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JR Obatake Station platform.
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There is bus transportation from Obatake Station, but they run once an hour or so. If you want to visit the museum, you can take a nori-ai taxi (a small van) at Obatake Station costing 400 yen to the museum. The ride is maybe 10-15 min. or so.
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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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Muroyano-sono is a long house (Machiya) museum, formerly the estate of an oil merchant. It is adjacent to Yanai's townscape of white-wall buildings.
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Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).
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Muroyano-sono is open 9 am to 5 pm and closed on Wed. and during the year end and New Year's period. Admission is a few hundred yen.
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.
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Toilet
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Urinal
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Small shrine outside.
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Moon window
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Bath tub
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).
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Ceiling beams
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Exclusive room with a koto.
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Maid's room
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Old lanterns
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Charcoal heaters
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.
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Old cameras
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Make-up instruments for women.
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Combs
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Samisen
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Phonograph
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Bento lunch boxes
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For tea
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.
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Mirrors
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.
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Farming tools
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Palanquin
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Kitchen stove
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Weaving
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Palanquin
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Armor
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Firefighting equipment
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Firefighting equipment
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Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.
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About the former Suo Bank building.
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.
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The second floor also has exhibits.
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.
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