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Flea market at a small park. 金公園、金公園噴水前広場40 views
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Gifu University Wind Ensemble perform on a narrow street.40 views
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Marker for Kano-juku's Honjin where Princess Kazunomiya once stayed on Oct. 26, 1861 on her way from Kyoto to Edo to marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi. 本陣40 views
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Kano Castle as it looked originally on a map. All the moats were later filled in. 加納城40 views
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About Kano Castle's Honmaru stone foundation built in the early 1600s.40 views
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Outdoor exhibits of planes. Although the museum is next to Gifu Airbase, the airbase and runway cannot be seen from the museum.40 viewsMuseum hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (till 6:00 pm on weekends and national holidays), closed on the first Tuesday of the month (open if it's a national holiday and closed the next day instead) and Dec. 28 to Jan. 2. 屋外実機展示場
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Nobunaga's sister Oichi who married Azai Nagamasa and gave birth to three famous daughters in Shiga Prefecture.39 viewsOichi's three Azai daughters: Chacha, Hatsu, and Go. Oichi and her daughters escaped to Gifu Castle after their Odani Castle in Shiga was attacked by Nobunaga.
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And the parade proceeded to Gifu Castle park.39 views
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At JR Gifu Station, some outdoor entertainment in front of Nobunaga's golden statue. JR岐阜駅前信長ゆめ広場39 views
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Signs39 views
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About Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮39 views
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Kano used to have nine festival floats, but all except one was destroyed by World War II bombing of Gifu in 1945. The shrine buildings were also destroyed.39 views
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Kano-juku road marker.39 views
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About the Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. It was at the intersection of the Nakasendo and Gifu Roads.39 views
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About the Kosatsu bulletin board in Kano-juku. It posted local laws and regulations and other official notices from the local ruler. 高札39 views
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Road directions and map in English in Kano, Gifu.39 views
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Kano Castle parking lot.39 views
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Kano Castle stone foundation.39 views
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Another entrance to Kano Castle. Thanks to my friend Satomi for driving me around Kano.39 views
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Gujo-Hachiman manhole has ayu sweetfish design.39 views
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Awa Odori dance troupe from Nagoya also gave a street performance.38 views
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Monument marking the birthplace of Gifu's Boy Scouts.38 views
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Spot where the Kosatsu bulletin board was in Kano-juku. It was originally on a stone foundation. This spot used to have many people passing by as it was near the castle's front gate. 加納宿 高札38 views
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Kano Castle has a large grassy area surrounded by stone walls. No buildings. 加納城38 views
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Yamanouchi Kazutoyo37 views
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Gifu Yanagase shopping arcade.37 views
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Lots of outdoor stalls.37 views
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Map of Kano-juku in English. Gifu Station is on the upper right, and Kano Castle is on the left.37 viewsIt had the Honjin, Waki-Honjin, and 35 lodges. The population was 2,728.
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Koma-inu lion dog.37 views
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Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. "Go left for Nakasendo." Originally built in 1750. 加納宿 中山道道標37 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.37 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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Taxi with Nobunaga design.36 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine office.36 views
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine's ema prayer tablet.36 views
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About Kano Castle. As ordered by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, it was built soon after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Parts from Gifu Castle were used to build Kano Castle.36 views
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In 1601 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu dismantled Gifu Castle, he ordered Kano Castle to be constructed here south of Gifu Castle.36 viewsKano-juku then thrived as a castle town and became Nakasendo's fifth largest shukuba lodging town.
