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About Fukuchiyama Castle's unconventional stones. (転用石)41 views
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The town wanted to promote itself as an oni town, so it opened the Japanese Oni Exchange Museum in 1993 on the former site of a copper mine at the foot of Oeyama Mountains.41 views
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He showed us the finished product, a chirimen fabric with a woven design.41 views
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The museum is on the upper level.41 views
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The private dining rooms are quite ornate with carved transoms like this one of Mt. Fuji.41 views
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Paper lantern in Sanmon Gate.41 views
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Chionji's main temple hall named the Monjudo. 文殊堂41 views
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Exhibits in the kura storehouse.41 views
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The 42-year-old owner, Kushida Kampei (櫛田寒平) moved to Ayabe from Tokyo seven years ago. He has his own rice paddies and other plots to grow his own rice and vegetables. 40 views
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Guest room with twin beds.40 views
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This was just the first serving.40 views
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Breakfast.40 views
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While the kozo branches are still hot, elderly ladies twist and strip off the brown bark (kuro-kawa 黒皮). The bark is dried, then soaked in river water like here.40 views
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They use the 1st floor for making paper, while the second floor are washi exhibition rooms.40 views
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This shows how they typically hang and dry the white strips and bark strips.40 views
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Rear view of Fukuchiyama Castle's main tenshu tower.40 views
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Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse was moved here from its original location. 銅門脇番所40 views
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Japan Heritage banner marking the 300th anniversary of Tango chirimen.40 views
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Another stop was a Tango chirimen wholesaler named Yoshimura Shouten (株式会社 吉村商店 峰山支店). 40 viewsFounded in 1830 and based in Kyoto city, this is their branch shop in in Mineyama, Kyotango.
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Shoeikan corridor to the restaurant.40 views
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Here's one house that used to have a boat garage connected to the water.40 views
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Sanmon Gate. 山門40 views
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Chionji Temple's Tahoto Pagoda. 多宝塔40 views
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Monjudo40 views
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Chirimen Kaido Road is a Tango chirimen manufacturing area in Kaya. Originally a castle town with Yasurajo Castle.40 viewsSince it was a castle town (during the Sengoku Warring States Period), a few streets have sharp, narrow turns or corners to defend against any invading enemies. Some of the traditional homes were built in the 19th century or 1920s-30s. Part of the district escaped damage from the 1927 Tango earthquake.
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The first floor was Japanese style, while the second floor was Western-style (Spanish).40 views
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Many of the Chirimen Kaido homes have explanatory signs, but you cannot enter them since they are private homes.40 views
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Kaijusenji's five-story pagoda is a National Treasure.39 views
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Lesser shrines.39 views
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Might be the priest's residence.39 views
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View from Tsutenkyo Bridge. That bridge in the distance is where you enter the temple.39 views
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Long line of people entering the temple. They were in for a treat and it was worth the trip. Happy autumn 2017!39 views
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White kozo bark strips drying. These will then be mashed and beaten into fibrous globs. Preparing the kozo fibers from the bark is the most laborious and time-consuming part of washi making.39 views
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Second floor in former classrooms are exhibition rooms.39 views
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Places in Japan where washi is made.39 viewshttps://kurotaniwashi.kyoto
English: https://kurotaniwashi.kyoto/?page_id=450
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Kyoto by the Sea promoting Fukuchiyama Castle.39 views
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Shachi roof ornament replica of the one on the castle roof.39 views
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View of the front gate.39 views
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JR Fukuchiyama Station is the gateway to northern Kyoto Prefecture. It is a terminal station for Kyoto Tango Railway, the dominant train network in this area. 39 viewsFrom Fukuchiyama, you can get to Maizuru, Miyazu, Amanohashidate, and even Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture. The JR San'in Line also stops at Fukuchiyama.
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Fukuchiyama is really crazy about its connection with Akechi Mitsuhide. Here's a banner inside Fukuchiyama Station saying "The Town of Akechi Mitsuhide."39 viewsIn 2020, the year-long NHK TV Taiga Drama (「麒麟がくる」) will be about Mitsuhide.
