Yamanomura, where there are seven villages in the Hida mountain area, has an elevation of 1000 meters. The area is 4.5 km by mountain road from the town of Kamioka. It takes two hours to reach from Ta…
- Apr 7, 2015
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- Jan 21, 2015
The most important holiday in Japan is New Year’s. Almost all Japanese spend New Year’s with their own family.
At the end of December, people who live in the Hida area prepare for the…
- Dec 27, 2014
‘Hana-mochi’ have long been made for New Year’s in the Hida area. ‘Hana’ means flower and ‘mochi’ means rice-cake, so a ‘hana-mochi’ is a decoration that is like a flower made out of rice-cake. In col…
- Nov 26, 2014
Preparing dishes for snow caped winter season -Aka-kabura-
During winter people who live in the Hida area from ancient times have preserved vegetables in the form of Japanese pickles, be…
- Nov 3, 2014
Rice has been taken good care of as the main Japanese food. In the case of the Hida area, the producing of rice has been the practice since ancient times.
In the Hida area, people use rice stra…
- Oct 5, 2014
A ‘sarubobo’ is a well-known souvenir in the Hida area. You will see it while traveling around here. Since the Edo era, many children in the Hida area have had one as a charm against evil.
‘Saru’ m…
- Aug 6, 2014
Hida delicacies
The hou-no-ki is the tree with which people in the Hida region feel most intimately connected. People often use this tree in their lives.
It is said that the flower of …
- Jul 10, 2014
They bring us happiness.
In the Hida area, people believed that the horse was a sacred animal for a god to ride on and that it protected us. We valued horses in our lives.
In ancient times, the …