Manami-No-Risa experieced virtual reality in Tokyo
In rural Japan, there is a place where they can enjoy an unusual space realistically
They headed to Toyama prefecture that is about two hours' trip from JR Tokyo station by Shinkansen
We came here !
Toyama prefecture !
Please have a look at this scenery !
I feel time goes by slowly here
Here is totally difference in the atmosphere from Tokyo
The great gap between here and Tokyo is also very nice
Following Tokyo, we'd like to approach to the charm of Toyama
We'll introduce you the place with a superb view later, where they came
In Toyama, there are a lot of the places where you can experience the culture and techonology filled with the wisdom of ancestors
When you come to Toyama, the place you should visit at first is
Inami, Nanto city
It's a beautiful city, isn't it ? Thank you very much !
Look ! Such sculptures
I can see the wood-carvings of animal on top of the name plate over there
This carving shows the father's zodiac of this shop
They are for grandfather and father
A dog and wild boar, respectively
The zodiac of the head in this family
It's wonderful, isn't it ? Yes, they are
I saw it for the first time
Inami is called "the village of wood carving"
The complex and three-dimensonal sculptures
are dedicated to famous temples and shrines
and furthermore, they are decorated in "Ranma (transom) of Japanese style room in Japan
So, this is Japanese traditional art !
If you come to Inami, you can see the traditional craftmanship close up
Hello !
Are you carving plum or something ?
I'm now carving the part of plum and bamboo in the drawing pattern of "Sho-Chiku-Bai (Pine tree-Bomboo-Plum)
Great !
How long have you taken for this so far ?
It will be completed after a little
It took two months or so
Wow ! Only two months ? Yes !
Mr. Maekawa is a great master of wood-carving with 50 years of experience in this field
He is one of the artists representing famous Inami's wood carvings and has also raised many disciples so far
The most important thing regarding Ranma,
First of all, when I make a preliminary sketch
I have to exactly image in my head what's shaping up to be as a scrupture
I have to draw a picture in my head
Please look at this ! You can understand it easily,
This part is placed at the highest position, and then, here is the next, and so forth
The components of this scrupture are sterically placed at five steps in height,
You have fixed all the steric layout of the components in the mind, right ?
Of course. Otherwise, I can't carve it
Wow, you are great !
There is the building that became the origin of complex and delicate sculpture in Inami
It's Zuisenji (Zuisenji Temple) built in Meitoku first year (1390 A.D.)
Wonderful !
All of these are Inami sculpture, right ?
In particular, the sculpture of the door is very delicate workmanship
The beginning of Inami sculpture is as follows:
When the Zuisenji was burnt out in Houreki 12th year (1762),
A lot of carpenters came by chance from Kyoto
They taught the carpenters of Inami
the carving and various techniques
This is the beginning of the carving of Inami
Really ?
Well, before burning it out, what was the situation ?
There were nothing such carvings at all
It's a great honor for craftmen to engage in the decoration of temples
The works of craftmen competing their skills with one another, are vividly alive even now
It seems that the active craftmen often visit this temple to get useful ideas
Well, from now, I'll take you the place where you can experience wood curving of Inami
Hooray ! I want to do that !
Please do you best for that !
At this traditional Japanese style house,
With shaving a hinoki (Japaneses cypress) by a chisel,
you can make a vessel for drinking Japanese Sake, called "Guinomi"
Mr. Ishimura, a craftman with 25 years' carrier will teach them
All the three are struggling hard with a chisel that they have never used so far
I've carved it excessively
My carving is off the point very much
One hour has passed from starting their works
The very unique "Guinomis" are completed
Mr. Ishimura, which is the best "Guinomi" of the three, reagarding the artistic sense
It's very difficult to decide. Because each of the three is different from the other two
If the view point is different, each one has the biggest reason to become No.1
It's very difficult to decide though, if I'm forced to say,
I think this one is slightly better than others, because it's decisive !
Hooray !
In Toyama, there are more towns where the traditional techniques have been alive
The three came to Takaoka City
Speaking of things that are made in Takaoka City
Takaoka copper wares were exibited at the Paris World Exposition, after that,
they became known throughout the world
About 400 years ago, the founders were invited for the prosperity of the city, since then
Takaoka copper wares symbolized by bronze colored Big Buddha have been supported by many excellent technical groups
for example, the experts who are good at various metalworking
The skilled craftmen who engrave on various cast products such as vases and Buddhist altar fittings etc.,
have come flocking to the Takaoka City
And they came to, in the end
A house !