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Setsubun oni.39 views
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Kawara roof oni ornaments. Oni-gawara.39 views
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Giant oni-gawara roof ornament.39 views
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First we saw Tayuh Textile Co.'s gift shop and showroom.39 views
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Tayuh Kigyo's factory has 60 mechanized looms (50 of them are Jacquard looms).39 views
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Yoshimura Shouten also creates its own designs like this "Hollywood chirimen" prototype with the the likeness of Audrey Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin, and Marilyn Monroe.39 views
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Banner commemmorating the 300th anniversary of Tango chirimen in 2018.39 views
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Old anchor for the Shirane destroyer that was retired in 2015.39 viewshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDS_Shirane
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Shoeikan entrance hall.39 views
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We could also go upstairs and tour the private dining rooms.39 views
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Private dining room.39 views
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The 2nd floor's private dining rooms are adorned with calligraphy by legendary Admiral Heihachiro Togo.39 views
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Calligraphy by legendary Admiral Heihachiro Togo.39 views
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Garden view from a private dining room.39 views
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Private dining room named "Takasago."39 views
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Small statue of Admiral Heihachiro Togo in a private dining room.39 views
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Seat back.39 views
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This is the road behind the homes along the inlet.39 views
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Next to the bridge is this local Shinto shrine named Minazuki Jinja dedicated to Tsukuyomi (月夜見命), the Moon deity and younger brother of Sun Goddess Amaterasu. 水無月神社39 views
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Paper lantern in Sanmon Gate.39 views
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Chionji's main temple hall, Monjudo. 文殊堂39 views
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Incense burner in front of Monjudo.39 views
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Monjudo39 views
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About the Circle of Wisdom Lantern.39 views
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Bell Tower Gate built in 1722. 鐘楼門39 views
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Temple bell tower reconstructed in 1973. 鐘楼39 views
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Small cemetery for temple priests.39 views
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Power stones.39 views
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Jizo statue39 views
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Kimono displayed in Izutsuya ryokan.39 views
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Kura storehouse and vault.39 views
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Western-style (Spanish) 2nd floor living room.39 views
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There was a line to get into the temple (¥400 admission).38 views\\
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View from Tsutenkyo Bridge, Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto. More pretty views from the bridge. When the sun's out, the colors are spectacular. The colors really look like this, I didn't digitally enhance the colors.38 views
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The middle of the bridge has this little deck protruding outward.38 views
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Entrance to the main lodge.38 views
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Also visited Kurotani Washi Kougei No Sato (Kurotani Washi Craft Village 黒谷和紙 工芸の里) a 20-min. car ride away.38 viewsThey were using an old elementary school.
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Corridor to rooms.38 views
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Entrance hall with origami cranes made of Kurotani washi. It really looks like an old school.38 views
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Washi papermaking room where we tried making Kurotani washi paper (postcards).38 views
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The vat and mold to make paper.38 views
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Kami-suki is what everyone can experience.38 views
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The washi shets are dried on wooden boards.38 views
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Gift shop.38 views
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Near Fukuchiyama City Hall, Fukuchiyama Castle in plain sight from the street. Like most other castles, the original Fukuchiyama Castle was ordered to be dismantled in 1873 by the Meiji government.38 views
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Turn right here. This is the Sato Taisei Memorial Museum, an art museum unrelated to the castle.38 views
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Walk uphill to the castle.38 views
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Walk uphill to the castle.38 views
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Impressive stone work.38 views
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Walk up a little more.38 views
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Stone wall of the main castle tower.38 views
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About Fukuchiyama Castle.38 views
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Shachi roof ornaments on the smaller castle tower.38 views
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Next to the main castle tower is the Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse that was located next to the Akaganemon Gate east of the city hall. 銅門脇番所38 views
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Inside JR Fukuchiyama Station.38 views
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Large exhibition room displaying oni artworks.38 views
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Oeyama oni legend.38 views
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Otsu-e oni painting from Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. 大津絵38 views
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Some of the funaya offer lodging where you can stay above the boat garage. They get booked up quickly though. They let you go fishing by boat or from shore. 38 views
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Roof tile ornament of Ebisu, god of fishing.38 views
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Inside Haiden prayer hall.38 views
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Tayuh Kigyo's third-generation company president Tamoi Hayato (田茂井 勇人) first explained about their chirimen manufacturing process.38 viewsThese looping punch cards called "mon-gami" (紋紙) program the Jacquard loom to weave the design on the fabric. The holes in the punch cards tell the loom which threads are to be raised or not during the weaving process. These punch cards can be made by computer now.
