Last additions - GIFU 岐阜県 |
River raft used to transport logs on the river.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Showcase exhibits.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Video screening space.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Famous people from Ota-juku. Apr 17, 2020
|
|
The 17 shukuba lodging towns or post towns in Gifu Prefecture.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About Ota-juku's Honjin (Fukuda Residence). 太田宿本陣福田家Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About Ota-jukuApr 17, 2020
|
|
About the Ota Magistrate's office. 尾張藩太田代官所Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Scale model of the Ota Magistrate's office. 尾張藩太田代官所Apr 17, 2020
|
|
KimonoApr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Facade of a hatago inn.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-yaApr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-ya traveler's storeApr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kano-yaApr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Reconstruction of a shop.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Museum rules: No smoking, eating or drinking. Unfortunately, there's no English.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Way to museum exhibits explaining local cultural history.Open 9 am to 5 pm, closed Mon. and Dec. 29–Jan. 3. https://kaikan.ootajuku.net/Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum. Free admission.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About Chinese hackberry and mistletoe.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About the treeApr 17, 2020
|
|
Tree of Love. The leaves are ball shaped. Chinese hackberry in Ota-juku, Minokamo, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum 太田宿中山道会館Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum and reconstruction of manga artist Okamoto Ippei's house. 太田宿中山道会館 + 糸遊庵Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Wide Kiso Riverside walkway.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Relief sculpture by local kids.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kiso RiverApr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku is parallel to Kiso River 木曽川Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kiso River with Ota Bridge where travelers crossed the river in the old days on the Nakasendo Road. 太田の渡し場太田橋Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Honjin layout. The original Honjin was a large Japanese-style mansion with many rooms. It was in the center of Ota-juku and operated by the Fukuda family whose head also served as the Ota-juku headman.In the Meiji Period, the Honjin was used as the Ota Town Hall.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kiso Riverside rest house. Great for a walk or cycling.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Honjin Gate rear view. 太田宿本陣門Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Honjin Gate. In Oct. 2002, the gate was diassembled and repaired before being reassembled. 太田宿本陣門Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Honjin Gate side view. This is not the original location of this gate. It was moved here during the 1920s or 30s. The Honjin was originally near the still existing Waki-Honjin. 太田宿本陣門Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ota-juku Honjin Gate front view. Too bad the Honjin is gone. Ota-juku's Honjin was rebuilt anew to lodge Princess Kazunomiya when she was to travel from Kyoto to Tokyo to marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi in 1861. 太田宿本陣門Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Larger map of Ota-juku.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Across from Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum is the original front gate for the Ota-juku Honjin. The Honjin was the lodging town's centerpiece where VIPs like daimyo lords and Imperial family members would stay when passing through.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Entrance to Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum. Parking also available here.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Tourist walking map of Ota-juku. From Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum, most sights are within walking distance.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
There are signboards in English. This is at the entrance to Ota-juku Nakasendo Museum.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
By 1843, Ota-juku was about 680 meters long with one Honjin, one Waki-Honjin (partially open to the public), 3 toiyaba, 20 hatago inns, and 118 homes. 505 people lived in Ota-juku.A major highlight was when Princess Kazunomiya (1846–1877) arrived and stayed in Ota-juku on Oct. 27, 1861 on her way to Edo/Tokyo to marry the shogun. She had such a huge entourage that it took them 4 days to pass through Ota-juku.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
General information for visitors. The museum has three floors.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino mascotsApr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino washi postcardsApr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi umbrellasApr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi uchiwa fansApr 17, 2020
|
|
Wash for various purposesApr 17, 2020
|
|
Paper for everyday useApr 17, 2020
|
|
The spread of paperApr 17, 2020
|
|
Mechanized papermakingApr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi paper lanternApr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi hatApr 17, 2020
|
|
About washi yarn.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Yarn and speaker cones made of Mino washi.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Japanese styleApr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Exhibition room displaying washi used in practical and commercial products.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Also on the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room II displaying washi used at home and in practical and commercial products.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Washi Museum, GifuApr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Washi Museum, GifuApr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Washi Museum, GifuApr 17, 2020
|
|
Exhibition room displaying washi art.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
On the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room I displays washi art.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi artist is Akiyama Nobushige.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
The museum has exhibition rooms and spaces to display washi artwork.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Washi making lessons. You can make an A4 sheet, postcards, etc.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
My Mino washi paper.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
The paper is them placed on this water heater to further dry the paper. We could take home our washi after 30 min.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Paper vaccuum dryer sucking water from the wet washi paper moving across the slit underneath. Vey neat.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Paper vaccuum dryer. The slit sucks water from the paper.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
We could also put small leaves on the paper.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
The streel grating makes these patterns on the paper. We could choose one of these.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
We tried making a washi sheet.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Transferring the paper sheet.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
This is what happens when you don't do it right. Uneven paper.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Dump the mold into the vat and swish it left/right and forward/back evenly.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Our washi instructor taught us how to do it using a wooden mold (keta 桁) supporting a screen.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
A large vat (sukifune) filled with washi fibers floating evenly in the water.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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. Open 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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Bridge over Nagara River. (Under renovation.) 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Bridge over Nagara River. Until 1965, vehicles used to cross the bridge. 美濃橋Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Nagara River in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) was a daimyo who developed the Mino castle town. 小倉山城跡Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Originally built by Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) 金森長近 in 1605 as a retirement residence. Now part of Ogura Park in Mino, Gifu Prefecture. 小倉山城跡The turret is a reconstruction.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Also visited Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop nearby. 小倉山城跡Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Tourist information office has tourist pamphlets. 美濃市観光協会「番屋」Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Matsuhisa Eisuke paper storeApr 17, 2020
|
|
Little external shrine, Akiba-sama. 秋葉様Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in 1900 at Kyosenji Temple in Mino, Gifu near here. 杉原 千畝Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Juroku BankApr 17, 2020
|
|
Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Markers commemorating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
TomiyaApr 17, 2020
|
|
About Former Imai Residence. 旧今井家Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Former Imai Residence used as the Mino History Museum. Free admission.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Former Imai Residence 旧今井家Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Yoshida Kobo udatsu roof firewall.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Yoshida KoboApr 17, 2020
|
|
Yoshida KoboApr 17, 2020
|
|
Udatsu roofs in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kosaka Family ResidenceApr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside Kosaka Family Residence is a sake shop.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About Kosaka Family Residence. 小坂家住宅Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
About Suzuki Kohei residence.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Kosaka Family Residence of a sake brewing family. National Important Cultural Property. 小坂家住宅Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Former Honjin lodge for VIPs. Suzuki Kohei residence.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside Hirata Family residenceApr 17, 2020
|
|
Signboards explain in English the most significant homes. This is the Hirata Family residence.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Hirata Family residence 平田家Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino basically developed as a merchant's town up to the late 19th century. Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Near 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).Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Pink Lady, Candies, Iwasaki Hiromi, etc.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters. He was a super popular idol singer in the 1970s in Japan along with Go Hiromi and Saijo Hideki.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Records also on sale.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
1960s J-pop singers.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
45 rpm single records by J-pop idol singers from the 1970s.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s. Huge collection.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Station as seen from the platform.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Driver's seat in モ601.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Old train station sign.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside モ601 train.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
モ601Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Station, Gifu. モ601Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Station, Gifu, with three retired trains on display.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Driver's seat in モ512.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Driver's cab in モ512.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
モ512Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mo 512 and Mo 601 trains.モ512およびモ601Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Three old trains are on display. You can go inside each one. Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Play area for kids.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Pop singer Noguchi Goro is from Mino, Gifu.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Station waiting room.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Inside Mino Station in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Mino Station ticket office.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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.Apr 17, 2020
|
|
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. The 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Apr 17, 2020
|
|
Another entrance to Kano Castle. Thanks to my friend Satomi for driving me around Kano.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle stone walls.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle stone walls. Near JR Gifu Station's south exit.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
About Kano Castle's Honmaru stone foundation built in the early 1600s.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle stone foundation.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle has a large grassy area surrounded by stone walls. No buildings. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle as it looked originally on a map. All the moats were later filled in. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle as it looked originally in Gifu. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
|
|
In 1601 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu dismantled Gifu Castle, he ordered Kano Castle to be constructed here south of Gifu Castle.Kano-juku then thrived as a castle town and became Nakasendo's fifth largest shukuba lodging town. Jan 03, 2019
|
|
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.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Castle parking lot.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Former Kano Town Hall. 旧加納町役場Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Another road marker. "Go left for Kyoto"Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Road directions and map in English in Kano, Gifu.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kosatsu bulletin board was at one end of this bridge over a small river.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
About the Kosatsu bulletin board in Kano-juku. It posted local laws and regulations and other official notices from the local ruler. 高札Jan 03, 2019
|
|
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Jan 03, 2019
|
|
About the Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. It was at the intersection of the Nakasendo and Gifu Roads.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. "Go left for Nakasendo." Originally built in 1750. 加納宿 中山道道標Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano-juku road marker.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
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.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Monument marking the birthplace of Gifu's Boy Scouts.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Tenmangu Shrine's ema prayer tablet.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Tenmangu Shrine office.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Tenmangu Shrine worships Tenjin, aka Sugawara no Michizane, the god of scholarly learning. This is the Honden hall. 本殿 Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Tenmangu Shrine. Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Kano Tenmangu Shrine's Haiden worship hall. 拝殿Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Koma-inu lion dog.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Wash basin.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
About Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Entrance to Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Way to Kano Tenmangu Shrine. Jan 03, 2019
|
|
About Princess Kazunomiya's poem and monument.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Marker for Kano-juku's Honjin. 本陣Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Monument for the poem Princess Kazunomiya composed while in Kano-juku. This is her handwriting. Monument was built in 2002.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
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Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
SignsJan 03, 2019
|
|
Map of Kano-juku in English. Gifu Station is on the upper right, and Kano Castle is on the left.It had the Honjin, Waki-Honjin, and 35 lodges. The population was 2,728.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Not much is left except for a few markers indicating the location of the Waki Honjin, Honjin, and other features. Tenmangu Shrine and Kano Castle's stone walls are the major sights.Jan 03, 2019
|
|
Stained glass at Gifu Station.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Nobunaga's golden statue at JR Gifu Station.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Nobunaga's golden statue at JR Gifu Station.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Statue of Oda Nobunaga at Gifu Station. Personally, I have mixed feelings about revering Nobunaga this much. Yes, he's a major historical figure, but he was also a ruthless warrior who killed a lot of people and caused much mayhem torching temples, etc. Yet he's worshipped like a hero today. A different time, different mindset, and different standard. The dark side of human nature.
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
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Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Awa Odori dance troupe from Nagoya also gave a street performance.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Gifu University Wind Ensemble perform on a narrow street.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Gifu University Wind Ensemble perform on a narrow street.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Gifu Nobunaga Matsuri also had lots of side/street entertainment. Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Flea market at a small park. 金公園、金公園噴水前広場Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Gifu city manhole with cormorant design.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Taxi with Nobunaga design.Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
Oct 06, 2018
|
|
2991 files on 12 page(s) |
|
|
5 | |
|
|