{"id":379,"date":"2017-01-13T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/17w-japn-025-kyoto\/?p=379"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:06:38","slug":"day-four-sacred-mirror-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/17w-japn-025-kyoto\/kyoto\/day-four-sacred-mirror-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Four: Sacred Mirror Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 13th, 2017<\/p>\n

Another day in Kyoto, another jam-packed day of learning and experience! I woke up this morning and went on a walk with Professor Yamamoto and Carl.\u00a0We took a quick jaunt around town and ended up at Modoribashi, the bridge on which Sen no Rikyu’s statue was publicly burned. Hearing more about the history of the bridge (a place where executions took place and bodies were thrown over into the river) put some perspective into the history of the city.<\/p>\n

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A beautiful Kyoto morning, as seen from our walk. This is the bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n

Another aspect of the history of the city was visiting the temple at which Oda Nobunaga was assassinated (this is turning out to be a dark start to this post!). It’s very wild to me that such deep and rich history is living in all aspects of this city!<\/p>\n

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The temple at which Oda Nobunaga was assassinated.<\/p><\/div>\n

On the way back to the hostel, we stopped at a\u00a0yuba<\/em> (skim of tofu) shop. It is a very old, famous shop — it’s really more of a yuba factory rather than a shop. Professor Yamamoto asked for a little sample box, and while it was being prepared, we were able to look around and watch the yuba being made. See below for some photos and video! The yuba tasted so wonderful warmed up with a little bit of\u00a0shoyu<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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Yuba being made!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I just thought this lighting with the steam rising up looked awesome!<\/p><\/div>\n

This is how they bring the yuba up:<\/p>\n