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Katsura Catholic Church
Completed in 1965 the Katsura Catholic Church in Kyoto is known as the only George Nakashima-designed building in Japan. The structure of th…
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Hayashi Grape Labo/Greenhouse Window
A greenhouse for growing Muscat in Tsutaka Kita Ward Okayama Prefecture. For the cultivation of Muscat a temperature of approximately 20 °C …
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Kadomi Family Residence/Watchtower Window
This shipping agency in Monzen-machi Kuroshima-machi Wajima City Ishikawa Prefecture got burned down in a large fire in 1871 and was rebuilt…
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Kaisen Donya Shipping Agency, Takita Family Residence/Window and the closet
This is the former residence of the Takita family former shipping agents in Tokoname City Aichi Prefecture. The depth of the thick section o…
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Kosho Shogakudo/Window for Books
The shopfront of this secondhand bookstore in Nakagyo Ward Kyoto features built-in bookcases facing the street by the entrance overflowing w…
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Hatcho Miso Kakukyu/Window of Miso Storehouse
This Hatcho Miso storehouse (okura) in Okazaki City Aichi Prefecture was built in 1907 and is now a museum. The second floor was a site of s…
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House of Sato Mataroku/Window for inner warehouses
A mercantile house in Masuda Yokote City Akita Prefecture with a history of around 350 years. It has been designated as an important nationa…
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Fujiwara Bee Farm/Window for Bees
A bee farm founded in 1901 in Morioka City Iwate Prefecture. Originally beehives were left exposed to the weather outside but in severely co…
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Former Sugihara Residence/Repeated Window for Sericulture
Folk museum in Hakusan Ishikawa Prefecture. This building was constructed by relocating the 1864 private residence of a wealthy farmer in Sh…
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Restored Salt Pan Kamaya/Thatched Roof with Ventilation Window
This is the restored saltworks in the Ako City Marine Science Museum at the Hyogo Prefecture. Ako which is blessed with the calm climate of …
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Logging Railway Engine Shed/Window of the Former Forestry
This is a wooden one-story logging railway engine shed in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The trains enter and leave from the double-ope…
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Mineral Workshop/Polycarbonate Roofing for the Salt Production
Salt workshop in Murakami City Niigata Prefecture. Seawater is suctioned via pump from the nearby Japan Sea to the flat tank outside the bui…
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The Storage Shed/Window of the Traditional Herring Fishing in Hokkaido
A flat wooden fishing boat shed in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The storage shed is a facility used to temporarily store the obtained…
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Former Shimauta Post Office/Wooden Counter and the Window
This is a wooden two-story post office in the Historical Village of Hokkaido built in 1902. It was restored in 1960. The modern-day post off…
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Nasu Shochu Brewery/Shochu, Rice Fields and the Window
A brewery founded in 1917 in Kuma-gun Kumamoto Prefecture. Since its founding it has continued to brew the shochu “Kuma-no-Izumi” by hand su…
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Nanpo Tometaro Shoten/Windows of the Smokehouse
Noriaki Nanpo’s Smokery in Yoichi Hokkaido Prefecture. The facility mainly smokes shrimp Indian salmon scallops and herring. There are gener…
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Ehime Sanshu/Window of the Sericulture House
Three-story wooden sericulture house in Yawatahama Ehime Prefecture built in 1884. The building is still being used today. The interior feat…
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Shinko Clock Shop/Window on the Workbench
Clock store on the island of Osaki Shimojima in Kure Hiroshima Prefecture operating since the Meiji period. The main building on the first f…
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Muto Dyeing/Window of the Drying Tower
A dyeing factory in Hamamatsu City Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant has a tower-shaped drying area remarkable even among nearby plants with a …
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Former Hirose Photo Studio/Roof Glass with Curtains
This is a wooden two-story restored photo studio in the Historical Village of Hokkaido. The roof on the north side is glass known as a singl…
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Suzuki Morihisa Studio/Window of the Ironware Studio
Nanbu Ironware studio in Morioka Iwate Prefecture founded in 1625. The current building dates back to 1885 the year after a large fire broke…
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Uzen Silk Scouring/Window for Steam Discharge
A silk scouring plant founded in 1906 in Tsuruoka City Yamagata Prefecture. Silk scouring is achieved by soaking the raw silk in boiling wat…
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Izumo Mingeishi Studio/Window of Drying Room
Windows of the drying room at a Japanese paper studio. To make Izumo folk-craft paper the pressed paper is affixed to kiln-heated iron plate…
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“Traditional” Balsamic Vinegar in Modena, Northern Italy
Among fruit vinegars made from grapes a balsamic vinegar is an essential seasoning for Italian cuisine. In the city of Modena in northern It…
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Matsumoto Shin String Shop / Window of the Violin Studio
The Matsumoto Shin String Shop in Morioka City Iwate Prefecture is a violin studio founded in 1928 which provides services of making and rep…