 Most viewed - Kawajima 川島町 |
Fueki Masatsugu explains about a large vat of what will become soy sauce.22 views
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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.17 views
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It's quite hard for beginners to even knock it down because the fan tends to fly in unpredictable directions.17 views
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Sightseeing map of Kawajima town in Saitama Prefecture. Looks like it has a lot to see.16 views
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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 15 viewsThis traditional building houses a gift shop and restaurant.
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Lots of salt.15 views
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Fusuma sliding door.15 views
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Soybeans14 views
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Large wooden vats where the soy sauce is fermented and aged.14 views
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Different stages of fermenting. We could taste the difference.14 views
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Entrance to Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).14 views
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About Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).14 views
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.14 views
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The imported glass was also expensive.14 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Beautiful wood grain.14 viewsSuch wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉
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Straight-line wood grain on another ceiling.14 views
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Fusuma sliding door.14 views
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Transom with a paulownia design.14 views
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Our factory guide was Fueki Masatsugu, the 12th-generation proprietor of the shoyu brewing company.13 views
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Old warehouse.13 views
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Waste materials from making shoyu.13 views
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Shoyu soft-serve ice cream.13 views
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The home has three wings, this wing witth a thatched roof is designed like a farmhouse.13 views
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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.13 views
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Farmhouse room.13 views
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Japanese-syle room in the West Wing.13 views
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Tea ceremony room.13 views
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Tea ceremony room alcove.13 views
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Scroll depicting a woman dancer with a lion head.13 views
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Tea ceremony room.13 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. 13 views
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Fusuma sliding door.13 views
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Kinbue also makes large wooden vats for shoyu making.12 views
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He showed us how to mix the vat.12 views
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What the vats look like down below.12 views
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This West Wing part of the house is desiged like a tea ceremony room.12 views
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Shinto shrine altar near the fancy ceiling.12 views
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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. 12 views
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Our tosenkyo instructor takes aim. 12 views
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Garden12 views
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Tokonoma alcove.12 views
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Bathroom sink.12 views
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Bath tub12 views
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Transom12 views
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Storehouse door, fireproof.12 views
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Fancy ceiling.12 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. 12 viewsBeautiful wood grain. Such wood comes from trees as old as 1,000 years. Now illegal to cut down yaku-sugi trees. 屋久杉
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Corridor12 views
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The ingredients used in making shoyu. Lots of soybeans and salt. 11 views
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A sample vat that we could mix using a long stick.11 views
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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. 11 views
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Inside the vat of fermenting shoyu.10 views
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