Tokyo Station is located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo. Served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways and the Tokyo Metro network, the station is crowded with commuters.
Keyword: Tokyo, station, Marunouchi, business district, crowd, commuter
The autumn colors are magical in this valley. It's a soothing natural hot spring. Shiobara Onsen is about two hours from Tokyo city.
Keyword: hot spring, onsen, autumn, soothing, Nasu, Shiobara
Food
Travel/Landmarks
CJ105 Onsen-Tamago (Egg Slow-boiled in a Hot Spring)
To make a great-looking egg requires mixing the hot spring components while withstanding the heat. Once boiled, they're then steamed with a temperature of 100 degree to finish. It takes about an hour to complete the work, while standing the whole time. The ready-to-eat black eggs are carried to the...
This is Edomae Tempura Bowl. The eel is too long to fit in the bowl. Rounded off with shrimp and scallops, this is a very filling meal. It's covered in sauce, and yet the coating is still crisp.
Keyword: tendon, tempura bowl, eel, shrimp, scallop, meal
This is how they brew the Kamakura beer. First, hot water is boiled in the huge tank. Next, you put malt in. 120 kgs of malt is added to make mash for 1500 (12 ounce) bottles. After boiling malt for a few hours, the mash is finally ready. Next the mash goes into the filter. The brown liquid squ...
The food samples are made with Japanese craft skills. Beer with the waterdrops on the glass looks real and is quite popular at the store.
Keyword: plastic food, sample, store, handmade, craftsman
Shinjuku Golden Gai has about 260 bars. People that are involved in the entertainment industry and writers frequently visit the area.
Keyword: Shinjuku, nightlife, bar, district, street, stroll
Architecture
Culture
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...
Industry/Factory
CJ65 Blue LED Lights on the Production of Strawberry
Strawberries normally bud and fruit around four times in a season. But growing them under these blue LEDs, they bear fruits about six times. The harvest is 1.5 times greater. However, the blue LEDs used here are not blue.
Actually, these blue LEDs are painted with yellow fluorescent paint to make ...
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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