I'm sorry it's taken a couple of days to get back to writing about my trip to Hita. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I'm out at work almost all day. I thought about writing when I got back, but I was too tired to focus!
After the museum of the school, we drove to Mameda Machi. This is a beautifuly preseverd Edo Period district (1603 to 1868). There are many small shops, cafes, resturants and museums. One thing that I really appreciated was the covered rest areas. I was glad to find a place to sit after wandering around for a while.
The first place we visted was a museum dedicated to the Kusano Family. The oldest son of this family is the person who founded the school we had visited. Usually in Japan, esepecailly in the Edo Period the oldest son would inherit the family business, but in this case the second son inherited. The oldest son was not very strong physically.
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| This is where we entered Mamada Machi |
We couldn't take photos inside the museum. Here are a couple of photos from the pamphlet we had.
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| Hina Dolls display for Hinamatsuru, this is in the spring |
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| I love this painted panels, they usually tell some story |
The museum is in the family's house. However, it isn't the original building. A few years ago the building was taken down and rebuilt, using the original materials as much as possible. One reason the tour guide gave was to improve the buildings ability to withstand earthquakes. We had an earthquake on Tuesday, maybe a M3 in Hita, so these measures are important!
One thing I noticed was how low the ceiling are. The guide was saying that in the Edo period people were shorter than today, so high ceilings or doorways were not needed. The only two room that had high ceiling were the grandparents rooms and the guest room!
Even thought we couldn't take photos inside we could take photos of the garden. The house was built round a courtyard garden. There was an open corridor that ran round the house, the rooms on one side and the garden on the other.
I think the other photos are on Hannah's phone and she's at university now, I'll ask her to send them later.
We decided to get some lunch. Usually when we eat out we go to the usual chain resturants. But I really wanted to try a smaller resturant. Something more uniquie! Hannah and I spent ages searching for resturants in this area, there are quite a few but very expensive. We settled on a small place that had "teishoku" set meal menu! Teishoku is usually a main dish served with rice, soup and side dishes such as salad or some pickles.
The meals we had were very nice. Mikey had a tonkustu set, breaded fried pork chop set, Hannah had a hamburger set and I had a chicken katsu set, deep fried bread chicken breast! Everything was freshly prepared. The resturant was small, just 10 seats. I really enjoyed it.
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| Hannah's lunch |
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| My meal |
We didn't get a photo of Mikey's!
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| The resturant |
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| Mikey and Hannah |
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| Hannah and me! |
We visited a few more museums in the aftertoon but I think that will have to be the next post!
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