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Tayuh Kigyo's company motto: "A company that boasts quality has a future."38 views
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Inside their kura storehouse.38 views
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This part of the park had buildings owned by the Japanese government. Not open to the public.38 views
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For the restaurant menu and recipes, the restaurant chefs use an old navy recipe book that was used by navy galley staff in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It has about 200 recipes for Western dishes and confections.38 views
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Approaching the main temple hall.38 views
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Omikuji paper fortunes shaped like a folding fan.38 views
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Power stones.38 views
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Former Kaya Town Hall (旧加悦町役場庁舎) that was built in the 1930s. 38 views
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The house was originally a farmhouse built and expanded during 1863 to 1930. Toward the left on the second floor is the Western-style (Spanish) part of the house built in 1928. 38 views
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On the bridge, this sign says "No photos" because they don't want people to stop and take photos and hold up the line going through the bridge. 37 viewsObviously, no one paid attention to this. We all stopped and took photos.
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Farmhouse lodge (農家民宿) named Pokapoka Noen. It has two main buildings.37 views
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Our dinner included the rice and vegetables that he grew. (This was just the first serving.) It cost only ¥7,000 per night including dinner and breakfast.37 views
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The other building was the guest house which was originally for the farmer's kids or relatives to stay when they returned to their hometown.37 views
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The guest room in the guest house was Japanese-style with twin futon.37 views
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Takes three years to learn how to make washi paper with a mold. Ten years to become an expert. 37 viewsBut we did it in a minute or two... Just dip the mold into the fibrous water, and swish it to the left/right and forward/back.
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Kurotani washi can even be used for umbrellas.37 views
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Flower Clock in front of Fukuchiyama Station.37 views
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In front of the castle tower is this deep well named Toyo-iwa-no-i. 豊磐の井37 views
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Deep well (50 meters) named Toyo-iwa-no-i. 豊磐の井37 views
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Views from Fukuchiyama Castle.37 views
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Akaganemon Bansho guardhouse. 銅門脇番所37 views
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Neputa float from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. From the Neputa Matsuri Festival held in Aug. The float has lights inside and it is lit up and pulled by people during the festival held in the evening.37 views
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We also had a guided walking tour of Ine village. Behind the funaya boat houses is this narrow coastal road and another row of homes across the road on the left at the foot of the hills. 37 viewsThe homes along the left are the main homes where the fishermen's family live. And their funaya boat houses are right across the road on the right.
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This is a replica of an obi sash that was selected and worn by Empress Michiko recently for her birthday.37 viewsThe company is especially proud of this, but can't publicly brag about it. (The empress does not know who made the obi. She just liked the design.)
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Mineyama Branch Manager Yoshioka Hitoshi shows a PR poster of Bando Tamasaburo V posing with a Tango chirimen fabric in front of the shop's kura storehouse near where Yoshioka is standing.37 viewsTamasaburo V is one of the most famous and popular kabuki actors in Japan and Living National Treasure. He loves Tango chirimen fabrics and kabuki costumes also use Tango chirimen.
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Lobby entrance.37 views
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Maizuru City Hall is next to Maizuru Brick Park.37 views
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During World War II, the brick buildings were painted black to make them less noticeable. The black paint still remains here and there. 37 viewsAmazing that these buildings have survived. Maizuru's weapons factories and navy base got heavily bombed by American planes in July 1945, but not this arsenal.
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The brick park has been used as a backdrop in Japanese movies. 37 views
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Get some good shots of the inlet from the bridge.37 views
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Sanmon Gate. 山門37 views
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