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  • Visitors using the monitors of a movie set of the DA VINCI CODE movie, set inside the Mori Art Gallery at the Mori Tower of Roppongi Hills, during the DA VINCI CODE exhibition that is starting tomorrow. The exhibition is organized so that it can offer the visitor an experience similar to being inside the movie Da Vinci Code which is to be released in Japan on the 20th of May 2006.  Tokyo 26 Apr. 2006
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  • "SCHOOL SWEETS XR" adult manga stall. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8569.jpg
  • "SCHOOL SWEETS XR" adult manga stall. Designer "Haine Umino" has been designing HS for 15 years. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8571.jpg
  • Presentation of the A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 12.jpg
  • The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 21.jpg
  • Issey Miyake at the presentation of the A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 18.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 13.jpg
  • "ROZEN MAIDEN" manga stall. The designer and writer "Saya Asahina" has been publishing her comic for 15 years. The story is about "Love between Doll and Human" as she described it. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8591.jpg
  • Toy stall. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8542.jpg
  • Stall selling dolls inspired by manga and anime. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8508.jpg
  • Stall sellingg pictures and posters of anime, manga and computer-games characters. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8506.jpg
  • Cosplayes dressed as "the Pope" (L), "Athena" (C) and "Sagitarius" (R), characters from the action game "SAINT SEIYA".  TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8463.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as characters from the anime "SAVER FORMULA". "Bleed Kaga" (L), "Jackie Gudelhian" (C) & "Franz Heinel". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8371.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as characters from the fighting game "VAMPIRE SAVER", "Bareta" (L) & "Sasukachi" (R). TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8347.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 26.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 20.jpg
  • Presentation of the A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 17.jpg
  • Presentation of the A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 16.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 15.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 10.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 08.jpg
  • "ROZEN MAIDEN" manga stall. The designer and writer "Saya Asahina" has been publishing her comic for 15 years. The story is about "Love between Doll and Human" as she described it. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8606.jpg
  • "ROZEN MAIDEN" manga stall. The designer and writer "Saya Asahina" has been publishing her comic for 15 years. The story is about "Love between Doll and Human" as she described it. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8585.jpg
  • "Otaku" with his purchases. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8521.jpg
  • Stall selling dolls inspired by manga, anime and computer-games characters. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8510.jpg
  • Stall sellingg pictures and posters of anime, manga and computer-games characters. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8504.jpg
  • The "CHISE" adventure game stall ( http://www.klon.jp/chise/ )  . TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8500.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Aries", character from the action game "SAINT SEIYA".  TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8471.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Sagitarius", character from the action game "SAINT SEIYA".  TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8469.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Abel Nighthroad", character from anime "TRINITY BLOOD". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8440.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed as "Narutono Kakashi" anime character. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8417.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Yuri", a character from the anime "DIRTY PAIR" posing, while photographers, mainly amature, photograph her. Cosplay usualy atracts many amature photographers who enjoy collecting cosplay photos, especialy of girls dressed in sexy costumes. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8412.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Yuri", a character from the anime "DIRTY PAIR" posing, while photographers, mainly amature, photograph her. Cosplay usualy atracts many amature photographers who enjoy collecting cosplay photos, especialy of girls dressed in sexy costumes. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8406.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as characters from the anime "NEON GENNESIS EVANGELION". "Rei" (front), "Atsuka" (R) & "Kaoru" (back). TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8400.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as characters from the anime "NEON GENNESIS EVANGELION". "Rei" (L), "Atsuka" (C) & "Kaoru" (R). TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8395.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as characters from the anime "SAVER FORMULA". "Bleed Kaga" (L), "Jackie Gudelhian" (C) & "Franz Heinel". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8378.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Jedah" character from the fighting game "VAMPIRE SAVER". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8357.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Bareta", character from the fighting game "VAMPIRE SAVER". On the back is "Sasukachi", character from the same game. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8344.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Jin" (http://blog.livedoor.jp/onihanabi/), character from manga "BLEACH". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8319.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as "Jin" (L) (http://blog.livedoor.jp/onihanabi/) and Byakuya (R), characters from manga "BLEACH" TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8315.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as "Jin" (L) (http://blog.livedoor.jp/onihanabi/) and Byakuya (R), characters from manga "BLEACH". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8312.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as anime drama character "MASKED RIDER" HIBIKI. (http://fete.cside.com/ferio). TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8303.jpg
  • Posing for a mobile phone photo. Cosplayers dressed up in the popular among cosplayers waitresses uniforms. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8286.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up in the popular among cosplayers waitresses uniforms. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8282.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 24.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 23.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 22.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 14.jpg
  • Dai Fujiwara is the main after Issey Miyake designer of A-POC..Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 11.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 07.jpg
  • Dai Fujiwara is the main after Issey Miyake designer of A-POC..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 06.jpg
  • The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 05.jpg
  • "SCHOOL SWEETS XR" adult manga stall. Story writer "Amagai Takahiro" has been writing the story for the last 6 years. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8573.jpg
  • Stall selling toys with manga characters. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8536.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Narutono Kakashi" anime character. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8427.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Jedah" character from the fighting game "VAMPIRE SAVER". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8348.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "BYAKUYA" character from manga "BLEACH".  TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8322.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 25.jpg
  • A-POC employees trying and cataloging the clothes..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 19.jpg
  • Presentation of how A-POC 12 were inspired and made..The A-POC 12 collection in the exhibition room of A-POC studios. .A-POC by Issey Miyake - TOKYO.©: Androniki Christodoulou.
