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Kazusa Bori - Travel Japan - Japanese Culture Kazusa Bori (上総掘り) is well digging method by human power with utilizing tools' weight, which was researched and developed in west of Kazusa , the old province, middle area of current Chiba-ken in Japan. The Kazusa Bori method can dig deeper, maximum depth of down to around 540m. It was designated as an important intangible folk-cultural property of Japan In Japan, various kinds of wells have been made since ancient period of times in order to secure water for people to live. The Tsuki Bori, thrust digging, method was created from a digging wells which you just dig a hole, and in the Edo period (1850s), the Tsuki Bori with iron bars became the leading method. In the early Meiji period, the Kazusa Bori method for digging wells was invented, with using iron pipes and TAKEHIGO (竹ひご), thin strips of bamboo, hanging them in holes in the ground, as basic tools. Dig undergrou...

You may use sake when making Japanese food. Have you ever wondered what kind of sake is better to use for cooking when the recipe says sake? Here, we will explain the difference between sake and cooking sake, things you need to know when using sake instead of cooking sake, and how to use sake to enhance your cooking. Tweet Difference between sake and cooking sake, and its effectiveness Many of Japanese food recipe has "Sake". First, let's learn about the effects of using sake in cooking, and then look at the difference between sake and cooking sake. Benefits of using sake for cooking Adding sake to a dish has the advantage that the odor of the ingredients can be removed by the aroma components and organic acids of the sake. In addition to that, there are other cooking effects such as "Amino acids bring out the flavor and richness", "Soften the...

From main dishes to sweets! Recipes using Sake lees - Travel Japan - Japanese Recipe Sake lees are made in the process of making Japanese rice wine, Sake. It is also an ingredient for amazake, sweet Sake, but it is actually a useful ingredient for various dishes. However, many people, even Japanese, would not know recipes other than amazake. Here, we introduce recipes various dishes such as soups, hot pot dishes, side dishes, main dishes, and sweets using Sake lees. The dishes from the recipes in this article may contain alcohol. Please be careful for children, pregnant women, and people who have risks to consume alcohol. Tweet Table of Contents What is Sake Lee ? Amazake recipe made from Sake lees Recipes for Hot pot using Sake lees Sake lees hot pot with healthy tofu-chicken meatballs and mushrooms Recipes for mai...

Kyoto, it is beautiful and historic city in Japan, Old capital city. And there have been so many historic temples and shrines in Kyoto. Every Buddhist temples, every Shinto Shrines are beautiful and they have own history. Among those, 17 of them are conserved as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here, we introduce UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kyoto. Tweet Kamigamo-jinja 上賀茂神社 View this post on Instagram A post shared by 高居 彰彦 (@furoski.takai) Kamigamo-jinja 上賀茂神社  World Heritage Site 339 Kamigamo Motoyama Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8047, Japan      tel: +81 75-781-0011 https://www.kamigamojinja.jp/ Shimogamo-Jinja 下鴨神社 View this post on Instagram A post shared by NICOLE (@wan.wan.nicole) Shimogamo-Jinja 下鴨神社  World Heritage Site Shimogamo I...