They begin whitebait fishing near Enoshima island. Whitebait are mostly young anchovies and sardines. The fish are so tiny that a finely-woven fishing net is used. The fish are silveryand lively.
The National Diet Building is the center of Japan's politics, which is in Nagata-cho, Tokyo. It features a pyramid-like tower in its center. The cherry blossoms in front of the building are beautiful in spring.
Keyword: The National Diet Building, Tokyo, cherry blossom, spring
There's the abundant nature. The island is aiming for world heritage listing. There's Oshima Tsumugi silk, which has a history of 1,300 years. Time also seems to pass very slowly on Amami Oshima.
Keyword: Amami Oshima, Tsumugi silk, nature
Chasu-men is the ramen noodle with slowly-stewed, huge chunk of special pork that melts the moment it's in your mouth.
Keyword: ramen, chashu-men, pork
The apples used for the juice are grown in Aomori.
The apples are crushed whole, and the juice is squeezed. Kougyoku, or Jonathan, are acidic apples of which there aren't many Japanese growers any more. This acidic taste is what differentiates the juice from other apple juices, so the company signe...
The next food festival we visited was a 'meat festival' that is held in Tokyo.This event is very popular and it drew a record number of 81,000 visitors on a single day.The visitors come to enjoy tasty meat dishes.At this event, 50 famous meat stores from all across Japan open stalls.It caters to mea...
Two boats use one net to surround a school of fish, and catch the bulk. They empty their catch into the transport boat.
Keyword: fish, fishery, fisherman, boat, catch, net, Funabashi, port
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CJ57 The Process of Making Onigawara (Japanese Ornamental Tile)
The process of making Onigawara is a clay art. The craftman uses nothing other than his fingers and a pallet. He works by hand this way all day long, paying careful attention to each step. Even if he works all day long, it takes 3 full days to make one of this size.
Keyword: roof, tile, archtec...
Kirie or paper cutting art is the picture cut out from a sheet of paper. First one is a piece created to look like a painting done in a single, continuous stroke. You can even see each strand of hair on next design. For the last one, you see different things from different angles.
Keyword: paper...
Conger eel rice bowl, made with a secret recipe sauce to match the wild eel taste is served at a restaurant with a 220 year history.
Keyword: eel, unagi, restaurant
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