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Autumn In Japan: Unganji Temple In Otawara City

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Built in 1450, it is the oldest temple in Kakunodate town. The sanmon gateway is Akita prefecture’s tangible cultural property. The guaridan deva is a work of Emazo, the composer of the Donpan folk song. Also the thousand Buddha statues of Shiraiwa ware, is a magnificent piece of art.

Matsuo Bashō, born Matsuo Kinsaku, then Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa, was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku.

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Autumn In Japan: ‘Genbikei Gorge’ & ‘Fukuroda Falls’

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Genbikei is a two kilometer long ravine on the Iwai River in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It has been designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1927.

Fukuroda Falls is a waterfall located in the town of Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan. It is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty.and is one of “Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls”, per a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.

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Walking Tour Video: Noto Peninsula, MITSUKEJIMA ISLAND In Japan (2020)

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The Noto Peninsula is a peninsula that projects north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The main industries of the peninsula are agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.

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Travel Video: The Autumn Leaves of Chūson-ji Temple In Hiraizumi, Japan

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Chūson-ji Temple is the head temple of the Tendai sect in Tōhoku region, Iwate Prefecture. Chūson-jí was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Because “the Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi” were highly evaluated.

Video timeline: 00:00 タイトル（Title） 00:12 月見坂終盤（Tsukimizaka Slope） 00:24 弁慶堂（Benkeidō Hall） 00:50 参道（an approach to Hondō） 01:08 本堂（Hondō Main Hall） 01:27 峯薬師堂（Mine Yakushidō Hall） 02:30 参道（an approach to Konjikidō） 03:01 阿弥陀堂（Amidadō） 03:20 金色堂前（Konjikidō） 03:32 弁財天堂（Benzai Tendō） 04:21 釈迦堂（Shakadō） 04:41 弁財天堂（Benzai Tendō） 05:30 能楽殿（a Noh theater） 05:50 ライトアップ（illuminated temple）

Map https://goo.gl/maps/n6JL8ipzaqYDjCBd8

Chūson-jí is a Buddhist temple in the town of Hiraizumi in southern Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of the Tendai sect in Tōhoku region of northern Honshu. The temple claims it was founded in 850 by Ennin, the third chief abbot of the sect. 

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Walking Tour Video: Inokashira Park, Kichijoji District In Tokyo, Japan

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Filmed on November 8th, 2020. A walk in Inokashira Park, Kichijoji Tokyo, Japan.

Kichijōji is a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Tokyo, Japan. It is centered on a compact but very popular commercial area to the north of its train station and to the south a little, with a full range of shops, restaurants, bars, and coffee houses. 

Video timeline: 00:00 Preview 00:24 Starting Point 00:32 Kichijoji District / 吉祥寺 00:38 Inokashira Park / 井の頭恩賜公園 01:36 Nanai Bridge / 七井橋 02:09 Inokashira Pond / 井の頭池 05:48 Nanaibashi-dori Street / 七井橋通り 09:27 Inokashira-dori Street / 井の頭通り 14:53 Kichijoji Station / 吉祥寺駅 17:30 Kichijoji Sunroad / 吉祥寺サンロード 18:51 Motomachi Street / 元町通り 23:29 Taisho dori Avenue / 大正通り 25:05 Nishinijo Street / 西二条通り 27:28 Showa-dori Street / 昭和通り 28:38 Kichijoji Avenue / 吉祥寺通り

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Life In A Cabin: Daily Work Routine In Kyushu, Japan

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Taro, windows, replanting, and bamboo Fire Blower.

JUST WORKING SILENTLY. This place is part of my homestead. and this cabin is second home and also serves as a disaster shelter. There’s electricity. Water is brought in from a nearby spring (and is drinkable). LAMP (female dog) and YONA (female cat) are usually in the main house. Orange Tabby’s GWIN (male cat) is elusive. He came out of nowhere on the eve of one typhoon (summer 2020).

Location: Kyushu, Japan.

Kyushu, the southwesternmost of Japan’s main islands, has a mostly subtropical climate. It’s known for its active volcanoes, beaches and natural hot springs such as those at Beppu. Its city of Fukuoka is home to museums, mega-malls and Kushida-jinja, an 8th-century Shinto shrine. The city of Nagasaki’s 1945 devastation by an atomic bomb is commemorated at the Nagasaki Peace Park and Atomic Bomb Museum.

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Foods: How Japan Has Been Making Soy Sauce For Over 220 Years (Video)

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Masatsugu Fueki uses the same traditional practice of making soy sauce that his predecessors used at Japan’s Fueki Syoyu Brewing over 220 years ago. Fueki takes us through the factory and the multi-step natural brewing process which only uses three ingredients — soybeans, flour, and salt.

Credits: Producers: Carla Francescutti, Pelin Keskin Director/Camera: Tofu Media Editor: Carla Francescutti