大分県 · Kyushu Region
Oita Hidden Gems
Japan's hot-spring capital — more thermal water and more sources than any other prefecture, from steaming resort towns to quiet mountain baths.
4 spots
Climate & Best Season
Mild and rainy; the Kuju highlands are cooler with light snow. Onsen are best in autumn and winter.
Famous For (Food)
- Toriten (chicken tempura)
- Seki mackerel
- Dango-jiru
- Bungo beef
Signature Sights
- Beppu 'hells' and baths
- Yufuin
- Usa Jingu
- Kunisaki Peninsula stone Buddhas
Oita
Oita· Bungotakada
Showa no Machi
Bungotakada's shopping street had lost almost all its trade by the 1990s. Rather than redevelop, the town went the other…
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Oita
Oita· Bungotakada
Tashibu-no-Sho
Tashibu-no-Sho is a valley of rice paddies that has been farmed in essentially the same shape since the Heian period. It…
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Oita
Oita· Bungotakada
Kumano Magaibutsu
Two figures are cut into a rock face in the hills of the Kunisaki peninsula: a Dainichi Nyorai about 6.7 metres high and…
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Oita
Oita· Bungotakada
Fukiji
The Great Hall of Fukiji is the oldest wooden building in Kyushu and one of three surviving Amida halls in Japan of the…
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