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Isshinji Temple

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Oita Pref. Oitashi Megusuno 1305

A Buddhist temple located in Megusono, Oita City. The temple was established in 1963 by a Buddhist monk, Abe. The grounds contain a 20-meter tall statue of Acala, the largest in Japan: and a 17-meter tall statue of Bhaisajyaguru. The temple’s grounds are also the best place to view double-flowered cherries in western Japan and are planted with some eight varieties of double-flowered cherry tree. The temple holds a double-flowered cherry blossom festival in April.

他の人の口コミにもありましたが、大音量の音楽がうるさいですボタン桜の花は、とってもキレイで、境内も広くて起伏があるので、駐車場から、結構歩きます野球球団に、ご親戚がいるせいか、あまりお寺らしさは、ないかな？
Kyushu Electric Power Hacchobaru Pavilion

4.0

25 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Kusugunkokonoemachi Yutsubo Hatchohara 601

A museum adjoining the Hatchobaru Power Plant in Yutsubo, Kokonoe Town, Kusu County, Oita Prefecture. The museum contains exhibits which use informational panels and videos to explain the mechanisms behind geothermal power generation. The facility also offers a 60-minute guided tour of the power plant and museum, giving visitors the chance to see the largest geothermal power plant in Japan.

九電の発電所内にある訪問者用の施設。この展示館の先は広い発電所になっている。ここでの地熱発電の仕組みなどを、説明してもらえる。
Rentaro Taki Memorial Museum

4.0

26 Reviews

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Oita Taketa-shi Taketa 2120-1

"A museum located in Taketa, Taketa City. The museum operates out of the estate where musician Rentaro Taki, composer of the famous song ""Kojo no Tsuki (The Moon Over the Ruined Castle),"" lived for two years up to the age of 14. The museum contains exhibits concerning the life of Taki, including handwritten music scores, letters, photographs, and images."

Bungotaketa is strongly associated with Taki Rentaro, a famous composer. As he was young, he spent about two years in this house, and it is now transformed into a museum. The house itself is very...
Yufuin Forest of Fantasy Artegio

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yufuin Oniten, Oita Prefecture 1272-175 Kawakami

An art museum located on the grounds of the Sanso Murata in Yufuincho Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. The museum collects and displays artworks relating to music and music flows constantly throughout its halls. The stylish, bright white interior design is a must-see. Visitors can freely read some 1,000 books on music and painting in the library on the first and second floors. There is also a chocolate shop and café in the museum where visitors can enjoy a beverage with some chocolate or a slice of cake.

A small but charming art gallery located to the east to Yufuin. In fact, The whole neighbourhood is like an artistic community, with different types of art museums, galleries, cafes, shops...
Dagashiya no Yume Museum

4.0

22 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Oita Bungotakada-shi Shinmachi 1007-5 Showa Roman Kura

"This museum operates out of an old storehouse redolent with the atmosphere of Japan's bygone Showa period. A ""dagashiya"" is a type of small, cheap candy/toy shop found all over Japan, and this museum's standing exhibition of some 50 thousand items primarily consists of toys sold at dagashiya in the late 1950s and early 60s. For those who lived it, the museum will bring waves of nostalgia, while for those who didn't, the items on display will seem novel and unique. Both types of people will find time going by in an instant as they view the various retro exhibits. In addition, the museum offers a free, multilingual audio guide you can access from your smartphone. At this rare facility, you can feel like you've gone back in time to Showa Japan."

昭和のグッズが所狭しと展示されています。駄菓子屋までは無料で入場可能ですが、駄菓子屋の先からは有料になります。平成生まれの人も昭和生まれの人も楽しめるスポットなので、是非ともチケットを購入されて入場されることをオススメいたします。
Iwashita Collection

4.5

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakita 645-6

A museum situated along Prefectural Route 216 in Kawakita, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. The museum displays a diverse collection of vehicles and other items gathered by the owner over a 30-year span. 200 rare vintage motorcycles from Japan and around the world are displayed in the World Motorcycle History Hall. Visitors will find toys, posters, and other pop culture items dating to Japan’s bygone Showa period (1926-1989) in the Showa Retro Hall. Antiques from Europe and North America are on display in the Stained Glass and Antiques corner.