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Wash basin.35 views
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Mino Station on the old Meitetsu Mino-cho Line in Gifu Prefecture closed in April 1999 and has been preserved as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (登録有形文化財) since 2005. 34 viewsThe train line was abolished in March 1999. However, the charming station building still stands and open to the public, complete with a few trains on display. Mino Station first opened here in Oct. 1923. (Not to be confused with other Mino Stations in Japan.) Short walk from Minoshi Station (美濃市駅) on the Nagaragawa Railway. 名鉄美濃町線
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Mino basically developed as a merchant's town up to the late 19th century. Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.34 views
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Mino Station, Gifu, with three retired trains on display.33 views
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Manhole in Ibigawa, Gifu.33 views
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Mino Station, Gifu. モ60132 views
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Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.32 views
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Built in 1916, Mino Bridge is Japan's oldest surviving modern bridge and a National Important Cultural Property. It's now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge 113 meters long. 美濃橋32 views
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Mo 512 and Mo 601 trains.31 viewsモ512およびモ601
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. It has a wooden floor. It's being renovated so we couldn't cross it in Jan. 2019. Jumping off this bridge into the river can be fatal. 美濃橋31 views
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Inside Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence. 太田宿 脇本陣 隠居31 views
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Kano-juku was the 53rd station or lodging/post town of the Nakasendo Road. Hiroshige's print of Kanō-juku was part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series. Kano Castle can be seen. 31 viewsShort walk south of JR Gifu Station.
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Mino Station ticket office.30 views
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Built in 1769, the Ota-juku Waki-Honjin was a backup VIP lodge in addition to the Honjin. It has this udatsu roof firewall in Ota-juku, Gifu Prefecture. The Ota Waki-Honjin retains much of its original Edo Period exterior. 30 viewsPart of the house is open to the public.
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Ota Waki-Honjin Hayashi Residence formerly for Ota-juku VIPs. This main building is not open to the public, but the adjacent Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence is open to the public. 太田脇本陣林家住宅30 viewsThis is the original location. National Important Cultural Property. 国の重要文化財
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Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅), another Ota-juku building open to the public. It operated as a famous hatago inn named Komatsuya (小松屋), and later as a tobacco shop from the 1920s.30 views
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Ota-juku, Minokamo, Gifu.29 views
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Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence has Udatsu roof firewall. Ota-juku, Gifu.28 views
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Ota Waki-Honjin's udatsu roof firewall in Ota-juku, Gifu Prefecture. Udatsu was also a status symbol.27 views
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Looks like a modernized version. Ota-juku, Gifu.27 views
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We tried making a washi sheet.26 views
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Exhibition room displaying washi art.26 views
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Mino Washi Museum has exhibits about washi history, washi making, and washi paper art. It also offers washi paper-making lessons. Make your own washi postcards, etc. Anybody can do it. 25 viewsOpen 9 a.m.–5 p.m., closed Tue. Admission ¥500 (¥250 for elementary school and jr. high school). From Mino-shi Station, take a taxi. The museum is far from the train station because it needs to be near a clean river. Parking available.
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Small desk was for the merchant at work for his tobacco business at Komatsu-ya or Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅).25 views
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About Suzuki Kohei residence.24 views
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About Former Imai Residence. 旧今井家24 views
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Mino Tourist information office has tourist pamphlets. 美濃市観光協会「番屋」24 views
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Basement floor has this paper-making workshop where you can try making your own washi paper. It can be a single sheet 33x45cm), 6 postcards, or diploma. Takes less than an hour. Fees are ¥500 to ¥800. ワークショップ - 紙すきの体験24 views
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Transferring the paper sheet.24 views
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Driver's cab in モ512.23 views
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Driver's seat in モ601.23 views
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Inside Hirata Family residence23 views
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Kosaka Family Residence of a sake brewing family. National Important Cultural Property. 小坂家住宅23 views
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About Kosaka Family Residence. 小坂家住宅23 views
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Inside Kosaka Family Residence is a sake shop.23 views
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Former Imai Residence 旧今井家23 views
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Matsuhisa Eisuke paper store23 views
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. Until 1965, vehicles used to cross the bridge. 美濃橋23 views
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A large vat (sukifune) filled with washi fibers floating evenly in the water.23 views
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We could also put small leaves on the paper.23 views
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The museum has exhibition rooms and spaces to display washi artwork.23 views
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Washi artist is Akiyama Nobushige.23 views
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Washi paper lantern23 views
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Mieji-juku was the 55th lodging town on the old Nakasendo Road connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto through an inland route.23 viewsIt is in a rural area with hardly any local people to guide tourists. Only a few tourist map signboards like this one indicate the major sights.
