 Last additions - Kawajima 川島町 |
CorridorJan 28, 2020
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Fusuma sliding door.Jan 28, 2020
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Fusuma sliding door.Jan 28, 2020
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Beautiful wood grain. Such wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉Jan 28, 2020
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Jan 28, 2020
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Tea ceremony room.Jan 28, 2020
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Scroll depicting a woman dancer with a lion head.Jan 28, 2020
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Tea ceremony room alcove.Jan 28, 2020
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Transom with a paulownia design.Jan 28, 2020
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Tea ceremony room.Jan 28, 2020
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Fancy ceiling.Jan 28, 2020
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Fusuma sliding door.Jan 28, 2020
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Storehouse door, fireproof.Jan 28, 2020
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TransomJan 28, 2020
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Bath tubJan 28, 2020
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Bathroom sink.Jan 28, 2020
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Tokonoma alcove.Jan 28, 2020
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Straight-line wood grain on another ceiling.Jan 28, 2020
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Beautiful wood grain.Such wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉Jan 28, 2020
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GardenJan 28, 2020
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It's quite hard for beginners to even knock it down because the fan tends to fly in unpredictable directions.Jan 28, 2020
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The imported glass was also expensive.Jan 28, 2020
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Our tosenkyo instructor takes aim. Jan 28, 2020
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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.Jan 28, 2020
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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. Jan 28, 2020
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Japanese-syle room in the West Wing.Jan 28, 2020
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Shinto shrine altar near the fancy ceiling.Jan 28, 2020
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Farmhouse room.Jan 28, 2020
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.Jan 28, 2020
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.Jan 28, 2020
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This West Wing part of the house is desiged like a tea ceremony room.Jan 28, 2020
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The home has three wings, this wing witth a thatched roof is designed like a farmhouse.Jan 28, 2020
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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. Jan 28, 2020
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About Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).Jan 28, 2020
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Sightseeing map of Kawajima town in Saitama Prefecture. Looks like it has a lot to see.Jan 28, 2020
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Entrance to Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).Jan 28, 2020
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Shoyu soft-serve ice cream.Jan 28, 2020
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Waste materials from making shoyu.Jan 28, 2020
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Different stages of fermenting. We could taste the difference.Jan 28, 2020
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What the vats look like down below.Jan 28, 2020
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Large wooden vats where the soy sauce is fermented and aged.Jan 28, 2020
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Old warehouse.Jan 28, 2020
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Inside the vat of fermenting shoyu.Jan 28, 2020
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He showed us how to mix the vat.Jan 28, 2020
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A sample vat that we could mix using a long stick.Jan 28, 2020
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Lots of salt.Jan 28, 2020
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The ingredients used in making shoyu. Lots of soybeans and salt. Jan 28, 2020
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Fueki Masatsugu explains about a large vat of what will become soy sauce.Jan 28, 2020
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Kinbue also makes large wooden vats for shoyu making.Jan 28, 2020
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SoybeansJan 28, 2020
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Our factory guide was Fueki Masatsugu, the 12th-generation proprietor of the shoyu brewing company.Jan 28, 2020
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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 This traditional building houses a gift shop and restaurant.Jan 28, 2020
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