{"id":28285,"date":"2012-12-17T20:14:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T00:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=28285"},"modified":"2012-12-17T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T00:14:11","slug":"local-industrial-festival-reveals-a-wealth-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/17\/local-industrial-festival-reveals-a-wealth-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Industrial Festival Reveals a Wealth of Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Benjamin Martin<\/strong><\/a>, a 5th year JET in Okinawa<\/a>, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and author of the YA fantasy novel\u00a0<\/em>Samurai Awakening<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Tuttle).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Taiyaki<\/a><\/p>\n

The industrial Fair, or\u00a0sangyo matsuri<\/em>\u00a0in Japanese, is a fixture in the annual event calendar on my island. \u00a0From the English translation you might think of cars, heavy manufacturing, and other well-known industry. \u00a0In Japan, though, many products are made by very small local companies rather than in large factories. \u00a0Even when big factories are necessary, there are often many small shops acting as suppliers. \u00a0Taken to a further level, small rural communities without those major industries often have a vibrant industrial community supporting local needs. \u00a0You might be\u00a0surprised to learn about\u00a0all the things going on around you in small local Japan.<\/p>\n

Recently, our island had its yearly\u00a0sangyo matsuri,\u00a0<\/em>and event designed to inform locals about the various products made on Kumejima and also to sell those products. One of the local\u00a0kaizen\u00a0<\/em>(community) centers was taken over by scores of tables and activities for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Checkout MoreThingsJapanese.com<\/a> for more photos and a video on the Agricultural, Oceanic, and Cultural sights at this unique event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by Benjamin Martin, a 5th year JET in Okinawa, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com\u00a0and author of the YA fantasy novel\u00a0Samurai Awakening\u00a0(Tuttle). The industrial Fair, or\u00a0sangyo matsuri\u00a0in Japanese, is a fixture in the annual event calendar on my island. \u00a0From the English translation you might think of cars, heavy manufacturing, and other well-known industry. \u00a0In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,70,369],"tags":[732,134,191,829,785,1383],"class_list":["post-28285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-food-drink","category-japan-local","tag-festival","tag-food","tag-japan","tag-local","tag-okinawa","tag-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t