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Sapporo in Hokkaidō is home to Japan’s only museum of beer—called, appropriately enough, the Sapporo Beer Museum. It is located in an impressive brick building that was constructed in 1890 and served as a brewery from 1905 to 1965. After viewing the exhibits, which offer glimpses of beer’s history in Japan since its introduction in the latter part of the nineteenth century, visitors can sample various brews in the beer-tasting room. The museum is a popular attraction for adult tourists. Next door is the Sapporo Beer Garden, where drinkers and diners can choose among five restaurants.
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サッポロビール園 Sapporo Beer Garden Hokkaido JAPAN 北海道
The Sapporo Beer Museum (サッポロビール博物館) is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the best beer museum in Japan. The red-brick building was erected originally as a factory of the Sapporo Sugar Company in 1890, and later opened as a museum in 1987. The building also houses the Sapporo Beer Garden in the south wing.
The Sapporo Beer Garden is the only place where you can taste all of Hokkaido's greatest foods at one location.
Please come to the Sapporo Beer Garden and eat and drink as much Genghis Khan and beer as you can!
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How Japan's North is Like Canada... But Not
I finally went to Japan's Northernmost prefecture: Hokkaido. As the plane was descending, I thought to myself, huh, this looks a bit like Canada. Thanks to the following for providing for my family's travel, accommodations, and food.
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Sapporo Brewery
Sapporo Breweries Limited is a Japanese brewery founded in 1876. It is the oldest brand of beer in Japan. It was first brewed in Sapporo, Japan in 1876 by the German-trained brewer Seibei Nakagawa. Their world headquarters are in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo. The company purchased the Canadian company Sleeman Breweries in 2006.
The company has five breweries in Japan, the Sleeman brewery in Canada, and Sapporo Brewing Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. The main brands are Sapporo Draft; Yebisu; and Sleeman Cream Ale. Sapporo Premium has been the #1 selling Asian beer in the United States since Sapporo U.S.A., Inc. was first founded in 1984.
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CRAFT BEER in Sapporo
月と太陽
Well you know what summer means in Hokkaido?
Beer glorious beer!
We checked out Moon and Sun Brewing located near Odori's Tanuki Arcade.
This craft beer bar not only serves the best domestic craft beers but brews their own!
Next July they'll also appear at the #sapporocraftbeerforest
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Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory - Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan
Kali ini tim Perut Gendut mengunjungi pabrik coklat ternama di Jepang, tepatnya di Sapport, Hokkaido. Yuk simak pembuatan coklat-coklat lucu dan menggemaskan ala Jepang yang sudah ternama di seluruh dunia.
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RAMEN FACTORY in KYOTO! Ramen Lovers' UTOPIA
If you are a ramen lover like I am, you are gonna eventually start wanting to create your own ramen. and there is a great place for you. Todays japanesquest, i wanna take you to the RAMEN FACTOY in KYOTO where you can cook your own Ramen!
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시내 유노카와 지구에는 트라피스틴 수도원이 있다. 1898년 프랑스에서 파견된 8명의 수녀들이 세운 수녀원으로, 홋카이도 가톨릭 역사의 출발점이다. 지금의 건물은 화재로 인해 1927년에 다시 지었는데, 단아하고 이국적인 멋을 풍긴다. 일본에서는 기독교 비중이 낮아 수도원이 드문 탓일까. 많은 관광객들이 찾아오고 특히 가톨릭 신자에게는 성지 같은 곳이다. 신자는 아니지만 나 역시 마음이차분해지고 경건해진다.
[English: Google Translator]
Yunokawa downtown district has a blood Augustine Monastery Trabzon. In 1898, France dispatched an eight nuns built a convent, is the starting point of Hokkaido Catholic history. Now the building is not eotneunde again in 1927 due to fire, bringing the exotic and graceful fashion. Is this the Christian monastery is rare because lower weight in Japanese. Many tourists come to find a place for the Holy Land, especially as Catholics. But it is also devout believers and the mind becomes calm.
[Japanese: Google Translator]
市内湯の川地区には、トラ被ティン修道院がある。 1898年にフランスから派遣された8人の修道女が立てた修道院で、北海道カトリックの歴史の出発点である。今の建物は火災によって1927年に再び建てた、優雅でエキゾチックな趣を漂わせる。日本では、キリスト教の割合が低く修道院が珍しいせいだろうか。多くの観光客が訪れて、特にカトリックは聖地のような場所である。信者ではないが、私も心が落ち着き敬虔なる。
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■클립명: 아시아036-일본06-16 일본 가톨릭의 출발점, 하코다테 트라피스틴 수도원/Trappistine Monasteries/Hakodate/Catholic
■여행, 촬영, 편집, 원고: 신동조 PD (travel, filming, editing, writing: KBS TV Producer)
■촬영일자: 2008년 12월 December
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아시아,Asia,,일본,Japan,Nihon,Nippon,신동조,2008,12월 December,홋카이도,Hokkaido,Hokkaido,북해도
WHAT CAN I GET FOR $30 (BRANDED BAGS) AT RECYCLE SHOP JAPAN
COME CHECK THIS AWESOME STORE LOCATED IN KASUKABE SAITAMA
it is not nearby tourist spot in japan but I guess they have another branch near TOKYO OSAKA ETC.
