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#192 Umamon pickles shop and factory
Yamaguchi ken, Iwakuni shi Umamon Pickling Plant-where you can buy pickled items carefully made with traditional technology-is a pickling...
#186 Hombo Shuzou Brewery
Kagoshima Ken, Yakushima Honbo Sake Brewery began making shochu in this area in 1960. Since then, for more than half a century,...
#180 Tunnel Station for Shochu
Miyazaki Ken, Takachiho Tunnel Station (Tonnel no Eki) is a long-term storage facility for Kagura Sake Brewery's shochu using a tunnel,...
#167 Ukashima Fish Market
Yamaguchi Ken, Suo Oshima Gun Ukashima Sunday morning market is popular as a place where you can buy a variety of fresh seafood at a...
#152 Mameyoshi Tofu Restaurant
Tabuse Cho, Yamaguchi Ken On a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, this Tofu restaurant has been our family favorite for many years. ...
#137 Tachibanaya Dining
Suo Oshima, Yamaguchi Ken Popular ramen shop with iriko dashi soup. Iriko dashi, a producto of Oshima, also known as niboshi dashi, is a...
#129【Event】”Ryujin no Shio” Salt Making Revived in Oshima
Suo Oshima, Yamaguchi Ken Visited this cozy salt making factory on the serene shore, a minute from Tateiwa rock and Crest of the Wave...
#120 Kanbe Kuri Manjyu
Tabuse Cho, Kumage Gun, Yamaguchi Ken A well-known historical wagashi shop in this little town. A minute from JR Tabuse station. A...
#119 Lotus Root Field
Iwakuni Shi, Yamaguchi Ken and vicinity (August, 2022) A field of lotus root plants (a.k.a. renkon or hasu). Used in many Japanese...
#118 Fukumitsu Sake Brewery
Oasa, Hiroshima Ken A historical brewery since 1933 in northern Hiroshima revived by the founder's great-grandson! Through a friend's...
#108 Sagawa Soy Sauce Factory
Yanai Shi, Yamaguchi Ken Sagawa Shoyu has been producing Kanro shoyu soy sauce for over 100 years in Yanai city. Using the huge barrels...
#107 Kamaya Udon/Soba
Yanai Shi, Yamaguchi Ken Udon and soba with strong flat curly noodles. A must visit place every time I go home. My favorite is goboten...
#103 Chuo Jidoshado
Solo drive from Takaido IC to Komaki IC through Chuo Jidoshado highway Rented Suzuki Hustler and started from ANA Crown Hotel Narita, and...
#100 Kyoto Various Spots (2)
Kyoto Trip to Kyoto with my younger daughter in 2017 Summer Photos: Nakamura Toukichi tea store in Uji, Bamboo in Sagano, Construction at...
#99 Kyoto Various Spots (1)
Kyoto Assistant to American High School students Japan Trip in July, 2016 Photos: Uji Byodouin, Kiyomizu Temple, Uzumasa Movie Village,...
#98 Shojin Ryori at Fukuchiin Temple Pilgrim's Lodging
Koya Cho, Wakayama Ken Fukuchiin Shukubo (Pilgrim's Lodging) in Mt. Koya offers Japanese-style accommodations in a historical Buddhist...
#87 Kappabashi Utensils Street
Taito Ku, Tokyo Kappabashi, Japan’s restaurant supply store mecca, is located in Taito Ward between Ueno and Asakusa. At nearly a...
#86 Shibamata
Katsushika Ku, Tokyo Shibamata area is known for "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" - a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora-san, a...
#81 Hokusetsu Sake Brewery
Sado Island, Niigata Ken Sado's sake "Hokusetsu", is loved by the world-famous restaurant "NOBU". On the day I visited, there was a...
#80 Masu zushi
Toyama Ken Masuzushi (鱒寿司) is a type of oshizushi (pressed sushi) and a well-known souvenir of Toyama. Made of vinegared trout sashimi...
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