For us motorbikers this was a very interesting collection which, apart from the huge assortment of things from the 20th century, had some excellent motorcycles. The collection included two beautiful...
Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center

4.5

18 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Beppushi Higashisouen Town 8-3

Come see displays of traditional Oita handiwork and this display center for Beppu Bamboo Works. There are a lot of works on display to appreciate including traditional daily goods and flower baskets as well as modern interior pieces made by skilled traditional craftsmen and even pieces made by Beppu's own formerly Living National Treasure, Shouno Shouunsai. With at least a week's prior reservation you can try your own hand at weaving bamboo into baubles or baskets. At the Museum Shop and Cafe, which opened in 2018, you can purchase bamboo goods or enjoy a coffee or other beverage. The nearest bus stop is Hikarinosono Mae or Takezaiku Densankaikan Mae.

This small museum shows what can be done with bamboo. Its really beautifully done, with a lot of love for details. And its pretty amazing to see what bamboo artists did or do create from this plant.
Oita Gokoku Jinja Shrine

4.0

20 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Oitashi Maki 1371

A Shinto shrine located in Maki, Oita City. The shrine was founded in 1875 to enshrine those warriors who died in the Saga Rebellion the previous year. Thereafter, the shrine also came to be used to enshrine those who fell in the Satsuma Rebellion and the Shinpuren Rebellion, then those who died in wars from the First Sino-Japanese War onward. The temple’s grounds are a renowned destination for viewing plum and cherry blossoms in spring. A scenic lookout on the grounds also boasts a sweeping view of Oita City.

物悲しくも穏やかに雄大に厳かな葬礼を誇ります。参拝に幾度も行きます。先輩方の鎮魂は後輩の輩共の役目。社会的責務を忘れない為に年１-２回訪れています。
Hita Gion Yamaboko Kaikan

4.0

18 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Hitashi Kuma 2-7-10

A museum located in 2 Chome Kuma, Hita City. The museum contains exhibits on the stunning parade floats used in the Hita Gion Festival, which has been a designated National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. The festival is also included in the “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals” in Japan that have been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Visitors can view decorative festival floats as well as examples of the elaborately decorated curtains which are hung from them.

旅館から近かったので、寄ってみました。中には鮮やかな山鉾が並んでいて、迫力がありました。2階からも見ることができ、高さを実感できます。これらが街を練り歩く姿を見たいと思いました。
Isoya-tei

4.0

16 Reviews

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Oita Kitsuki-shi Kitsuki 211-1

"This samurai residence, a five-minute drive from the Kitsuki Interchange on the Oita Airport Road, stands at the top of the Kanjoba no Saka road in Kitsuki City's Kitadai area. The residence was used as part of the ""rakuju-tei"" residences officially used as rest and relaxation spaces by the local domain's feudal lords. Today, the residence' entranceway, tatami mat parlor, and three tearooms still remain in their original state. The residence was remodeled several times but always with a focus on superb hospitality as a relaxation space, and this can be seen in part in the calculated beauty of the residence' garden, of which each of the residence' windows offers a difference scenic view."

入口に立派な蘇轍があります。他の武家屋敷よりもとても風情がある武家屋敷です。庭もよく手入れされています。
Kusano Honke

3.0

19 Reviews

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Oita Hita-shi Mamedamachi 11-4

This Japanese merchant home, a seven-minute drive from Hita Station and the Hita Interchange, is the oldest of its kind in the prefecture. The residence once belonged to the Kusano, a merchant remitter family from Hita which was also engaged in the wax making business as well as being an official government product purveyor, and whose members also served as village headmen. The main building and inner salon were built during the Bunsei era (1818-1831). The main residence is divided into several areas, of which the altar room is believed to have been constructed around 1725. Kusano family documents and a set of armor said to have been used by Toyotomi Hidenaga are displayed in the residence. Designated a National Important Cultural Property, generally the residence is opened to the general public for around a month-long period four times a year, such as around the Doll Festival and Boys' Day.

