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Yanai Nishigura
This white plastered, 1-story wooden storehouse was built as a soy sauce brewery in the late Taisho Period (around 1920's) . Many people used to call it in its nickname "Nishigura" up until 1980. In order to preserve the building as a valuable historical and cultural heritage, its facade, interior pillars and frames have been maintained as original state. It is now utilized as "Yanai Nishigura", a craft center and a gallery. 【Goldfish-shaped Lantern Making】 Why don't you try making Kingyo Chochin (goldfish-shaped lantern), the traditional folkcraft of Yanai? You simply paste fins and eyes and then draw scales to...
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Yanai Park Hotel
We are only a 5-minute walk from JR Yanai Statin, and reasonably priced with clean facilities.
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Yanai Shirakabe Hanakouyu
This is a spring event for the enjoyment of flowers and scents, created by gathering ideas from a female perspective with the theme of "playing with flowers and scents". With the Shirakabe historic district as a venue, participants play a fan-tossing game, where folding fans are thrown at a target called a "butterfly". People also gather to sing Matsushima Utako's famous songs. Visitors who wear a kimono to the event can receive a special bonus gift.
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Yanai Sports Land (Kart land)
Kart enthusiasts come all the way from outside of Yamaguchi Prefecture to enjoy this full-scale kart course, 720m long and 8-10m width. Kart drivers love in particular our 140m-long straight course. Kart rental service is available. We welcome beginners as well as advanced drivers, anyone who loves or is interested in kart racing.
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Yanai Station Hotel
A 5-minute walk from JR Yanai Station. This hotel is a central hub for business trips as well as independent travel.
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Yanai Sweets Club Chez Kawamoto
Chef Kawamoto was born and raised in Yanai. He opened this sweets shop to express his gratitude to Yanai, his hometown. The sweets, made with “Kanro Soy Sauce”, “Japanese yam”, and other seasonal delicacies, are a source of local pride. Chef Kawamoto’s acclaimed creation, the “Yanai Kanro Soy Sauce Butter Cake”, is a moist, soft baked cake that combines the aroma of soy sauce-flavored butter with a gentle sweetness, and is popular with everyone from children to senior citizens. A perfect souvenir of Yanai.
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Yanai Sweets Festival
"Yanai Sweets Festival" (also known as the "Factory Festival") is held every year at the end of October with a Halloween theme. The Kashinoki factory provides a variety of events together with freshly-manufactured sweets, packed with a daily sense of gratitude, for their many customers to enjoy. This lively festival also includes a Halloween costume contest, which a large number of participants dress up for.
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Yanai Tenjin Spring Festival
This is an annual festival dedicated to the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane. The main festival is held on the Sunday that precedes April 25, the anniversary of Michizane's death, and the pre-festival eve is celebrated the night before. This festival has been held continuously since 1873, excluding a few temporary pauses during war or natural disasters. While many events take place on the main day, such as a ceremonial Kendo tournament, the major highlight is Daimyo Gyoretsu (feudal lord's procession) that parades through the city, modeled on Sankin-Kotai (feudal lord's journey to and from the capital) of the Edo...
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Yanai: a Treasure Trove of Festivals
In Yanai, there are many festivals! Every month, a festival is happening somewhere... Please feel free to come and see!
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Yanairo
A cozy cafe where you can take a break in the white-walled streets. We offer a menu using seasonal ingredients from the local area.
