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  • Asia, China, Hubei province. A group of martial arts students posing in postures of Woudang mountain style martial arts on a platform over Drangon Spring lake on Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • Asia, China, Hubei province. A group of martial arts students posing in postures of Woudang mountain style martial arts on a platform over Drangon Spring lake on Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • The pilgrimage is mainly to follow the pilgrimís route around the monastic village. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Morning on the streets of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Asia, China, Hubei province.  Steps and chain with locks that pilgrims left as a prayer on Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • Asia, China, Hubei province.  Morning Tai Chi fan trainning at the main square outside the museum of the Wudnagsan city thaty lays on the feet of Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • Oulsal at the grasslands near the monastery, aproximately 3000m hight. There, the Tibetans bring their Yak to feed. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The garden of the monastery were every afternoon, monks have philosophical debates and play a philosophical (as Oulsal said) game that follows them..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Most of the monks study Buddhaís words, meditate and pray in their small houses. Oulsal shares his one room house with one more monk..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Asia, China, Hubei province. A demonstration of Woudang mountain style martial arts at a special stage on Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures. At he lower part of the picture a maquette showing the plan for development of Chenjiagou village.
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  • Statues showing Taijiquan postures at the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Grandmasters Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing (center left and right) during a visit to their family's ancestral graves where together with other members of their family they pay their respects to their ancestors with a ceremony.
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  • Park next to a river in Chenjiagou where it is said that master Chen Wangting created Tajiquan.
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  • Monument in Chenjiagou village with the symbol of Taiji (Yin-Yang)
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  • Wang Ling Fan (12) on her dormitory bed. She is a cousin of master Chen Ziqiang. She has been living and stusying at the Chenjiagou School of Taijiquan for 3 years and she will sty untill she becomes 20 years old.
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures and display of weapons used in taijiquan.
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • A chinese student of Taijiquan standing by the wall were it is said that Yang Lu-chan used to secretly watch master Chen Changxing teaching taijiquan to his students at that inner yard of his house. It is said that Chen family's taijiquan was only taught to its members so Yang Lu-chan chose this way to learn but he was later accepted by master Chen Changxing as his official student. He later developed his own style of Taijiquan which is known as Yang style. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang with one of his official students, outside a temple after a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang giving a speach outside the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), where he will take part in a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang guided by one of his students to the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680) where he will take part in a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Chinese teachers practicing during a breack at a seminar taught by Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • Master Chen Xiaoxing, executive president of Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, granding awards to Taijiquan teachers after a demonstration at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School
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  • Taijiquan student (left) talking with teacher Chen Hui (right) before a demonstration at Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • Poster with members of the Chen family with the  four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou at the bottom of it. I is located in the center of the village very near the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • The oldest shop of Chenjiagou village.
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Wan Jian Yu (27) in his room. He has been living and studying at the Chenjiagou School of Taijiquan for 4 months already and he wants to stay for at least a year. He has done many jobs with his latest being a designer for advertising but he wants to become a Taijiquan teacher.
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  • Master Chen Ziqiang, Vice president and chief coach of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan school. He is the 20th generation lineage holder of Chen family Taijiquan.
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  • Teacher Chen Hui showing pushing hands techniques to students which are trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Students trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Students trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village
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  • Taijiquan demonstration by students of the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou  village.
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  • Taijiquan demonstration by students of the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou  village.
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  • The symbol of Taiji (yin-yang) in one of the rooms of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village.
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
    52_CHENJIAGOU_0482.jpg
  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang (left) and master Chen Ziqiang (right) during a visit to their family's ancestral graves where together with other members of their family they will pay their respects to their ancestors with a ceremony.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
    44_CHENJIAGOU_9543.jpg
  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang presenting some of his calligraphy works to foreign and Chinese students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Calligraphy is very important for him as he considers it almost equal to his Taijiquan skill.
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  • The gate of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Street scene in front of the gate (right) of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Evening trainning is double sword at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School
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  • Chenjiagou's residents are mainly farmers and the village is surrounded by fields.
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Students of the Taijuquan school practicing with the Tai Chi fan in the yard of the school
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  • Evening trainning is Taijiquan wrestling at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Master Chen Ziqiang, Vice president and chief coach of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan school. He is the 20th generation lineage holder of Chen family Taijiquan.
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  • Early morning warming up for students of the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Picture of Yang Lu-chan, the founder of Yang style Taijiquan in the room where he used to live at the house of master Chen Changxing from who he learned Chen style Taijiquan. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Master Chen Ziqiang during a demonstration at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. He is Vice president and chief coach of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan school. He is the 20th generation lineage holder of Chen family Taijiquan.
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  • Students trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Apartment blocks in Aberdeen.
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  • Child with fish in Aberdeen
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  • View of buildings from a boat off Hong Kong island
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  • Apartment blocks in Aberdeen.
