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2011/11/18 15:30 |
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Along the road named "ipponsugi doori" in Nanano city one can find a remarkable number of traditional crafts still at work in traditional settings. Some buildings dating back to when telephones were still rare (one building still has it's old sign with the telephone number "3") the artisans of Nanano still produce their wares in the simplest of manners. I was lucky enough to see three of these shops frm the inside. ...
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2011/11/18 14:59 |
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Arriving at Kami Tokikunike one pulls into a small car park at the foot of the slope leading up to the building. Set in a small enclosure behind a row of impressive pine trees it is difficult at first to see, but on climbing the short slope and entering the enclosure the building itself comes into view. It is a remarkable building, and evidently has been standing for many many years. With moss growing across it's great thatched roof leading down to an intricately decorated entrance it is hard to understand why so few have heard of it. ...
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2011/11/18 14:34 |
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The Noto peninsula area, in particular around the town of Wajima, is well known for it's salt production. The Agehama saltworks is one of the producers of this salt. At a first look the saltworks did not appear to be more than a few small huts by the ocean, but my visit was on a holiday, and so the salt production was on hold for the day. There are three stages to making salt in the traditional style particular to Wajima. Firstly, salt water is brought of from the ocean and is thrown over wide beds of sand where in the heat of the sun it dries out, absorbing further minerals from the sand which lends the salt it's quality. Once this process is over the sand is gathered up and the salt washed out of it. From here the second stage begins. The salt-water is slowly heated in giant vats, still fuelled by wood fires, until the salt crystalises out. ...
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