If Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi has surfaced in your Kyushu research, it was probably as a single photo: a long footbridge strung across a green gorge, filed somewhere between Beppu and Aso with no real sense of how you’d fit it into a day. We spend a lot of time in the Kuju Highlands, and the […]Read More
If you’ve been building a Kyushu itinerary around the Attack on Titan locations, Hita is where it leads — the small Oita city where creator Hajime Isayama grew up, and where fans now converge on a dam wall and a roadside museum. We guide guests to these sites regularly, and the part most write-ups skip […]Read More
If you’re planning a day trip inland from Fukuoka or Beppu, Hita’s Mamedamachi old town keeps showing up on itinerary lists — usually squeezed in as a quick photo stop between bigger destinations. We guide guests through this Edo-period merchant district regularly, and it deserves more than a rushed hour. Here’s what we tell them […]Read More