Completion of the Shimin Kaikan (Citizens' Assembly Rooms). The hall with its desks become a talking-point.

Completion of the Culture Center designed by Kisho Kurokawa.

The municipal flower (made official 17th January, 1975). Chosen as the perfect match for Hita's waterside image.

The municipal bird, the wagtail (made official 29th November, 1980). This graceful bird lives by waterways, and wags its long tail feathers up and down.

The municipal flowering shrub, the sasanqua (made official 29th November, 1980). This evergreen shrub of the camellia family puts forth its beautiful flowers from October to December.

The Chemical Testing Association began operations in 1982, after a decision to attract industries to the Ishii Industrial Estate.

Japan's oldest ruins - the residence of a powerful family, discovered at Ozakotsujibaru.

Perspective drawing of the new municipal offices. They were completed in January, 1992.