Shirakabe White Wall Townscape 白壁の町並み
|
|
|
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).
|
|
The white-walled street is called Shirakabe Machinami (白壁の町並み), a short walk from JR Yanai Station.
|
|
Train platform at JR Yanai Station.
|
|
JR Yanai Station.
|
|
Inside JR Yanai Station.
|
|
Map of central Yanai.
|
|
The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.
|
|
Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.
|
|
A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
Directional signs in English.
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
|
About Yanai's white-walled street.
|
|
Cross the river.
|
|
First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.
|
|
Street heading to JR Yanai Station.
|
|
Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.
|
|
Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.
|
|
Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.
|
|
About Yanai's goldfish connection.
|
|
Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.
|
|
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.
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
|
|
The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.
|
|
|
About the Kunimori merchant's home.
|
|
Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.
|
|
The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.
|
|
Folding screen
|
|
|
|
|
|
Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..
|
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
Don't step on this.
|
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
|
|
Narrow alley
|
|
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.
|
|
|
Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.
|
|
About the Jizo statue
|
|
River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.
|
|
Park
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
|
|
Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
|
|
Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.
|
|
About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.
|
|
Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).
|
|
Shoyu soy sauce factory.
|
|
Shoyu gift shop.
|
|
Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.
|
|
|
Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.
|
|
Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.
|
|
|
How they make shoyu.
|
|
Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.
|
|
It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.
|
|
|
|
|
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
|
|
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
|
|
Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
|
|
|
Yanai, Yamaguchi
|
|
Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.
|
|
Music box Museum
|
|
|
Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