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  • House next to a temple in Aberdeen
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  • Waiting for the fireworks in Kowloon.
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  • Chinese man practicing his morning Tai Chi at Victoria park.
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  • Hong Kong buses
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  • Disabled man passing by phone-boxes in Kowloon.
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  • Street in Wan Chai
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  • Crossing with a view of Hong Kong city
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  • Theater advertisment at an overstreet passage in central Hong Kong
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  • Business buildig in Hong Kong island
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  • Thousands of Philipino house-maids are having picknic in the city every Sunday, their day off.
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  • Hong Kong Central station, terminal of airport express train MTR.
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  • Metro station in Wan Chai.
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  • Night cityscape in Wan Chai
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  • Felix restaurant of hotel Penisula in Kowloon. It has been designed by renowned French architect and designer Philippe Starck.
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  • Policeman patroling in Wan Chai
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  • View from the tram in central Hong Kong
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  • Security guard taking a nap in Kowloon
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  • Hong Kong buses
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  • View of Aberdeen in Hong Kong island
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  • Men waiting at a buss stop in front of apartment blocks in Aberdeen.
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  • Mixed couple crossing a street in central Hong Kong
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  • Thousands of Philipino house-maids are having picknic in the city every Sunday, their day off.
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  • Cheap hotels' entrance in Kowloon.
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  • Skyscrapers in Wan Chai
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  • Apartment blocks in Aberdeen with a view of the cemetery in the background.
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  • Asia, China, Hubei province. Chinese tourists at the Crown Prince Slope, a Temple at Wudang moutain (Wudang-san), a World Heritage mountain with many Taoist monasteries.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE .In the lab of "Kokando" traditional medicine company. The final product of the company is based in bear's bile. Kokando, one of the oldest medicine companies in Toyama, was founded in 1876.  The bile is now produced in the company's lab as currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The black bears from which the bile was originaly extracted are protected species. 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. .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. Toyama, Japan. 21 Dec 2007
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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.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Workers or "Kokando" traditional medicine company, putting the plastic cover on the packaging of the medicine that is based on bear's bile (from gall bladder). Kokando, one of the oldest medicine companies in Toyama, was founded in 1876.  The bile is now produced in the company's lab as currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The black bears from which the bile was originaly extracted are protected species. 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. .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. Toyama, Japan. 21 Dec 2007
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.The final product of "Kokando" traditional medicine company, that is based in bear's bile, in the company's lab. Kokando, one of the oldest medicine companies in Toyama, was founded in 1876.  The bile is now produced in the company's lab as currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The black bears from which the bile was originaly extracted are protected species. 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. .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. Toyama, Japan. 21 Dec 2007
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINEWorkers or "Kokando" traditional medicine company as they are processing medicine that is based on bear's bile. It comes out as a paste which they shape and cut to plates that later will be cut to small pieces and packaged in boxes. Kokando, one of the oldest medicine companies in Toyama, was founded in 1876.  The bile is now produced in the company's lab as currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The black bears from which the bile was originaly extracted are protected species. 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. .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. Toyama, Japan. 21 Dec 2007
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  • 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.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.
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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.Old chest with drawers for the storage of medicine, in the restaurant of IKEDAYA YASUBEI SHOTEN a traditional medicine shop in Toyama city. Ikedaya-Yasubei Shoten preserves the atmosphere of a time-honored herbal medicine shop. "Ecchu-hangontan" written on it's front sign is said to be a miracle medicine that reinvigorates one's body. In the shop, visitors can watch a demonstration of making pills by using the traditional hand-operated pill maker. On the 2nd floor of the shop is the restaurant YAKUTO where healthy dishes made with Chinese herbal medicines are served. http://www.hangontan.co.jp/Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximatelythe same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo,Nagoya,andOsaka. 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 MEDICINETraditional medicne-box displayed at IKEDAYA YASUBEI SHOTEN a traditional medicine shop in Toyama city.  Medicines manufactured in Toyama spread by medicine peddlers who were called "Baiyaku-san". They traveled all over Japan bringing medicine boxes to their clients, employing a unique business style known as "Senyo-kori" (Use first, and pay later service), in which a box filled with medicines is placed at customer's home free of charge, and later the customer pays for actual consumption. Today, a lot of Baiyaku-san are still active in Japan.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.Fish shop in Toyama city..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.Display showing the clothes that traditional medicine salesmen used to wear,  in the Medicine museum of the Toyama folk-craft village. Located in the west of Toyama City and at the foot of Kureha Hills, this village is a small theme park of Toyama's history and culture. .Medicines manufactured in Toyama were spread by medicine peddlers who were called "Baiyaku-san". They traveled all over Japan bringing medicine boxes to their clients, employing a unique business style known as "Senyo-kori" (Use first, and pay later service), in which a box filled with medicines is placed at customer's home free of charge, and later the customer pays for actual consumption. Today, a lot of Baiyaku-san are still active in Japan..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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