This is 'purple puffer fish.' It is found in the neighboring waters in Hagi in Yamaguchi. Purple puffer had been mostly used for processed foods. However, when they tried it as sashimi, it tasted as just as good as tiger puffer.
Keyword: fugu, purple puffer fish, sashimi, Hgai, Yamaguchi
Their predecessors loved the Enoden line so much that they were given a carriage, and they even reconstructed their house so that it would fit inside. These bean-jam-filled wafers, “Enoden monaka” are recommended. There are different flavours of beans in each of the 5 charming packages, and they sel...
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
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
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 restaurant's specialty dish is "acqua pazza" with the Edomae
sea bass. The Edomae fish is delivered straight from the port to the restaurant. Edomae fish are not something rare and exotic, but are a part of everyday life for people in Tokyo.
Keyword: restaurant, specialty, dish, fish, cook...
After they remove impurities, they do process called Chiritori to remove waste and hard fibers. It's manual work picking themup one by one. Even if they work all day long, sometimes they can only get a bucketful of the material. After they get the good fiber, they pound and break the fiber in two...
“Ding-dong” bell is the type of bell used on bicycles. We opened one to see how it worked. When you pull the lever, the rotating hammers swing, hitting the protruding part on the inside of the cap, and it rings.
Keyword: bicycle, bell, ding-dong
Ginza Yonchome Intersection is one of the most famous spots in Japan. Ginza is supposed to be the most luxurious town in Japan.
WAKO building with a clock tower is a symbol of Ginza.
Keyword: Ginza, intersection
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