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I love the way the different towns in Japan have their own manhole cover designs. This one was in Kawagoe, I believe.
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Bunka-no-Hi (文化の日) ・Meiji Setsu（明治節）・ Culture Day takes place on the 3rd of November every year. All over Japan, there will be performances of the arts, from dance to shamisen to rakugo! Museums are half-priced or free, and there are live shows all about the city and temples. Make some fun plans for tomorrow and experience a new art for the first time!
ALT An infographic about Culture Day in Japan
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Pro Tip for affordable watch enthusiasts looking for examples in Tokyo: there is nothing for you in Nakano Broadway anymore.
Nearly everything there is luxury brands (Rolex, Omega, Tudor, AP, etc) or expensive vintage pieces; there is effectively nothing below ¥100,000.
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The model work on the dioramas in the National Museum of Japanese History was outstanding. Extremely high quality work, clearly done with care by people who love the subject.
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Here's the video if you're looking for a little break on your Friday afternoon 🙂
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We're going for a walk around the gardens in front of Matsumoto Castle Keep for the latest @RestOfJapan video!
(There link is in the next post, because of Algorithmic Reasons)
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I'm going to try something different for the next @RestOfJapan video; namely it's only going to be about 6 minutes long.
Despite all the "How to Do Good At YouTube" stuff saying "Long videos are the best because they keep eyeballs on YouTube which advertisers like", I'm just not seeing that borne out by the channel analytics.
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Japan no longer has throngs of samurai clamoring for traditionally smelted steel, but artisans and experts in a rural corner of Shimane Prefecture refuse to let their furnaces flame out. ebx.sh/qa5wRj
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I put together a whole video walk-through of the town, so you can see it for yourself!
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The Post Office in the Post Town of Narai-Juku, Nagano, Japan. It's a really interesting place to visit; the main street still has all its wooden buildings preserved much as they were in the Edo Period. In fact...
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The video covers a section of the trail on the Torii Pass, just to the south of Narai-Juku - like the town, preserved much as it was when samurai and merchants alike were walking its cobblestones.
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Ready to walk back in time to the Edo period of Japan? The latest @RestOfJapan video is live now on YouTube - and this time around we're getting a taste of the Nakasendo Trail!
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If you wish there was more of this sort of view in your life, you're going to like next weekend's @RestOfJapan video.
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I put together a whole video on Narai-juku on the @RestOfJapan YouTube channel - it's a fascinating town which still has all its Edo-period wooden shop-houses on the main street!
youtube.com/watch?v=v-FcouCP…