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Kurayoshi's Shirakabe White-Wall Warehouses are in a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区) named Utsubuki-Tamagawa (打吹玉川).This used to be a castle town until 1615. It was a commercial district up to the 1920s. About 100 traditional buildings with white walls (kura storehouses) and red roof tiles remain. The Tottori earthquake in Oct. 2016 damaged a few white walls. A short bus ride from JR Kurayoshi Station.
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Map of Shirakabe Warehouse district in Kurayoshi. The district is compact, easy to walk around.
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Road where I got off the bus.
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The main kura storehouses here. 赤瓦二号館
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The main Shirakabe kura storehouses in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館
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The main Shirakabe kura storehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館
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The main Shirakabe kura warehouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 赤瓦二号館
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Mt. Utsubuki where there was a castle until 1615. 打吹山
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Tamagawa River
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Tamagawa River 玉川と研屋町の町並み
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This street corner had a large monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi.
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Kotozakura was active in the 1960s-70s and later became a successful sumo stable master training wrestlers like Kotokaze and Kotonowaka.
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻
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Statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. 横綱琴櫻
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Back view of statue of Yokozuna Kotozakura, a grand champion sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori.
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About Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻
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Monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻
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Monument for Yokozuna Kotozakura. 横綱琴櫻
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Small museum for Yokozuna Kotozakura. Too bad it was closed when I was there. 横綱琴櫻
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Signs in English.
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Benzaiten Hall next to Dairenji Temple. 弁財天堂
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Benten Hall 弁財天堂
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Benzaitendo Hall
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To Benten Hall.
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To Dairenji Temple.
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Gate to Dairenji Temple.
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Dairenji Temple.
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Dairenji Temple.
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Dairenji Temple bell.
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Old telephone.
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Ring out the old year with the temple bell.
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Dairenji Temple main hall in Kurayoshi, Tottori. Belongs to the Jodo-shu Buddhist sect. 大蓮寺
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Dairenji Temple main hall in Kurayoshi, Tottori. 大蓮寺
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Dairenji Temple in Kurayoshi, Tottori also has graves of local merchants who made it rich and local samurai. 大蓮寺
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Dairenji Temple in Kurayoshi, Tottori also has graves of local merchants who made it rich and local samurai. 大蓮寺
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Dairenji Temple bell
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Dairenji Temple bell
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Small Buddha
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Dairenji Temple
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Kurayoshi, Tottori manhole.
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Earthquake damage on the plaster.
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Komyoji Temple with red roof tiles.
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Condemned.
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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).
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The white-walled street is called Shirakabe Machinami (白壁の町並み), a short walk from JR Yanai Station.
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.
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JR Yanai Station.
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Inside JR Yanai Station.
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Map of central Yanai.
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The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.
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Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.
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A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi
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Directional signs in English.
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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About Yanai's white-walled street.
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Cross the river.
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First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.
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Street heading to JR Yanai Station.
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.
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Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.
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Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.
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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.
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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.
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This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.
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Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.
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Folding screen
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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Don't step on this.
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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Narrow alley
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.
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About the Jizo statue
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River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.
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Park
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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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.
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.
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Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).
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Shoyu soy sauce factory.
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Shoyu gift shop.
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.
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Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.
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How they make shoyu.
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Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.
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Yanai, Yamaguchi
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.
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Music box Museum
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.
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