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  • Azamiya Minsah Craft Center
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    Okinawa Pref. Ishigakishi Tonoshiro 909
    The Azamiya Minsah Craft Center is located about 10 minutes' drive from the Ishigaki Port Outer Island Ferry Terminal. Besides manufacturing Yaeyama Minsah textiles, the Center also has a display room and shop, and visitors can watch the fabric being made. The workshop and display room are on the ground floor; visitors can view part of the manufacturing process. The display room showcases historic and modern examples of Minsah textiles, and also has a display on the dyeing techniques that are used. Visitors who book their visit in advance may be able to try their hand at making Minsah fabric in the annex building; the price depends on the program chosen and the length of the experiential activity.

    We went to the Minsah Kogei museum on a cold and rainy afternoon. Make sure you call to make an appointment though. Young children can also take part but they need to be tall enough to reach the...

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  • Mamiya Kamaboko Ishigaki Island Main Store and Factory
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    Okinawa Ishigaki-shi Arakawa 8
    "This kamaboko (fish cake) shop located on Torinji Nishi-dori Street in Arakawa, Ishigaki City sells Yaeyama kamaboko made the old fashioned way. They offer a wide variety of kamaboko that combine carefully-selected white fish sourced primarily from the coastal waters of Okinawa with a number of local ingredients such as asa (green algae), shima-dofu (Okinawan tofu), and mozuku seaweed. They even sell a number of varieties of kamaboko unique to the region including their cylindrical ""maruguwa"" and their ""castella kamaboko,"" which are made with eggs."
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