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1960s J-pop singers.22 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters. He was a super popular idol singer in the 1970s in Japan along with Go Hiromi and Saijo Hideki.22 views
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Mino and this townscape was part of the Mino castle town developed by Daimyo Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) who lived in nearby Ogurayama Castle. You can park your car somewhere and walk around the area.22 viewsNational Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District.
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Hirata Family residence 平田家22 views
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Former Honjin lodge for VIPs. Suzuki Kohei residence.22 views
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Yoshida Kobo22 views
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in 1900 at Kyosenji Temple in Mino, Gifu near here. 杉原 千畝22 views
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. (Under renovation.) 美濃橋22 views
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Entrance to Mino Washi Museum (Mino Washi no Sato Kaikan). It was renovated in April 2017, so it looks new. There are three floors, including a basement floor.22 views
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Dump the mold into the vat and swish it left/right and forward/back evenly.22 views
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Paper vaccuum dryer sucking water from the wet washi paper moving across the slit underneath. Vey neat.22 views
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The paper is them placed on this water heater to further dry the paper. We could take home our washi after 30 min.22 views
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Exhibition room displaying washi used in practical and commercial products.22 views
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Mechanized papermaking22 views
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Washi umbrellas22 views
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Driver's seat in モ512.21 views
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Mino Station as seen from the platform.21 views
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Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s.21 views
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Signboards explain in English the most significant homes. This is the Hirata Family residence.21 views
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Kosaka Family Residence21 views
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Udatsu roofs in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.21 views
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Former Imai Residence used as the Mino History Museum. Free admission.21 views
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Markers commemorating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince.21 views
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Juroku Bank21 views
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) was a daimyo who developed the Mino castle town. 小倉山城跡21 views
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This is what happens when you don't do it right. Uneven paper.21 views
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We could put a steel grating having a template design over the washi sheet and sprinkle water over it to impress the grating template on the the paper.21 views
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Paper vaccuum dryer. The slit sucks water from the paper.21 views
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My Mino washi paper.21 views
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Also on the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room II displaying washi used at home and in practical and commercial products.21 views
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Washi hat21 views
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Paper for everyday use21 views
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Wash for various purposes21 views
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Mino washi postcards21 views
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JR Mino-Ota Station21 views
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Mieji became an official shukuba town on the Nakasendo in 1637. It was named after Mieji Temple that worshipped an eleven-face Kannon statue. 21 views
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Inside Mino Station in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.20 views
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Three old trains are on display. You can go inside each one. 20 views
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Inside モ601 train.20 views
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Old train station sign.20 views
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45 rpm single records by J-pop idol singers from the 1970s.20 views
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Records also on sale.20 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.20 views
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Yoshida Kobo udatsu roof firewall.20 views
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in Mino, Gifu near here. Sugihara is famous as the Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who gave transit visas to Jews fleeing the Holocast during World War II.20 views
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Little external shrine, Akiba-sama. 秋葉様20 views
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Also visited Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop nearby. 小倉山城跡20 views
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Nagara River in Mino, Gifu.20 views
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Our washi instructor taught us how to do it using a wooden mold (keta 桁) supporting a screen.20 views
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The streel grating makes these patterns on the paper. We could choose one of these.20 views
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Washi making lessons. You can make an A4 sheet, postcards, etc.20 views
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Steps to make the washi fibers from mulberry plants, kozo, mitsumata, and ganpi. Bark is stripped and soaked in river water. Kozo is then boiled. Specks of impurities are picked off. The bark is mashed.20 views
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On the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room I displays washi art.20 views
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Japanese style20 views
