{"id":65952,"date":"2020-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=65952"},"modified":"2020-06-16T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T06:05:52","slug":"mameda-little-kyoto-hita-oita-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/mameda-little-kyoto-hita-oita-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mameda, the “Little Kyoto” of Hita, Oita, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kyushu<\/strong> (\u4e5d\u5dde) is a largely unexplored island for Western tourists. Unsurprisingly, most of them won’t know about a true hidden gem of this area, the old town of Hita, Japan<\/strong>, located in Oita’s Prefecture<\/strong> (\u5927\u5206\u770c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hita has <\/strong>many attractive experiences<\/strong><\/a> year round. These range from the Hina Matsuri <\/a><\/strong>celebration with impressive collections of dolls and sakura<\/em> <\/strong>(\u3055\u304f\u3089 – cherry blossom) in spring, the summer Hita Gion Festival<\/strong> with its big carriages driving around the streets, the momiji <\/em><\/strong>(\u7d05\u8449 <\/em><\/strong>– Japanese maple leaves) landscape and the Sennen Akari lantern Festival<\/strong> in autumn, and the hot springs onsen<\/em> (\u6e29\u6cc9), a refreshing way to warm up in winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this occasion, I visited the old town of Mameda,<\/strong> well known to Japanese tourists, but an unknown land for Westerners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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