{"id":1331,"date":"2020-02-01T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2020-01-23T03:37:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T03:37:10","slug":"ise-kawasaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/01\/ise-kawasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Ise &#8211; Kawasaki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Within Ise is an area called Kawasaki. It&#8217;s next to the river and was important for trade in the area. In the 1970&#8217;s a decision was taken to restore and maintain some of the old buildings. You can see what the buildings might have looked like in the photo below of a building that has been converted into a rest space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_house-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_house-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_house-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_house-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideas behind this restoration are similar to Kurashiki (where I visited last winter); however, in Kurashiki a larger area has been restored. In Kawasaki it&#8217;s only some of the buidlings. Also Kawasaki is quite a cramped area which gives it a different atmosphere. There are a few shops and cafes you can visit. I had some Udon noodles while I was there. I also visited the museum. The exhibition was in Japanese so I couldn&#8217;t follow everything but I could get the general idea of the history of the place. You could also look around the inside of one of the houses. This wasn&#8217;t so exciting. Once you&#8217;ve been in Japan for a while the novelty of tatami mat rooms starts to wear off. Here&#8217;s a photo.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_museum-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_museum-1024x733.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_museum-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_museum-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also bought a Tenugui towel with a nice wood block print of what the area would have looked like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"848\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_tenugui-848x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_tenugui-848x1024.jpg 848w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_tenugui-248x300.jpg 248w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_tenugui-768x928.jpg 768w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kawasaki_tenugui.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within Ise is an area called Kawasaki. 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