    A-POC 09.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up in the popular among cosplayers waitresses uniforms. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center. Tokyo 30 Dec. 2005
    COMIKET_8291.jpg
  • Manga stall. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8578.jpg
  • Stall selling cushion covers and posters with manga characters. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8511.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Sagitarius", character from the action game "SAINT SEIYA".  TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8476.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed as "Brigit" (L) and "Solbadguy" (R) characters from action/fighting game "GUILTY GEAR". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8452.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed as "Narutono Kakashi" anime character. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8420.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up in the popular among cosplayers waitresses uniforms. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8291.jpg
  • Cosplayers dressed up as "Papillon Roze" (L) & "Papillon Lilly" (R) animation characters (http://www.ayaya.co.jp/papillon_index.html). TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8277.jpg
  • Cosplayer dressed up as "Jedah" character from the fighting game "VAMPIRE SAVER". TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET".the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8354.jpg
  • Italian performance artist Reverie, performing in front of a painting during the "Botticelli and His Time" exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
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  • Stall selling girls' manga. TOKYO COMIC MARKET "COMIKET" the biggest comic market in Japan. Independent designers come to sell their comics, there is anime, manga, cosplay, toys, posters etc. At "Tokyo Big Sight" exhibition center.
    COMIKET_8525.jpg
  • Asia, China, Hubei province.  Doors of exhibition hall with pictures of martial arts postures on Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
    WUDANGSAN_2226.jpg
  • Gissha and Court Lady Attire exhibited in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The oxen-drawn carriage called 'gissha' is a symbol of the luxurious life in The Tale of Genji. The exhibit includes the patterns drawn on the carriages that would eventually develop into family emblems, as well as a beautiful black-lacquered oxen-drawn carriage. It also features the attire of a court lady, 'juni-hitoe' (twelve layers of kimono), with carefully restored courtly colors..
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  • Scents of The Tale of Genji in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..Possibly one of the more impressive points within The Tale of Genji is scents. The tale touches upon the exquisite scents of Kaoru and Niou no Miya, which, as their names imply, became evident merely from their proximity. This indicates the importance of scents to the Heian aristocrats. This exhibit gives an insight into what scents were used in that period, along with the tools and materials for incense..
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Basic incredients for producing traditional medicine, displayed in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base. .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama?s medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure.
    19_TOYAMA_MEDICINE_7484.jpg
  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Display of the making of medicine in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city..Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama?s medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Old style medicine shop display inside "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Basic material for producing traditional medicine, displayed in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city. From left to right: 1. ?? pronounced as "denshichi" is a kind of ginnseng, 2. ?? pronounced as " borei" is a kind of oyster, 3. ?? pronounced as "yuutan" is black bear's bile and it is a very precious ingredient in Chinese medicine. Currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The ingredient that has replaced it in traditional medicine, is produced synthetically in laboratories of traditional medicine pharmaceutical companies. In China it is still possible to get real bear's bile and animal's rights organizations protest against the cruel ways with which the bile is extracted from living bears through years of keeping them in captivity in bile farms.  Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure.Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
    20_TOYAMA_MEDICINE_7486.jpg
  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Old style medicine shop display inside "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • Culture of the Imperial Court and Annual Events at the time when the novel "The Tale of Genji" was written, a 1000 years ago, as it is presented in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The aristocrats' costumes and the furnishings of their residences are shown in a 'shinden-zukuri' structure, a typical style of residence in the Heian Period. There are also exhibits introducing games often played by the Heian nobility, such as 'kai-awase' (a shell-matching game), 'igo' (also known as 'go') and 'sugoroku' (a board game), along with the annual events in the Heian Period for each season. This all helps to provide a clear insight into the culture of the imperial court..
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  • Heian era (794-1185) clothes exhibited at Ishiyamadera temple as part of the millennium celebration festivities,.
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  • A decorative screen with scenes from the novel "The Tale of Genji", exhibited at Ishiyamadera Temple as part of the 1000 years since it was written celebrations...
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  • Decorative shell depicting a Heian Era (794 to 1185) court lady, exhibited at Ishiyamadera Temple as part of the festivities celebrating the 1000 years since lady Murasaki wrote the novel "The Tale of Genji" . ..
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Basic materials for the production of traditional medicine, displayed in "Kanaoka residence", in Toyama city. From left to wright: 1. ??? Chinese medicine which's name is translated as "the knee of a mountain bull" and it is pronounced: "sen goshitsu". It's function is related to the flow of blood, 2. ??? pronounced: "yabu goshitsu", a Chinese medicine goshitsu as it comes from the bush plant, 3. ?? pronounced as "ninjin" is the Asian "ginseng", 4. ??? pronounced as "hamaboufuu" is the "Glehnia Littoralis" a species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine. Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama?s medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure.Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Front view of Kanaoka residence in Toyama city..Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
    16_TOYAMA_MEDICINE_7457.jpg
  • Culture of the Imperial Court and Annual Events at the time when the novel "The Tale of Genji" was written, a 1000 years ago, as it is presented in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The aristocrats' costumes and the furnishings of their residences are shown in a 'shinden-zukuri' structure, a typical style of residence in the Heian Period. There are also exhibits introducing games often played by the Heian nobility, such as 'kai-awase' (a shell-matching game), 'igo' (also known as 'go') and 'sugoroku' (a board game), along with the annual events in the Heian Period for each season. This all helps to provide a clear insight into the culture of the imperial court..
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