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 ...

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...

Tomorrow, 3rd of March is Hina Matsuri and Yoko has set up her collection. She got them from her mother who got them from her mother, so...

This is one of the more than 1000 Hina dolls on display at the Nagashibina Doll Museum in Mochigase Town, Tottori Nagashibina refers ...

This is the draincover for Mochigase Town, now part of Tottori City. It shows the Nagashibina Doll Museum which houses a collection of over ...

Today is Hina Matsuri, when displays of dolls in Heian Period costume are put up in homes. The dolls at the top are of the Emperor and Empre...