Most viewed - Kawajima 川島町 |
Fueki Masatsugu explains about a large vat of what will become soy sauce.23 views
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Called "cho" (butterfly), the target is shaped like a gingko leaf. The number of points you earn depends on how well you knock down the target.19 views
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It's quite hard for beginners to even knock it down because the fan tends to fly in unpredictable directions.19 views
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Kinbue Syoyu Park offers a factory tour of their soy sauce (shoyu) factory operated by Fueki Syoyu Brewing Co. (笛木醤油株式会社). Their shoyu products are sold under the "Kinbue" brand name (金笛). They've been in business since 18 viewsThis traditional building houses a gift shop and restaurant.
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Lots of salt.18 views
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Fusuma sliding door.18 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. 18 views
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Sightseeing map of Kawajima town in Saitama Prefecture. Looks like it has a lot to see.17 views
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Straight-line wood grain on another ceiling.17 views
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Different stages of fermenting. We could taste the difference.16 views
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Shoyu soft-serve ice cream.16 views
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Entrance to Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).16 views
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The home has three wings, this wing witth a thatched roof is designed like a farmhouse.16 views
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.16 views
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Bathroom sink.16 views
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Tea ceremony room.16 views
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Transom with a paulownia design.16 views
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Tea ceremony room.16 views
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Fusuma sliding door.16 views
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Fusuma sliding door.16 views
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Soybeans15 views
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Large wooden vats where the soy sauce is fermented and aged.15 views
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About Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).15 views
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We tried playing a traditional fan-tossing game called tosenkyo (投扇興). You toss a folding fan at a small target on a small block. 15 views
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The imported glass was also expensive.15 views
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Garden15 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Beautiful wood grain.15 viewsSuch wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉
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Tea ceremony room alcove.15 views
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Old warehouse.14 views
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What the vats look like down below.14 views
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Waste materials from making shoyu.14 views
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This West Wing part of the house is desiged like a tea ceremony room.14 views
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.14 views
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Farmhouse room.14 views
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Shinto shrine altar near the fancy ceiling.14 views
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Japanese-syle room in the West Wing.14 views
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Tokonoma alcove.14 views
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Transom14 views
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Storehouse door, fireproof.14 views
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Fancy ceiling.14 views
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Scroll depicting a woman dancer with a lion head.14 views
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Our factory guide was Fueki Masatsugu, the 12th-generation proprietor of the shoyu brewing company.13 views
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Kinbue also makes large wooden vats for shoyu making.13 views
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The ingredients used in making shoyu. Lots of soybeans and salt. 13 views
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Bath tub13 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. 13 viewsBeautiful wood grain. Such wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉
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Corridor13 views
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A sample vat that we could mix using a long stick.12 views
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He showed us how to mix the vat.12 views
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Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館) has this thatched-roof home built in 1936 by Kawajima-native Toyama Gen'ichi (遠山元一 1890–1972), the founder of Nikko Securities. It was a home for his mother. 12 views
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Our tosenkyo instructor takes aim. 12 views
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Inside the vat of fermenting shoyu.11 views
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