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Yuasa Miso/Soy Sauce Course
Required time:Apporox. 1hr. 30min.

This course pays a visit to Kinzanji Miso and Soy Sauce, two traditional flavors of Japan and specialty foods from Yuasa. Yuasa is in fact the birthplace of soy sauce and old warehouses and museums that tell the history of the seasoning fill the townscape. The World Heritage Kumano-Kaido is also here and you can enjoy the history of Japan amidst the bouquet of soy sauce adrift in the air.
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Traditional Buildings Course

The town prospered long ago as a post town and grew into a major producer of miso and soy sauce, therefore many traditional structures remnant of old Japanese culture can be seen. This course introduces you to the Important Cultural Buildings Preservation District where you can feel Japanese culture of the past in the row houses with their sliding doors and lattice windows, and the earthen storehouses that are intact from long ago.
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