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【K】Japan Travel-Niigata[일본 여행-니가타]미나미우오누마, 동화나라 눈 축제/Fairyland Snow Festival/Minami Uomuma/Food Cart
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이웃도시(도오카마치)에 이어 1950년 시작된 이 눈 축제는 일본의 3대 눈 축제 중 하나다. 요즘같이 제설 시설이 발달하지 않아, 눈이 초래하는 불편이 더 컸던 시절, 이왕이면 눈을 즐겨보자는 발상의 전환에서 시작됐다고 한다. 지역주민들이 직접 참여해 눈 집을 짓고 동화나라의 주인공이 된다. 눈 축제장의 중앙에 설상무대가 자리 잡고 있었다. 대형트럭 900대 분량의 눈으로 쌓았다는데, 최근 인기사극의 소재가 된 이 지역성을 재현했다고 한다. 이틀 동안 이곳에서 전통공연이 펼쳐진다. 금강산도 식후경, 축제에 음식이 빠질 수 없다. 무슨 음식이기에 이렇게 길게 줄을 섰는지 다가가보니, 타고야끼, 문어 빵이다. 밀가루 반죽에 문어와 야채를 넣고 구운 일본의 대표적 간식이다. 몇 해 전 부턴 외국 음식노점도 등장했다. 다양한 사람들이 함께 즐기는 축제로 만들어가고 있다. “맛있어요” 밤이 되며 축제의 무대가 달아올랐다. ‘타이코’라는 일본 전통 북인데, 울림이 크고 장중했다. 이 지역을 무대로 펼쳐졌던 무사들의 대하 서사극이 흥미진진하다. 축제는 하얀 눈 조각에 전통의 꽃무늬를 곱게 수놓으며 마지막을 장식했다.
[English: Google Translator]
The neighboring town snow festival began in 1950 followed by (Fig Oka Town) is one of the three Snow Festival in Japan. This facility does not develop as snow days, snow has caused inconvenience to the bigger days, let's enjoy the snow as long as it has been started from the conversion of ideas. Local residents are directly involved building a house is the protagonist of the eye fairyland. In the middle of a snow snowmobile chukjejang stage it was located. He built up a large truck with a 900 worth eyes, reproduce this locality has been the material of recent popular drama. The traditional concert held at this place for two days.
[Japanese: Google Translator]
近隣の町（もオルカ町）に続き、1950年に始まったこの雪祭りは、日本の3大雪祭りの一つだ。最近のように除雪施設が発達していない、目がもたらす不快感がより大きかった時代、どうせなら目を楽しんでみようという発想の転換から始まったとする。地域住民が直接参加し、目に家を建ておとぎの国の主人公となる。目祭り会場の中央に雪上ステージが位置していた。大型トラック900台分の目で重ね合わせたのに、最近人気時代劇の素材となったこの地域性を再現したという。二日間、ここでは、伝統公演が繰り広げられる。
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■클립명: 아시아036-일본07-20 미나미우오누마, 동화나라 눈 축제/Fairyland Snow Festival/Minami Uomuma/Food Cart
■여행, 촬영, 편집, 원고: 김동렬 PD (travel, filming, editing, writing: KBS TV Producer)
■촬영일자: 2009년 2월 February
[Keywords]
아시아,Asia,,일본,Japan,Nihon,Nippon,김동렬,2009,2월 February,혼슈,Honshu,Honshu,본주
The Delights of Craft Beer & Japanese Cuisine
The Delights of Craft Beer & Japanese Cuisine
Highlighting the quality ingredients, craftsmanship, and uniqueness of Japanese craft beer, Japan Society holds its second lecture and tasting event. Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, author of The Brewmaster's Table and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Companion to Beer, speaks on the appeal of Japanese craft beers and brewing methods, which produce beers that pair well with Japanese cuisine. Followed by a tasting of Japanese craft beers and beers influenced by Japanese cuisine. Beers that will be served include two luxury ales from Nippon Craft Beer that are not yet available in the States: Kagua Rouge and Kagua Blanc. More information to be announced.
