 Most viewed - Mino 美濃市 |
Mino Washi Museum, Gifu97 views
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Mino Washi Museum, Gifu94 views
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Mino Washi Museum, Gifu92 views
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Originally built by Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) 金森長近 in 1605 as a retirement residence. Now part of Ogura Park in Mino, Gifu Prefecture. 小倉山城跡63 viewsThe turret is a reconstruction.
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Mo 512 and Mo 601 trains.43 viewsモ512およびモ601
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Mino in Gifu has a traditional townscape of "udatsu" homes. Udatsu is a decorative firewall on the side of the home's roof. Townscape is a rectangular area of residential streets lined with traditional homes. A few are open to the public.42 viewsNear Minoshi Station on the Nagaragawa Railway. This area is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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Mino Station on the old Meitetsu Mino-cho Line in Gifu Prefecture closed in April 1999 and has been preserved as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (登録有形文化財) since 2005. 40 viewsThe train line was abolished in March 1999. However, the charming station building still stands and open to the public, complete with a few trains on display. Mino Station first opened here in Oct. 1923. (Not to be confused with other Mino Stations in Japan.) Short walk from Minoshi Station (美濃市駅) on the Nagaragawa Railway. 名鉄美濃町線
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Mino Station, Gifu. モ60140 views
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Mino basically developed as a merchant's town up to the late 19th century. Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.40 views
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Mino Station, Gifu, with three retired trains on display.39 views
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Udatsu roof firewall in Mino, Gifu.37 views
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Mino Station ticket office.36 views
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Built in 1916, Mino Bridge is Japan's oldest surviving modern bridge and a National Important Cultural Property. It's now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge 113 meters long. 美濃橋36 views
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. It has a wooden floor. It's being renovated so we couldn't cross it in Jan. 2019. Jumping off this bridge into the river can be fatal. 美濃橋34 views
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We tried making a washi sheet.33 views
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Exhibition room displaying washi art.33 views
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Driver's cab in モ512.32 views
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Inside Mino Station in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.31 views
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Inside モ601 train.31 views
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Transferring the paper sheet.31 views
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Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s.30 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.30 views
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Inside Kosaka Family Residence is a sake shop.30 views
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Mino Washi Museum has exhibits about washi history, washi making, and washi paper art. It also offers washi paper-making lessons. Make your own washi postcards, etc. Anybody can do it. 30 viewsOpen 9 a.m.–5 p.m., closed Tue. Admission ¥500 (¥250 for elementary school and jr. high school). From Mino-shi Station, take a taxi. The museum is far from the train station because it needs to be near a clean river. Parking available.
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Dump the mold into the vat and swish it left/right and forward/back evenly.30 views
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Mino washi postcards30 views
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Driver's seat in モ512.29 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters. He was a super popular idol singer in the 1970s in Japan along with Go Hiromi and Saijo Hideki.29 views
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Inside Hirata Family residence29 views
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Yoshida Kobo29 views
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Washi paper lantern29 views
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Washi umbrellas29 views
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Three old trains are on display. You can go inside each one. 28 views
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モ60128 views
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Driver's seat in モ601.28 views
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Mino Station as seen from the platform.28 views
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1960s J-pop singers.28 views
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Pink Lady, Candies, Iwasaki Hiromi, etc.28 views
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Kosaka Family Residence of a sake brewing family. National Important Cultural Property. 小坂家住宅28 views
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. Until 1965, vehicles used to cross the bridge. 美濃橋28 views
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Paper for everyday use28 views
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Hirata Family residence 平田家27 views
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About Kosaka Family Residence. 小坂家住宅27 views
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Yoshida Kobo udatsu roof firewall.27 views
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Paper vaccuum dryer sucking water from the wet washi paper moving across the slit underneath. Vey neat.27 views
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The museum has exhibition rooms and spaces to display washi artwork.27 views
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Exhibition room displaying washi used in practical and commercial products.27 views
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Japanese style27 views
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Mechanized papermaking27 views
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Play area for kids.26 views
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45 rpm single records by J-pop idol singers from the 1970s.26 views
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Records also on sale.26 views
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Mino and this townscape was part of the Mino castle town developed by Daimyo Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) who lived in nearby Ogurayama Castle. You can park your car somewhere and walk around the area.26 viewsNational Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District.
