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Kazanko Dondo
The traditional New Year's event "Dondo-yaki", where New Year's decorations and calligraphy are burned as a prayer for good health and an abundant harvest, is hosted at Fureai-Dokoro 437. +H4:H16
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Kijiya
We are a souvenir shop selling a wide variety of local products and traditional folk crafts, including famous confectionery called "Tsuki De Hirotta Tamago (Eggs picked up on the Moon)". Kingyo Chochin (goldfish-shaped lanterns), Yanai-jima (traditional fabric) and Japanese-designed goods and crafts are also popular. Please feel free to use our relaxing space and take a break.
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Kingyo Chochin (goldfish-shaped lanterns)
Yanai’s traditional folkcraft from Edo period (17th-19th centuries) Kumatani Rinzaburo, a highly successful merchant of Edo (former name of Tokyo), invented this lantern inspired by Nebuta ornaments found in Aomori Prefecture. Made of washi-paper and bamboo framework, painted with the same dyeing material as Yanai-jima textile, they were hung out outside as guiding lanterns to help the ancestors’ spirits to come back home during Obon period. Today, the town holds a lantern festival on the 13th of August every year. The fantastical look of swinging goldfish lanterns along white-walled streets in the evening during early August is a typical image...
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Kingyo Chochin Festival
Held every year on August 13, this is one of summer's biggest events, based on the motif of Yanai's folkcraft "kingyo chochin" (goldfish-shaped lanterns). People who return to Yanai for the Obon holiday are welcomed with their hometown's folkcraft. The festival venue is decorated with goldfish lanterns, around 2,500 of which are illuminated. The gentle light that emanates from the goldfish lanterns creates a dreamlike ambience. The major highlight is the "Kingyo Nebuta" festival float, which parades majestically, and sometimes boisterously, around the venue. The "Kingyo Chochin Odori" dance, performed by the Ryusenkai group, is also a must-see. Held in...
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Kintai Bridge (Iwakuni City)
Kintaikyo Bridge is a nationally-designated Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan’s three greatest bridges. It is a wooden five-arched structure that spans the clear waters of the Nishiki River. The bridge is approximately 193 meters long (approximately 210 meters along the bridge face), and roughly 5 meters wide. It was built using the “Kigumi” joinery technique, employing girder binders and clamps. The exquisite and unique arched bridge structure is considered to be faultless even when viewed from the perspective of modern bridge engineering. A variety of vividly colorful seasonal scenery can be enjoyed here, from the cherry blossoms...
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Kirak 411
A food shop that specializes in Western-style delicatessen dishes. With a rich variety of products, including bento meal boxes, imported ingredients, and wines.
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KIRAKU
A stylish dining bar tucked away along the Yanai River. The wine and prosciutto ham will stimulate conversation.
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Kisaka Syobundo Stationery, Shirakabe Branch
This store’s slogan is “The local pioneering stationer with a nostalgic atmosphere”. The company was founded in 1894 (Meiji 27), and thrived as a wholesaler during the Meiji and Showa periods, leaving traces of that role even today. The interior of the store is designed to evoke an old-fashioned school. Items such as Yanai’s famous folkcraft “kingyo chochin” (goldfish-shaped lanterns), as well as original stationery and goods that incorporate “kingyo chochin” motifs, are gladly received as gifts for daily use. The store’s range of nostalgic stationery and toys is also a must-see.
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Kisaka Syobundo Stationery, Yanai Chuo Branch
This store’s slogan is “The local stationer that opens up and creates”. Visitors will be introduced to “high quality stationery, unaffected by fashion trends” and “Syobundo’s original ‘kingyo chochin’ stationery”, beloved by the store manager and staff. In addition, the store is developing a role as “the stationer that creates”, offering office design and stationery workshop services (production of “inkan” seals, business cards, etc.) that are helpful to local people, with the motto of “speediness”.
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Kobo Chaya (workshop and café) BASARA GAMA
Please try Yanai's specialty "Cha-gayu" (rice porridge cooked with roasted green tea) and Udon noodles made with local spring water called "Kimmei-sui". As our restaurant is situated next to the sweets factory of Asahi Confectionary and pottery workshop, you can enjoy these facilities before and after your meal. ＊Closed for the time being.
