More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Museums of Hita 日田市 Whisky Museum I visited Hita, a small, historic town near the border of Fukuoka in Oita, several times, the first being ...

Yakatabune, Mimuka River The Mikuma River flows through Hita, in the mountains of Oita near the border with Fukuoka, and has been a transpor...

Japan Guide Enshiro is a small, two-story building built in 1849 as a study. It is one of only two buildings remaining from the Edo Period p...

Shufuan Shufuan was built in 1781 as a residence by Hirose Gekka, a haiku poet and member of the wealthy, local merchant family of Hiro...

Sake 酒 Just about every town in Japan, large or small, has at least one sake brewery. In Hita the biggest, Kuncho Shuzo Sake Brewery is loca...

Hina This is claimed to be the largest tiered display of Hina Dolls in Japan. It is part of the Hina Doll Museum in the historic town of Hit...

Hita Gion Matsuri Museum Hita, the historic town in the mountains of Oita, is one of many towns throughout Japan with their own Gion Matsu...