The change of weather into hotter days has given me more opportunities to explore areas of Oita prefecture that haven’t yet visited. That’s exactly what I did on a beautiful 22-degree Sunday. A 20-minute drive takes me to Bungotakada, where Showa no Machi (昭和の町) is. The popular shopping district preserves many nostalgic shops of the Showa-era, (an era that spanned from the mid-20s, World War 2, and into the bubble of the 80s.)
The area of Showa Machi includes a toy museum with a display of old cars in front.
Inside the toy museum.
The nostalgic trip continues outside the museum, with roads lined with green and orange lamps intersecting one another.
Where was Himitsu no Akko chan?
I didn’t see her, but they were playing the opening theme song on speakers!!!