Participating Beers:
Baird Brewing Company Rising Sun Pale Ale
Baird Brewing Company Kurofune Porter
Baird Brewing Company Red Rose Amber
Brooklyn Brewery Sorachi Ace
Brooklyn Brewery Kaedama Ale
Echigo Beer Company Echigo Stout
Echigo Beer Company Koshihikari
Echigo Beer Company Premium Red Ale
Ise Kadoya Microbrewery Gemnai Ale
Ise Kadoya Microbrewery India Pale Ale
Nippon Craft Beer Kagua Rouge
Nippon Craft Beer Kagua Blanc
Orion Breweries Ltd
Orion Beer Lager Draft
Ryujin Shuzo Ozeno Yukidoke IPA
Ryujin Shuzo Ozeno Yukidoke White Weitzen
Yoho Brewery Yona Yona Pale Ale
Yoho Brewery Aooni IPA
Yoho Brewery Tokyo Black Porter
Beer in Japan
The four major beer producers in Japan are Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory producing mainly pale-colored light lagers with an alcohol strength of around 5.0% ABV. Pilsner style lagers are the most commonly produced beer style in Japan, but beer-like beverages, made with lower levels of malts called happoshu or non-malt happōsei have captured a large part of the market, as tax is substantially lower on these products.
Microbreweries have also gained increasing popularity since deregulation in 1994, supplying distinct tasting beers in a variety of styles that seek to match the emphasis on craftsmanship, quality, and ingredient provenance often associated with Japanese food.
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The Naked Man Festival ★ ONLY in JAPAN #01 岡山「裸祭り」
On one of the winter's coldest nights in Japan, you will find 10,000 screaming men running the streets around Okayama's Saidaiji Temple naked except for a thin loin cloth. It's one of the most unusual sights you can see in Japan -- and it's also an festival you can take part in -- which is my experience recorded in this episode.
But I wanted to get a little deeper into the meaning of this festival so get ready for the complete story.
For over 500 years, Japan's third oldest festival is one of its most unique. 9000 mostly naked men celebrate in the cold for religious and traditional reasons and John is there to report as a participant.
We will look around the city of Okayama, it's castle, Korakuen, and go to Saidaiji temple to preview the fest.
In the evening, John gets ready with a group at a local company. Learn the insides of this amazing festival from from you need to enter, things to buy and the deep religious and spiritual meaning.
The Naked Man Festival or Hadaka Matsuri in Japanese is held on the third Saturday in February. You don't need to sign up in advance, but it helps if you go early and make friends. Just go and find a tent that will host you. The fee is about 3000 yen and you get access to the tent, the fundoshi (Japanese thong) and equipment, place to store your things and stay warm before and after.
See the Miyazaki Hadaka Matsuri at Aoshima here:
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San Francisco to Tokyo in under SIX hours Japan Airlines invests in supersonic comeback
San Francisco to Tokyo in under SIX hours Japan Airlines invests in supersonic comeback.The money will be going to Boom Supersonic, Japan Airlines announced today, in the hope the Denver-based company can successfully develop an aircraftwhich can slash flight times. The speed in which they hope the new planes can travel is 1,450 miles an hour. This means a trip from SanFrancisco to the Japanese capital, Tokyo, could take just five and a half hours, according to Boom’s founder Blake Scholl. Flights to Tokyo
【K】Japan Travel-Fukuoka[일본 여행-후쿠오카]야나기바시 연합시장, 수제 어묵/Yanagibashi Market/Fish Cake
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무려 60년간 인기를 유지한 어묵가게도 있다. 보기에도 투박한 어묵이지만 왠지 먹음직스럽다. 오래전부터 사랑받아온 어묵에 귀여운 캐릭터 어묵까지 그래도 중요한 건 재료란다. “맛이 중요합니다. 예로부터 고기보다 생선이 인기가 좋았고, 옛날부터 장사가 계속 잘 되었습니다.” 한평생 어묵장사를 하셨다는 어르신은 만드는 과정을 보여주신다 한다. 예전의 비해 기계화 되었지만 아직도 반죽만큼은 손맛으로 승부하신다. 그리고 그날 판매할 어묵은 당일에 만드는 게 철칙. 이게 바로 할머니 어묵의 인기비결이 아닐까.
[English: Google Translator]
Fish cake shop is also maintaining the popular whopping 60 years. See also am somewhat clumsy but appetizing fish cakes. Cute characters long time until fish cakes fish cakes still in love with Miranda has received important thing material. The taste is important. Fish is good and popular than meat from eg trade since ancient times has been well continue. Hasyeotdaneun a lifetime fish paste and buried Tao gives you through the process of creating. Although mechanized than the old dough as much as He still compete in the hands. And that day is to make fish cakes to sell on the day cardinal rule. Maybe this is the secret of this very popular fish cakes grandmother.
