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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.155 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.154 views
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Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.152 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.152 views
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Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.131 views
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The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.125 views
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A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi124 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi120 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi120 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi118 views
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Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.117 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi116 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi116 views
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This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.115 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi114 views
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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).49 views
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Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.43 views
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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.41 views
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About Yanai's white-walled street.41 views
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.41 views
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Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.41 views
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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.41 views
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Map of central Yanai.40 views
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.40 views
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.40 views
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.40 views
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.40 views
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Toilet40 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)40 views
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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.39 views
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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.39 views
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About the Jizo statue39 views
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Music box Museum39 views
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.39 views
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.38 views
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The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.38 views
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.38 views
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.38 views
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Folding screen38 views
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..38 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)38 views
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.38 views
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Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.38 views
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Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.38 views
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.38 views
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Charcoal heaters38 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.38 views
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Palanquin38 views
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Armor38 views
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JR Yanai Station.37 views
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Inside JR Yanai Station.37 views
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Cross the river.37 views
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Narrow alley37 views
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.37 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)37 views
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.37 views
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Shoyu soy sauce factory. 37 views
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Shoyu gift shop.37 views
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.37 views
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How they make shoyu.37 views
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.37 views
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Exclusive room with a koto.37 views
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Mirrors37 views
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About the former Suo Bank building.37 views
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Directional signs in English.36 views
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First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.36 views
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Street heading to JR Yanai Station.36 views
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.36 views
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Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).36 views
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.36 views
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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.36 views
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Urinal36 views
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Moon window36 views
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Maid's room36 views
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Bento lunch boxes36 views
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.36 views
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River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.35 views
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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.35 views
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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).35 views
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.35 views
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Small shrine outside.35 views
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Ceiling beams35 views
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Phonograph35 views
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For tea35 views
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Palanquin35 views
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Firefighting equipment35 views
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Firefighting equipment35 views
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.35 views
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.35 views
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.34 views
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Bath tub34 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).34 views
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Old lanterns34 views
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Make-up instruments for women.34 views
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Samisen34 views
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Farming tools34 views
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Kitchen stove34 views
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Weaving34 views
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.34 views
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The second floor also has exhibits.34 views
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.34 views
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).33 views
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Old cameras33 views
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Combs33 views
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.33 views
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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32 views
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