日田市の豆田町を南北に貫く御幸通りを南に向かって歩いていると、草野本家がありました。いくつか建ち並んでいる建物の前には説明書きがありました。私たちがここを訪れたのは2022年10月のことでしたが、約８年にも及ぶ大改修を終えてまもない、３００年の歴史を持つ県内最古の商家なんだそうです。もちろん、改修を終えたばかりなので建物はきれいですが、日田の豆田町を支えてきた歴史があるんですね。
Kitsuki Castle Town Museum

4.0

13 Reviews

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Oita Kitsuki-shi Minamikitsuki 193-1

This museum, a five-minute drive from the Kitsuki Interchange on the Oita Airport Road, is located in Kitsuki City's Kitadai area and introduces the history of the area. The museum collects and preserves cultural properties and historically valuable materials; engages in research and excavations; and presents its findings to the public through its exhibits. A 3D diorama in the first floor lobby reveals the structure of the former castle town; an elaborately-decorated coach used in the local Tenjin Festival is also displayed here. The second floor is dedicated to samurai culture and lifestyles and displays records from the town's government office as well as items which reveal the culture of the townspeople. On the third floor, visitors can learn about Kitsuki kabuki, industry, folklore, and cultural properties through videos.

入るとすぐにお祭りで使う山車があります。かなり立派は山車です。城下町の大規模な模型やしっとういの加工機等の展示があります。観光中の休憩所としていいかも
Nikaido Museum of Art

3.5

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Oita Hayami-gun Hijimachi Kawasaki 837-6

This art museum, a three-minute walk from JR Hiji Station, is the only one in Kyushu and one of only a few in the country to be dedicated to Nihonga Japanese paintings. The museum displays paintings collected by Nikaido Shuzo YK, known for making the Nikaido brand of Oita barley shochus. The museum's collection of Nihonga paintings spans over 850 pieces dating from the early modern period to the present day. The museum's collection includes works by early modern period Nihonga artists such as Tokyo's Taikan Yokoyama and Gyokudo Kawai, and Kyoto's Shoen Uemura; as well as by artists from Oita prefecture. The museum holds five to six special seasonal exhibitions each year.

元祖むぎ焼酎でお馴染みの酒造店所縁の美術館。「コレクション展４桜と春らんまん」を見に行きました。観覧料８００円。現金のみ対応。全国的にも数少ない近代日本画専門の美術館とのこと。多くの作品は撮影可能。麦より芋という筋金入りのクロキリストも御満悦必定です。
Yaeko Nogami Literature Museum

4.0

12 Reviews

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Oita Usuki-shi Hamacho 538

"This museum, a 15-minute walk from Usuki Station on the JR Nippo Main Line, takes a deep look at the life and career of Yaeko Nogami, a writer who created such masterpieces as ""The Neptune"" and ""Hideyoshi and Rikyu."" The museum is housed in a remodeled part of the Kotegawa Sake Brewery building, which was the artist's childhood home and which stands in a part of Usuki where much old townscape can still be found. Inside, the museum displays a recreation of the study room Nogami used as a girl, as well as some 200 personal effects, including writing implements the author used right up until her passing; letters from famed novelist Natsume Soseki, who was her husband's teacher; and manuscripts written in Nogami's own hand. There is also a video area on the first floor."

臼杵駅から徒歩15分。記念館に利用されている古い家屋は野上弥生子の生家を利用したもの。入館料は310円。館内は撮影不可。弥生子は大正-昭和の小説家で文化勲章を受章している。館内には彼女の原稿や書簡などが展示されているが特段目を惹くような品はない。少女時代の勉強部屋も残されているが入室不可であり、部屋の外からの見学のみとなっている。
Doppo Kunikida Museum

4.0

11 Reviews

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Oita Saiki Jokahigashimachi 9-37

"This museum, a 20-minute walk from JR Saiki Station, operates out of the Sakamoto Nagatoshi Residence where Doppo Kunikida, famed author of the novel ""The Musashi Plain,"" stayed in his youth from October 1893 to the end of July the following year with his younger brother Shuji. A photo exhibit in the main building on the first floor shows what Saiki was like in the Meiji period, while the room where the two brothers stayed is on the second floor. An exhibit on the first floor of the residence' storehouse presents the life of Doppo and his literary achievements, while there's a reading space on the second floor as well as rare first edition publications by the author on display. There's also a rear garden which visitors can view as well."

