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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.169 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.168 views
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Manhole in Yanai, Yamaguchi based on the white-walled townscape.166 views
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.161 views
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Inside the Kunimori-ke merchant's home.141 views
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The goldfish is the symbol of Yanai, Yamaguchi. Here's on atop a mailbox.138 views
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A few scupltures along the road to the white-walled street. Yanai, Yamaguchi132 views
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Private home blending in with the white-walled street in Yanai, Yamaguchi.126 views
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This is the Kunimori family home, open to the public. Important Cultural Property. Admission 200 yen. Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture.122 views
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Yanai, Yamaguchi122 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).56 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.49 views
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Road in front of JR Yanai Station. Walk straight on this road to the white-walled street.48 views
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Sign indicating that this area is an Important Traditional Townscape.47 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.47 views
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The Kunimori merchant's home is large and spacious. You can see how Edo Period merchants lived.47 views
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.47 views
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.47 views
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About Yanai's white-walled street.46 views
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About Yanai's goldfish connection.46 views
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Walking along Yanai's white-walled street.46 views
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The Kunimori home is a former merchant's home. Open 9 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon.46 views
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2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home.46 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)46 views
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.46 views
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Toilet46 views
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Exclusive room with a koto.46 views
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Charcoal heaters46 views
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Firefighting equipment46 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.45 views
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Cross the river.45 views
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Folding screen45 views
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Atago Jizo statue to protect against fires.45 views
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Look at this huge barrels of shoyu.45 views
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Maid's room45 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya)45 views
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.45 views
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Armor45 views
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About the former Suo Bank building.45 views
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Train platform at JR Yanai Station.44 views
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Map of central Yanai.44 views
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Window on the 2nd floor of Kunimori merchant's home..44 views
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Entrance to the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura), a very large building with white walls.44 views
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About the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura). They make a special kind of soy sauce called kanro soy sauce.44 views
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Mixing the shoyu while it ages for 1.5 year.44 views
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Music box Museum44 views
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.44 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.44 views
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Mirrors44 views
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Palanquin44 views
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Don't step on this.43 views
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Narrow alley43 views
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About the Jizo statue43 views
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River runs parallel to the white-walled townscape.43 views
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Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura)43 views
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Inside the Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse (Kura).43 views
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How they make shoyu.43 views
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Samisen43 views
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Inside JR Yanai Station.42 views
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Entrance to the white-walled street. Even the private home on the right is white.42 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.42 views
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About the Kunimori merchant's home.42 views
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Shoyu soy sauce factory. 42 views
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Shoyu gift shop.42 views
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It takes a few years to make the soy sauce.42 views
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Bath tub42 views
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Farming tools42 views
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Firefighting equipment42 views
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.42 views
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JR Yanai Station.41 views
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Street heading to JR Yanai Station.41 views
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Huge barrels of soy sauce for aging. This was very impressive. The smell of shoyu in the air.41 views
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Moon window41 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).41 views
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Old lanterns41 views
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Old cameras41 views
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For tea41 views
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Kitchen stove41 views
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Palanquin41 views
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.41 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.40 views
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Ceiling of Sagawa Soy Sauce Storehouse.40 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).40 views
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.40 views
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.40 views
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Urinal40 views
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Ceiling beams40 views
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Make-up instruments for women.40 views
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Phonograph40 views
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Bento lunch boxes40 views
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.40 views
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Weaving40 views
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The second floor also has exhibits.40 views
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First you see Muroya-no-Sono, a longhouse museum.39 views
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Combs39 views
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.39 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39 views
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.39 views
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Directional signs in English.38 views
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Park38 views
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Small shrine outside.38 views
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).37 views
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.37 views
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