A lot of round clams are unloaded in Funabashi. Compared to an asari clam, a round clam is much larger. Round clams are getting known as a new Edomae shellfish.
There are secrets behind delicious convenience store oden (Japanese stew). Take a look behind the scene and you will discover some delicious secrets.
Keyword: oden, stew, radish
Nousaku placed his focus on tin, which was said to be too soft
to be used for tableware. If it bends, then use its flexibility as its selling point. It was undoubtedly a turnabout idea.
Keyword: Tin, Tableware, Nosaku
Many of Oita's tourist attractions are hot springs, like the reddish "Lake of Blood Hell" and a "mud springs" called "Bouzu Hell" where mud bubbles up.
The “Onsen Prefecture” slogan is everywhere in Oita.
Keyword: Beppu,onsen,Oita,Japan,hot spring
Dried bonito and kelp dashi are the one of techniques to bring out the umami to the maximum. For many years the four tastes of “sweet, sour, bitter and salty” were the basic tastes in the world of cooking. However, in 2002 umami was scientifically proven to be the “fifth taste” and received the at...
Odate Magewappa or bent woodware made by heating a thinly shaved board of Akita cedar wood and bending it. The skill of a master craftsman is in this part where the bent board and the board are put together. It is shaved with a plane to a thinness of less than a millimeter. Finally, using the bark...
The shape of Magewappa or bent woodware lunch box is basically the same since Edo era. That was because it was so functional that it didn’t need to be changed.
Keyword: Magewappa, Bent woodware, Lunch box
During heavy rainfall when water levels rise above the 1.6 meter-high dam, water flows into this reservoir. The reservoir is about 140meterswide and about 130meters long, and can hold up to 210,000㎡ of water.
Keyword: water, storage, rain, reservoir, architecture, flood, facility, overflow
It's Japan's number one port for Suzuki:Japanese sea bass. Suzuki are unloaded and sorted according to size. They're shipped immediately after the blood is drained. "Edomae", meaning "fish hooked in Tokyo Bay", is printed on each box.
Keyword: fish, Suzuki, fishery, fisherman, Tokyo, Bay
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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...
This is an ultra-thin stainless steel tweezers of 0.2 millimeters. It can be used in very delicate work, such as holding tiny creatures like daphnia and microbes can be held without killing them. There are a few other types. This pair of tweezers with a concave tip is used to fill capsules with med...
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