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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It's quite hard for beginners to even knock it down because the fan tends to fly in unpredictable directions.19 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 18 viewsThis traditional building houses a gift shop and restaurant.
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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.18 views
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Fusuma sliding door.18 views
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Very rare Yaku-sugi wood ceiling from Japanese cedar trees found on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture. 17 views
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Different stages of fermenting. We could taste the difference.16 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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Entrance hall has this rare stone tiles on the floor.16 views
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Bathroom sink.16 views
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Tea ceremony room.16 views
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Transom with a paulownia design.16 views
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Fusuma sliding door.16 views
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Soybeans15 views
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Lots of salt.15 views
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Large wooden vats where the soy sauce is fermented and aged.15 views
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Shoyu soft-serve ice cream.15 views
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About Toyama Memorial Museum (遠山記念館).15 views
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The home has three wings, this wing witth a thatched roof is designed like a farmhouse.15 views
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Garden15 views
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Straight-line wood grain on another ceiling.15 views
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Tea ceremony room alcove.15 views
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Tea ceremony room.15 views
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What the vats look like down below.14 views
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Waste materials from making shoyu.14 views
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Entrance to 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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Farmhouse room.14 views
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Japanese-syle room in the West Wing.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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Fusuma sliding door.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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Kinbue also makes large wooden vats for shoyu making.13 views
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The ingredients used in making shoyu. Lots of soybeans and salt. 13 views
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Old warehouse.13 views
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This West Wing part of the house is desiged like a tea ceremony room.13 views
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Shinto shrine altar near the fancy ceiling.13 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. 13 views
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Tokonoma alcove.13 views
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Bath tub13 views
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Transom13 views
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Storehouse door, fireproof.13 views
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Scroll depicting a woman dancer with a lion head.13 views
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He showed us how to mix the vat.12 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. 12 views
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Our tosenkyo instructor takes aim. 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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A sample vat that we could mix using a long stick.11 views
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Inside the vat of fermenting shoyu.11 views
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