Location: Jindai-ji Motomachi, Chofu City, Tokyo, Japan
Timestamp: 13:51 on July 19, 2023
Established over six decades ago, Yaoki noodle restaurant finds its place alongside the main boulevard that leads to Tokyo's historic Jindai-ji Temple. Culinary delights include soba and udon noodles, crispy tempura, and a small menu of sake. Next door, their petite emporium offers edible souvenirs.
The third-generation proprietor continues to uphold the time-honored techniques of making soba pioneered during the Edo Period (1603-1867). The secret elixir of the noodle broth, a closely guarded family heirloom, has been passed down through the generations.
Jindai-ji Temple, an ancient Buddhist sanctuary nestled in Tokyo's outskirts, basks in a lush canopy of greenery and enjoys many natural springs.
The temple's historical narrative is a result of the land's limitations; the region's unsuitability for rice cultivation led the tenant farmers of the Edo period to sow buckwheat (soba) fields. In lieu of rice, these farmers offered the temple soba flour yields. The temple would then transform the buckwheat bounty into noodles, extending hospitality by serving soba noodles to all who visited—thus giving birth to the genesis of Jindai-ji Temple soba.
Jindai-ji Temple soba's essence lies in the use of local pristine spring waters and the finest buckwheat flour.
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One of the biggest Daruma Doll Markets in Japan, over 300 stalls selling the round dolls gather around the grounds of Jindai-ji Temple. Daruma are sold with blank eyes which owners paint in once their wish for the New Year has been fulfilled. Unique to the Jindai-ji Daruma Market, visitors can bring their old dolls and have the character 阿 painted on their right eye (which has the meaning of closing events) and in the left eye of the new doll have the character 梵 painted to signify new beginnings.
Tokyo autumn footage , Tenpura soba in Jindaiji temple!
Tokyo autumn footage , Tenpura soba in Jindaiji temple!
Tokyo autumn footage, Tenpura soba in Jindaiji temple!
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Jindaiji Temple is famous for its spring water and soba noodles.
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Japanese Garden and Pond on Temple Grounds in Tokyo
Location: Jindai-ji Motomachi, Chofu City, Tokyo, Japan
Timestamp: 14:06 on July 19, 2023
Situated to the southwest of the Jindai-ji Temple Gate in Chofu, Tokyo, you'll discover a small, charming Japanese garden graced by a serene pond. This pond serves as a habitat for a diverse number of inhabitants, including various fish species, striped shrimp, mitten crabs, dragonfly larvae, and delicate water lilies.
Known as Benten Pond (弁天池), this little haven boasts a miniature island adorned with a small Shinto shrine and vermilion bridge. The pond has meticulously sculpted Japanese pine trees, their branches gracefully extending over the water's edge, seemingly attempting to caress the water’s surface.
The longer branches are supported by crutches known as shichu (支柱) to safeguard them from the weight of heavy snow and to provide essential reinforcement to aging trees. These braces also play a role in enhancing the aesthetic appeal by allowing certain branches to gracefully extend beyond the water's boundary.
Shichu are typically crafted from logs, burnt poles, or in some instances, stout bamboo stalks are utilized. In this pond, it looks like they went with burnt poles.
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Chofu City is a city located in the eastern part of the Tama region of Tokyo. It is close to Tokyo's 23 wards and has good transportation links, but it also has ancient temples and shrines and the nature of Musashino, and is a residential area with a good living environment close to the city center. j
Chofu City is served by multiple railway lines, including the JR Chuo Line, Keio Line, Keio Inokashira Line, and Tama Monorail, and can be accessed from Tokyo Station in about 20 minutes and Shinjuku Station in about 15 minutes. You can also go directly to Haneda Airport from Chofu Station.
Chofu City has a long prosperous history, and remains home to historical and cultural heritage sites such as Jindaiji Temple and Jindai Botanical Garden. Musashino is also rich in nature, and there are many spots where you can enjoy nature to the fullest, such as the thicket of trees on the grounds of Jindaiji Temple and Nogawa Park on the site of the former Chofu Airfield.
Chofu City is also famous as a filming location for movies and TV dramas, and is popular as a movie town. It is also the birthplace of Shigeru Mizuki, and there are spots where you can enjoy the world of Mizuki manga, such as the Shigeru Mizuki Memorial Museum and Shigeru Mizuki Road.
Chofu City is a city with good access to the city center, where history and nature are in harmony, and where diverse culture and art are nurtured. Many people live here as a residential area with a good living environment.
If you are interested in Chofu City, please come and visit us at least once.