I feel as if we took back in time
It looks like we were back to the old days
There remains such a thing !
Here, Historic Village of Gokayama Gassho-zukuri-concentrated-area
was registered as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995
The Village is surrounded by 1,500 meters' class mountains
and it's an area of heavy snowfall where 2-3 meters' snow covers the whole village in winter
So, a lot of wisdom of our ancestors is closely packed in this small house of a thatched roof
Excuse me !
This house is high-ceiled
They were allowed to have a look at the inside of the house
Very large !
This house
was built 300 years ago
It's a five-story house
Five stories ?
You can climb up to the fourth floor with this ladder
Immediately, they had him show the upper floor, too
Wow, it's wonderful !
Large. Extremely large !
Larger than I expected
There is something here
Something awesome. What's this ?
What ! What is this ?
Shelves of silkworms. Oh, silkworms
They were raising silkworms here !
In fact, the upper half of this house isn't residence, but
at most houses in this village, the upper half was used for the place to raise silkworms
that produced the raw material of silk
Furthermore, they climbed up the ladder
Look ! Oh, I can see outside
Yes, we can see outside. I can see Gassho-zukuri (the thatched roof house)
It's true !
Superb ! Gassho-zukuri is amazing when we look in this way
The roof is so big !
A little while ago, he said that Gassho-zukuri was constructed without using even one nail
In fact, even one nail is used in this house
Instead of nails, the pillars are held together by lashings
They can construct the house very strongly in this way. Wonderful !
To maintain this Gassho-zukuri house,
They have to replace the cogon grass used for the thatched roof about every 20 years
If you are lucky enough, you can watch the work of re-thatching, too
Gokayama is famous for Washi (Japanese paper) of Gokayama that is tough and difficult to break
You can experience to make the Washi here
Now, please rock it
Oh, it's heavy !
Please rock it lengthwisely as well as crosswisely
It has become increasingly hard
The raw material of Gokayama paper is Mulberry
that is made from Mitsumata plant (paper birch) and/or Ganpi (Diplomorha sikokiana)
The characteristics of the mulberry available here is long fiber compared to those of other places
By using those in large quantities, the fiber can be densely tangled each other,
as a result, extra-tough Washi is made. It's unbreakable !
Amazing !
Even if an extra-strong power is added, it's unbreakable !
The trial sessen for making Washi was over in about 20 minutes
We've made them !
The momory of the journey has become postcards of lovely Washi
In addition, in Gokayama, you can stay
at the Japanese house with old-fashioned thatched roof
We can stay at the house of World Heritage. We are very happy
No green inside the house, and also it's hot outside though,
It's very comfortable here. You are right because of good ventilation !
Thanks to natural wind
Curiously enough, there is no leak in the roof and
In summer, they feel cool enough without an air conditioner
We can also enjoy the cuisine made with local ingredients
This is slices of carp meat washed in cold water
Wow, a carp meat is very beautiful !
Wow ! I'll try a carp meat for the first time !
Dip it in here !
I feel it's a little crunchy !
However it has no unique flavor at all
So, it's really easy to eat
This is a fried Tochi-mochi (rice cake made from Japanese horse-chestnuta)
It's crunchy !
It is fried, so I felt crispy on the surface
but its inside is sweet. It's easy to eat and very delicious !
Thus, the three had a luxurious time in the middle of World Heritage Sites
According to the season, its superb view will change
It's possible to spend a totally different time from Tokyo
We have been to Tokyo and Toyama,
How was it ? Let me see
In Tokyo, we've experienced Virtual Reality (VR) by using the latest technology
we could enter the unusual space materialized by VR technology
I was very excited and had a wonderful time !
In Toyama, we could listen to a variety of stories of the great senior of life
We were very happy !
We actually could go to Gokayama, but as if we had been time-slipped to there
We had very good time
We hope you can experience
By all means, please have a try ! We are waiting for you
In Toyama, there is still a lot of pleasant places and beautiful scenery
If you follow the schedule shown here, you can go around without difficulty
For more information, please search for Hokuriku-Tokyo on the internet
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