A single silk thread is made by twisting fibers from five cocoons into one. Pay attention to the left side of the screen. One of the cocoon fibers is about to run out of fiber. Before it is depleted, another fiber is quickly added, and the spent cocoon is cut away. Adding a new fiber happens in the blink of an eye. When seen in super slow motion, the new cocoonfiber can be seen drawn into the silk thread.
Keyword: silk, cocoon, thread, fiber, production, super slow motion
Thick cuts of pacific saury sashimi melt on your tongue. Minced saury dish made with a unique blend of miso paste and leek is also very popular.
Keyword: sanma, sashimi, restaurant, pacifc saury
The best-selling product here is what is called 'Shibori Tomato,' or dry-farmed tomatoes grown in Tamakawa village. It looks just like other varieties of tomato, but is different. It has much higher sugar content than usual tomato.
Keyword: tomato, Tamakawa, shibori
Now 70 % of fishermen in Japan use plastic octopus pots. Almost all the plastic octopus pots are made by one company. The durability is not the only reason behind its popularity. It's the special shapes they offer.
Keyword: octopus, pot fishery
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
Kamaboko is processed fish paste molded into a variety of patties.
At this shop they also sell "oden," a dish where various ingredients are simmered in a broth. It seems unlikely that such a shop would sell croquettes, but here are The Oden Croquette sold for 60 cents each.
This croquette is diffe...
The Oumi-cho market is the locals’ kitchen. There are 183 stalls, selling crab and seafood from the Japan Sea, and local Kaga-brand vegetables.
Keyword: Oumi-cho, Local, Market
The man begins to make superior gardening shears by placing blade steel onto a piece of heated iron. The metal is repeatedly heated and forged. By repeating this process again and again, the iron gradually takes the shape of shears. Next is the most important stage: grinding the forged blade. Th...
'Onigawara are ridge-end roof tile depicting the face of an Oni or Japanese ogre. Since ancient times they've been used as talismans. Today, the designs for Onigawara are not limited to ogres, but include many different designs.
Keyword: roof, tile, archtecture, oni, ogre, talisman, design
There are only about 30 farm families that produce all the quail eggs in Japan. And more than half of these are located in the Toyohashi area.
Keyword: quail, egg, farm, Toyohashi
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