.34 views
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The ladies, who love their hometown of Mizuho, decided to make these hina decorations a symbol of their unknown town.34 views
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Monkey34 views
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About Sayama Ike Park.34 views
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Map of Mizuho.34 views
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Omi Fair video taken on March 2, 2014 at Takashimaya Dept. Store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Funazushi, Omi beef, Biwa pearls, and more. We also saw Hiko-nyan.34 views
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Wooden sword and sheath.34 views
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In an adjacent room, they showed a short documentary previously aired by NHK TV. Unfortunately, they did not sell an exhibition catalog unlike in the States where they had one in English for sale (also available at Amazon).34 viewsWith all this interest in Japan, I hope they will be able to show it in more cities here (and in Hawai'i). I'm told that this exhibition in Tokyo is pretty much the same as the one at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2010. See their site for more (and clearer) photos of the art works: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/gaman/index.cfm Geidai: http://www.geidai.ac.jp/museum/exhibit/2012/gaman/gaman_en.htm
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My 2010 video of Fukagawa Chikara-mochi in Kiba Park.34 views
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Azalea bloom in late April to early May.34 views
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