Houkokuji Temple is famous for its bamboo grove, which really sets it apart. The whole area made me think of scenes from the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Houkokuji Temple | Review by 何婉瑜
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Mori Ogai Former Residence
Mori Ogai, a major literary figure of the Meiji era, is known for "The Dancing Girl," a story about the love between a Japanese student studying abroad and a German girl. The place he lived when he was assigned to Kokura as head of the medical corps of the former Imperial Japanese Army’s 12th Division is the "Mori Ogai Former Residence," a designated cultural property of Kitakyushu City. This wooden Japanese-style house was built around 1897, and it is said that Mori Ogai mainly used an eight-tatami reception room and a smaller four-and-a-half-tatami room that continues on the south side.
It’s rare to be able to get this close and really feel the traces of a great literary figure’s everyday life.
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Takayama Jin-ya
Takayama Jin-ya is the office building where magistrates and officers were working in the Edo Period. It consists of offices and storage. In 1692 when Hida Province came under the Tokugawa shogunate’s direct control, governors and magistrates sent from Edo performed official duties here for the next 176 years.
This used to be the local government office. You can still see the tools they used for holding prisoners.
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Bokka no Sato (Pastoral Village)
The Hirugano Plateau is located at an altitude of 1,000 meters at the foot of Mount Dainichigatake in Okumino, Gifu Prefecture. Bokka no Sato is a relaxing theme park with flowers and animals.
The ranch is huge, with lots of natural flowers and plants. There are also cute animals around. I tried Hida beef for the first time here.