[Japanese: Google Translator]
なんと60年間人気を維持したかまぼこ店もある。見た目にも粗悪なかまぼこですが、なぜかうまそうだ。古くから親しまれてきたかまぼこにかわいいキャラクターかまぼこまでそれでも重要なのは材料だそうだ。 「味が重要です。昔から肉よりも魚が人気が良かった、昔から商売が続けています。生涯かまぼこ商売をされたという年配の方は、作成するプロセスを示してくださるする。以前のに比べ、機械化されたが、まだ生地だけ味で勝負れる。そして、その日の販売するかまぼこは当日に作るのが鉄則。これがまさにおばあちゃんかまぼこの人気の秘訣ではないか。
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■클립명: 아시아036-일본12-09 야나기바시 연합시장, 수제 어묵/Yanagibashi Market/Fish Cake
■여행, 촬영, 편집, 원고: 이승한 PD (travel, filming, editing, writing: KBS TV Producer)
■촬영일자: 2011년 3월 March
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Japan Trip 2013 Tokyo Shinjuku-Dōri UNIQLO ISETANI pedestrian precinct 09
Isetan
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Isetan (伊勢丹 Isetan) (TYO: 8238 unlisted on March 26, 2008, SGX: I15) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and East Asia, including Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Jinan, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin and formerly in Hong Kong, London and Vienna.
On April 1, 2008, Isetan and Mitsukoshi were merged under a joint holding company called Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO: 3099).
Uniqlo
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Uniqlo Co., Ltd. (株式会社ユニクロ Kabushiki-gaisha yunikuro) (pronounced YOU-nee-klo) is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. The company, originally a division of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., has been a wholly owned subsidiary since November 2005, listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
In addition to Japan, the company operates in China, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
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Shinjuku (新宿区 Shinjuku-ku, New Lodge) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the busiest train station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration centre for the government of Tokyo.
As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 312,418 and a population density of 17,140 persons per km². The total area is 18.23 km².
Kabukichō, Tokyo
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Kabukichō (歌舞伎町?) is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kabukichō is the location of many host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the Sleepless Town (眠らない街). The district's name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built, the name stuck.
The area has many movie theaters, and is located near Shinjuku Station, Seibu Shinjuku Station, and several other major railway and subway stations.
History
Originally, the area was known as Tsunohazu (角筈?) and was a swamp. After the Meiji Period, the area became a duck sanctuary. As the Yodobashi Purification Plant was built in 1893, the ponds were filled in. In 1920, a girl's school was built there, and the surroundings were developed into a residential area. During World War II, the bombing of Tokyo in 1945 razed the area to the ground. After the war, a kabuki theatre was planned to be built there and the town changed its name to Kabukichō. Though the theatre was cancelled due to financial problems, the name remained. Kabukichō was quickly redeveloped after the war, mainly due to the efforts of the overseas Chinese in Japan who bought land left unused after the expos and greatly developed them. Examples of such people include the founder of Humax, Lin Yiwen, who started his business with a cabaret.
At present, Kabukichō has transformed from a residential area to a world famous red-light district housing over three thousand bars, nightclubs, love hotels, massage parlours, hostess clubs and the like. Although referred here as a red light district, there are no red lights in the literal sense with prostitutes in the windows as in Amsterdam. Recently, tourism from China and Korea are on the rise, and so, many tourists can be seen in Kabukichō even during daytime.
The Shinjuku Koma Theater has been a landmark in Kabukichō. Now in its third building, it has hosted concerts and other performances by top stars, including enka singers Saburō Kitajima, Kiyoshi Hikawa, and actor Ken Matsudaira. The management has announced that they will close after the December 31, 2008 show.
Crime
According to a spokesperson of Metropolitan Tokyo in 2004, there are more than 1,000 yakuza members in Kabukichō, and 120 different enterprises under their control.
Entering the new millennium, laws were more strictly enforced and patrols became more frequent. These, adding to the installation of fifty closed-circuit cameras in May 2002, reduced criminal activities in Kabukichō, amidst controversy.
In 2004, the police undertook an operation clamping down on illegal clubs and brothels, causing many to go out of business. Also, there is a movement to rid Kabukichō of the yakuza (bad hand gangs), known as the Kabukichō Renaissance.
Yokohama Reito discusses impact of earthquake and tsunami on Japanese-caught seafood
Teppei Arai, assistant manager of fisheries for Yokohama Reito Co. Ltd. in Japan, talks about the impact of the mid-March earthquake and tsunami on the reputation of Japanese-caught seafood, and what his company is doing about it, at the European Seafood Exposition on Thursday.