Which is not really a district. More of a complex of buildings that were once an old distillery. Now restored with shops, restaurants and art galleries. The most interesting to me was a shop for and run by deaf people. Most of the folks inside were signing so it was of course very quiet. I bought some delicious smelling tea to take home. One of the coolest things there was an almost life sized puppet/doll that was designed so that someone could put their hands through the sleeves and then sign for the puppet instead of speaking. We watched a little girl and her parents using it. She was loving it. It didn't feel right to take a picture so here's a close approximation I found on another web page, but imagine the puppet twice as big and instead of putting your hands into gloves as in this picture, there were only sleeves and you put your whole arms through so that your hands become the puppet's hands. Pretty smart design.
We also watched some fellows starting the process of making sake
Here are some pictures from the Distillery complex. The brains in the glass cases are kind of like the cows that other cities have done, where different people offer their unique take on how it should be designed. Why brains I'm not sure.
