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Nagayamon Gate of Shigitani Family
taigaa001 Says: Nagayamon is one of the most commonly seen traditional gates in Japan. It literally means "the gate with resident houses". It started as a gate for samurai residents but since the late Edo Period during 19th century wealthy owners of huge farmland started to build that style...
Gochinyorai Park (Tourist Information Office)
taigaa001 Says: Gochinyorai park is a park created on the place where Seiganji Temple had originally been. In this park Gochinyorai statues the only remnant of the temple sit and an tourist information office is set up. Most of the tourist guides and leaflets are in Japanese but there are...
taigaa001 Says: When you walk into the old highways in Japan you will encounter the place where the road shows a right-angle turn. This is called "masugata" or right-angle turn. Okabe-shuku also has such a right-angled turn at the intersection near the Okabe-Branch municipal office of...
taigaa001 Says: Miwa Shrine is one of the few remaining ancient style shrines in Japan built by the wishes of Empress Kogyoku in 644. The shrine is located at the place where Mt. Takakusa the sacred mountain according to the shrine was blocked by the hill mountain. The shrine retains the...
taigaa001 Says: The trail starts from Miwa Shrine and ends at Sho'ouin Temple in Okabe-Shuku area featuring beautifully built two-storied pagoda.　Length: 5.7 kilometersDuration: About three hour walk not including rest and visiting time.Level: D: Good for beginners but with some hard...
taigaa001 Says: The legend has it that in this bridge at Okabe Ono-no-Komachi legendary Japanese beauty and one of the finest female waka poets felt shocked to find her face mirrored in the river so exhausted and aged after being in a long trip.
taigaa001 Says: Sho'ouin temple is the goal of the Yamanobe Trail as well as one of the most popular places of interest in Okabe-Shuku, 21st lodging station of Tokaido Highway. The temple is best known by the two-storied pagoda constructed in 1979 well appreciated by traditional Japanese...
Old Grand Hotel "Kashiwa-ya" Historical Museum
cheesecake17 Says: VIDEO (click)CULTURAL ASSESTThe building is called O-hatago Kashibaya...A hatago was a type of Japanese hotel from the EDO period....O-hatago mean that it was a high-grade hotel...It was built almost 170 years ago in 1836..Until 10 years ago, an old lady lived here...
cheesecake17 Says: VIDEO (click)This is a great little tea house where you can enjoy gyokuro and powder tea with a good view of the garden and pond.The best time is to come in the spring and enjoy the sakuras, like I did..or in the fall with the change of leaves...Its not very far from yaizu,...
cheesecake17 Says: A VISIT TO gyokuro no sato
cheesecake17 Says: A VISIT TO Old Grand Hotel "Kashiwa-ya" museum
cheesecake17 Says: A VISIT TO Togeppo Saiokuji TempleVIDEO (click)
Tororo Jiru (Grated Yam with Miso Soup)
cheesecake17 Says: I really dont care for the dish, its way to slimey for me..;)....after said that..Tororo (grated yam) is blended with white miso soup and poured over rice with barley. A favorite of travelers of both the ancient past and today, there are several Tororo Jiru restaurants in...
cheesecake17 Says: There are two restaurant in the facility at SUMPU TAKUMI SHUKU, this one has a selection of Shizuoka local cuisines...Even the chopsticks, bowls and dishes are also made in Shizuoka...
taigaa001 Says: The easiest way to get to the Miwa Shrine, the start of the trail, is by bus. There's the bus service from JR Yaizu station. Get a bus departing from #1 gate of the terminal. There's one or two bus services every hour from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Then get off at Miwajinja Iriguchi...
After Sho'ouin Temple Then What?
taigaa001 Says: Sho'ouin Temple is the in the middle part of Okabe Stop. Kashiwaya Grand Inn is only a five-minute-walk away. To get to Kashiwaya go along the Tokaido Highway northward. If you are with kids there's is a park on the hill nearby. Five minutes walk south to Sho'ouin there's a...
shumpu takumi shuku gift shop: Great shop
cheesecake17 Says: At SHUMPU TAKUMI SHUKU ..There is a big gift shop selling tons of really nice crafts stuff..
cheesecake17 Says: At the backyard of the Ryokan in Okabe...there is a small little gift shop .....You will be able to find many little local crafts item..like these boxes warp in japanese tradional paper.
taigaa001 Says: Kaidate Park is one of the most popular park with kids' playground. Some tourists come to this place for great views of Okabe town. The most popular view may be that of Sho'ouin temple from the distance. Also I love the view of Utsunoya Area bordering Okabe and Shizuoka.
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Also here you can see and make BLACK lacquer ware.The SURUGA MAKIE technique is still used to make miniture furniture and accessories for HINA DOLLS...
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Okabe is a pretty, small town in a beautiful natural setting, squeezed between hills. there are quite a few old buildings, and the pine trees that line the road which was a sign of the old tokaido are...
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Okabe, Fujieda and Mariko, Shizuoka
Okabe is the mountaneous and rustic area known as 21st lodging station of Tokaido Highway. It is located between Shizuoka, Yaizu and Fujieda. Okabe town merged into Fujieda in 2009 but to me it is...
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