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Signboards explain in English the most significant homes. This is the Hirata Family residence.26 views
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About Suzuki Kohei residence.26 views
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Kosaka Family Residence26 views
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About Former Imai Residence. 旧今井家26 views
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Little external shrine, Akiba-sama. 秋葉様26 views
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Mino Tourist information office has tourist pamphlets. 美濃市観光協会「番屋」26 views
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Mino Bridge over Nagara River. (Under renovation.) 美濃橋26 views
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Entrance to Mino Washi Museum (Mino Washi no Sato Kaikan). It was renovated in April 2017, so it looks new. There are three floors, including a basement floor.26 views
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Basement floor has this paper-making workshop where you can try making your own washi paper. It can be a single sheet 33x45cm), 6 postcards, or diploma. Takes less than an hour. Fees are ¥500 to ¥800. ワークショップ - 紙すきの体験26 views
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Our washi instructor taught us how to do it using a wooden mold (keta 桁) supporting a screen.26 views
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Paper vaccuum dryer. The slit sucks water from the paper.26 views
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Steps to make the washi fibers from mulberry plants, kozo, mitsumata, and ganpi. Bark is stripped and soaked in river water. Kozo is then boiled. Specks of impurities are picked off. The bark is mashed.26 views
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Washi artist is Akiyama Nobushige.26 views
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Yarn and speaker cones made of Mino washi.26 views
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Washi hat26 views
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Monument by Mino city explaining the history of Mino Station. This station has been preserved as a testament to the hard work by forebearers for this old train line.25 views
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Mino Station waiting room.25 views
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モ51225 views
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Inside the Mino Station office is now a shop selling old J-pop records from the 1960s and 1970s. Huge collection.25 views
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Former Honjin lodge for VIPs. Suzuki Kohei residence.25 views
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Udatsu roofs in Mino, Gifu Prefecture.25 views
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Yoshida Kobo25 views
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Former Imai Residence 旧今井家25 views
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Juroku Bank25 views
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in 1900 at Kyosenji Temple in Mino, Gifu near here. 杉原 千畝25 views
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A large vat (sukifune) filled with washi fibers floating evenly in the water.25 views
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The paper is them placed on this water heater to further dry the paper. We could take home our washi after 30 min.25 views
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On the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room I displays washi art.25 views
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Wash for various purposes25 views
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Old train station sign.24 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro posters.24 views
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Former Imai Residence used as the Mino History Museum. Free admission.24 views
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Tomiya24 views
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Markers commemorating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince.24 views
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Matsuhisa Eisuke paper store24 views
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Also visited Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop nearby. 小倉山城跡24 views
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Ogurayama Castle on a hilltop. Kanamori Nagachika (1524–1608) was a daimyo who developed the Mino castle town. 小倉山城跡24 views
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This is what happens when you don't do it right. Uneven paper.24 views
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We could put a steel grating having a template design over the washi sheet and sprinkle water over it to impress the grating template on the the paper.24 views
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We could also put small leaves on the paper.24 views
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Washi making lessons. You can make an A4 sheet, postcards, etc.24 views
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On the 1st floor below, there's a gift shop where you can buy Mino washi paper products. It's also where you can sign up for a washi papermaking lesson.24 views
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Also on the 2nd floor, Exhibition Room II displaying washi used at home and in practical and commercial products.24 views
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About washi yarn.24 views
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Mino mascots24 views
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General information for visitors. The museum has three floors.24 views
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The streel grating makes these patterns on the paper. We could choose one of these.23 views
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My Mino washi paper.23 views
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The spread of paper23 views
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Washi uchiwa fans23 views
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Pop singer Noguchi Goro is from Mino, Gifu.22 views
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Sign about Sugihara Chiune who was born in Mino, Gifu near here. Sugihara is famous as the Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who gave transit visas to Jews fleeing the Holocast during World War II.21 views
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Nagara River in Mino, Gifu.21 views
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