Mapping Kyoto Streets - 2012/06/27 - Nijo-dori

Jun. 27, Wed.
Nijo-dori

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Nijo-dori, which runs 3.5 kilometers east-west, shows us various different faces of Kyoto. At the one end of the road is the Okazaki area, a concentration of modern Kyoto history. Along the way in various neighborhoods, we find craftsmen - traditional and modern - and many renovated Kyoto machiya-style townhouses. At the other end of the road is a World Heritage site showcases the dazzling prosperity of the Edo Period. Despite being a short street, Nijo-dori reveals much about Kyoto and shows the local's passion for preserving Kyoto's culture for future generations.
Enjoy this trip along Nijo-dori.

Presenter:
Hiroki Sato
Radio Personality,
Alfa Station, Kyoto

Born in Hokkaido, Sato has lived in Kyoto for 37 years. While enrolled in the Department of British and American Studies at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, he took leave to work at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya. On graduating, Sato taught English before becoming a radio personality for the Alpha Morning Kyoto show at FM Kyoto (Alfa Station).
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MAPPING Nijo-dori

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Heian Jingu Shrine
Kyoto City Zoo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Hosomi Museum
Nijo-Kawahigashi
Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Hall
Shuhan-Kawatomo
Cafe Bibliotic Hello!
IREMONYA
Nijo Surugaya
Hori Kyuraido
Tsujiwa Kanaami
Yakuso Jinshi
Honke Owariya
Nijo-jo

Heian Jingu Shrine
Built in 1895 as a monument for the Fourth National Industrial Exhibition, Heian Jingu was constructed with donations by locals and the entire country. Shin'en, the garden surrounding the shrine pavilions, has an expansive atmosphere and uses water fed by the Lake Biwa Canal. Garyu-kyo, the dragon-shaped bridge that spans the pond, and other features are testimony to the landscaper's skill.

http://www.heianjingu.or.jp/

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Kyoto City Zoo
The Kyoto City Zoo, opened in 1903, attracts over 700 thousand visitors annually. See the powerful tiger walk the suspended walkways. The zoo has succeeded in breeding gorillas in captivity, which is difficult, and an infant was born last year.

http://www5.city.kyoto.jp/zoo/

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
The museum's exhibit focuses on representative works of Japanese modern art. View the 425 works by potter Kanjiro Kawai, who made Kyoto his base.

http://www.momak.go.jp/

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Hosomi Museum
Hosomi Museum holds many works by eccentric Edo Period painter, Ito Jakuchu. Experience Japan's traditional tea culture at the tearoom located on the top floor.

http://www.emuseum.or.jp/

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Nijo-Kawahigashi
Kyoto carried out major rezoning after the fires of 1708. Most of the temples, which give this area its distinctive atmosphere, were relocated here after the fires.

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Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Hall
Genzo Shimadzu, who was born into a family of Buddhist-altar craftsmen at Nijo-Kiyamachi, established Shimadzu Corporation, a precision instrument manufacturer, in 1875. View Shimadzu's advanced achievements that diffused Japanese technology, such as the first medical x-ray machine in Japan, at the Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Hall.

http://www.shimadzu.co.jp/visionary/memorial-hall/

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Shuhan-Kawatomo
Shuhan-Kawatomo's specialty is the salted fish dried overnight, which the owner makes himself. The restaurant, a renovated machiya-style building, fills with the savory aroma of fish broiling over a charcoal fire. The seasonal kamameshi - Japanese pilaf - is also a popular dish.

http://www.kawatomo.jp/

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Cafe Bibliotic Hello!
This café - another renovated machiya - has a tropical exterior. The bookshelves, inside, soar to the ceiling of the second floor. Their smoothies made with chilled fruits are highly recommended. The café also has tables with excellent views of the courtyard at the back, a feature of machiya-style buildings.

http://cafe-hello.jp/

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IREMONYA
Storage containers have long been called, iremon, in Kyoto. IREMONYA sells imaginative products with unique faces. Their distinct features are the charming faces. The fiberboard used in the light, durable containers is made mainly from recycled paper.

https://www.iremonya.com/

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Nijo Surugaya
Nijo Surugaya's main products are Japanese sweets used in tea ceremony. Wooden molds with carvings of flowers and other designs are used to create these beautiful, fresh and dried sweets.

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Hori Kyuraido
Hori Kyuraido is vital for many Japanese sweets makers in Kyoto. The wooden molds sold here are also works of art. The ceramic molds make a perfect, reasonably priced gifts.

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Tsujiwa Kanaami
Tsujiwa Kanaami has specialized in wire mesh products for many years. The craftsmen's skill shines in their beautifully woven tools, such as tea strainers and grills.

http://www.tujiwa-kanaami.com/

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Yakuso Jinshi
Many businesses dispensing medical remedies concentrated and prospered along this stretch of Nijo-dori. The local shrine, called Yakuso Jinshi, enshrines the Japanese gods of medicine, the Chinese god of medicine, and even the Greek father of Western medicine, Hippocrates.

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Honke Owariya
Photographer, Ariko Inaoka's family has run this long established soba buckwheat noodle shop for over 540 years. Previously based in New York, Inaoka returned to Japan to take over as the 16th generation owner. She talks to us about her memories of Kyoto and Nijo-dori.

http://www.honke-owariya.co.jp/

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Nijo-jo
The Ninomaru palace of Nijo-jo castle, completed in 1636, has many splendid sliding-door paintings. Feel the power of the Tokugawa clan, who ruled throughout the Edo Period, in the intimidating tiger and the pine that almost reaches the ceiling.

http://www.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/nijojo/

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