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Yarn and speaker cones made of Mino washi.20 views
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About washi yarn.20 views
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Washi uchiwa fans20 views
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Mino mascots20 views
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General information for visitors. The museum has three floors.20 views
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Ota-juku lantern20 views
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Yoshida Family Residence was originally one of the 20 inns in Ota-juku.20 views
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Inside JR Mino-Ota Station.20 views
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Mieji-juku is near Mieji Station on the Tarumi Line that starts here at JR Ogaki Station (Tokaido Line). From Ogaki to Mieji Station, it takes only 12 min. However, trains are infrequent. Once an hour or less.20 views
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Monument by Mino city explaining the history of Mino Station. This station has been preserved as a testament to the hard work by forebearers for this old train line.19 views
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Mino Station waiting room.19 views
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Play area for kids.19 views
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Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s. Huge collection.19 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.19 views
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Pink Lady, Candies, Iwasaki Hiromi, etc.19 views
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Yoshida Kobo19 views
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On the 1st floor below, there's a gift shop where you can buy Mino washi paper products. It's also where you can sign up for a washi papermaking lesson.19 views
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Ota-juku Honjin Gate rear view. 太田宿本陣門19 views
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Kano-ya19 views
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Facade of a hatago inn.19 views
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Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence (inkyo) is open to the public. 太田宿 脇本陣 隠居19 views
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Built in 1769, the Ota-juku Waki-Honjin was a backup VIP lodge in addition to the Honjin. Operated by the Hayashi family since the latter 1700s. Hayashi family head also served as the Ota-juku headman along with the Honjin's Fukuda family head. 太19 views
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Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence rear.19 views
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Ai-Ai bus stop sign19 views
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About the Kanmachi Masugata.19 views
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Old map of Ota-juku.19 views
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JR Mino-Ota Station platform.19 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro is from Mino, Gifu.18 views
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The spread of paper18 views
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Ota-juku is parallel to Kiso River 木曽川18 views
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Relief sculpture by local kids.18 views
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Reconstruction of a shop.18 views
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Ota-ya18 views
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Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum18 views
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Ceiling of Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence.18 views
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Entrance hall of Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅). The residence is a National Tangible Cultural Property.18 views
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Yusenji Temple in Ota-juku, Gifu. 祐泉寺18 views
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JR Mino-Ota Station platform.18 views
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During the autumn foliage, Gujo-Hachiman Castle and autumn leaves are lit up in the evening from 5 pm. No admission charged.18 views
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Larger map of Ota-juku.17 views
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Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum and reconstruction of manga artist Okamoto Ippei's house. 太田宿中山道会館 + 糸遊庵17 views
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About Chinese hackberry and mistletoe.17 views
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Ota-ya traveler's store17 views
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Scale model of the Ota Magistrate's office. 尾張藩太田代官所17 views
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About the Ota Magistrate's office. 尾張藩太田代官所17 views
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Model of a river boat that can endure high waves.17 views
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Cormorant fishing on the river.17 views
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Mechanical water well outside the museum.17 views
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From Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum, we walked east along the Naasendo Road.17 views
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Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence is open to the public.17 views
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Inside Ota Waki-Honjin secondary residence. 太田宿 脇本陣 隠居17 views
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Walking further east in Nakasendo Ota-juku.17 views
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Ota-juku lantern17 views
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This building used to be the Juroku Bank, Ota Branch from 1907 to 1965. 旧十六銀行 太田支店17 views
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Former Juroku Bank, Ota Branch. 旧十六銀行 太田支店17 views
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Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅) was first operated as an inn during the Edo Period for Ise Grand Shrine pilgrims, then became tobacco merchant Komatsu-ya from the 1920s.17 views
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Small desk was for the merchant taking care of tobacco business at Komatsu-ya or Yoshida Family Residence (吉田家住宅).17 views
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