国木田独歩という名前は聞いたことがありましたが大分県佐伯に関係があるのは全く知りませんでした。混雑もなくゆっくり拝観することが出来ます。
Ryuganji Temple

4.0

10 Reviews

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Oita Usa-shi Innaimachi Daimon 290-2

This Soto Buddhist temple is a 20-minute drive from the Ajimu Interchange on the Higashikyushu Expressway (Usa-Beppu Road). Records state the temple was founded by the priest Gyoki in 746 at the end of the Heian period. The temple's Okunoin Reido hall, situated on the side of a mountain a 250-meter climb from the main temple, is the only Kamakura period wooden building in the prefecture. The hall enshrines three-meter-high seated statues of Acala, Amitabha, and Bhaisajyaguru, which records state Gyoki carved from a single camphor tree in one night. The unfinished wood of the statues shines white in the hall's natural light, and both they and the hall have been designated National Important Cultural Properties.

岩山に貼り付くようlに作られた掛け造りの奥の院が素晴らしいです。堂内に鎮座する三体の木彫りの仏像は、予想外に大きく立派で圧倒されました。道路から石段を登ってたどり着いた本堂には、猫がいっぱいゴロゴロしてます。しかし、本堂はネコ達が荒らすためが、障子は破れ、物が散乱し、猫のオシッコ臭もして残念な感じ。平日のためか、他に参拝者はなく、静かで良かったです。拝観料は２００円。駐車場は１０台くらい...
Komo Shrine (Osada Hachimangu)

4.5

8 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Nakatsushi Osada 209

A Shinto shrine located in Osada, Nakatsu City. Founded some 1,200 years ago, the main shrine building is called the “outer shrine,” while the “inner shrine” is a pond called Misumi Pond which has been deemed a “go-shintai” or physical repository of a god. The shrine’s grounds have been designated a Historic Site as well as a Natural Monument by the prefecture. The current shrine gate, built by the samurai Hosokawa Tadaoki, has been designated a National Important Cultural Property.

この神社は歴史が古く由緒ある神社と聞いています。入り口の駐車スペースに車を止めて徒歩五分です。また薦神社には大きな池があり白鳥が泳いでいます。
Former Residence of Chikuden Tanomura

3.5

9 Reviews

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Oita Taketa-shi

This Japanese residence, a 15-minute walk from JR Bungo-Taketa Station, once belonged to late Edo period Southern Chinese-style painter Tanomura Chikuden. Situated amidst a cluster of samurai residences on a hill overlooking the city below, visitors can get a sweeping view of the area's former castle town right under their eyes. Currently the only samurai residence in the cluster open to the general public, it has been designated a National Historic Site. The residence' two story main building, tearoom, and Hosetsuro hut where Tanomura taught his pupils are preserved in their original state. There's also a fudezuka mound on the east side of the main building where old, worn out brushes would be buried with reverence. Tanomura's works can be viewed in the Taketa City History Museum.

豊後竹田の城下町の高台にある旧竹田荘は江戸時代の豊後南画の祖の田能村竹田(たのむらちくでん)の自宅です。部分部分改修されてますが改修江戸時代の雰囲気そのままです。彼は２２歳から藩校由学間に出仕しのちには芸術方面でも開花しました。竹田の城下町を見下ろしながら武家屋敷見学は如何ですか？
Iwatoji Temple

4.0

7 Reviews

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Oita Kunisaki-shi Kunisakimachi Iwatoji 1232

This ancient Tendai Buddhist temple, a 40-minute drive from the Oita Airport, is located on the northeast side of the Kunisaki Peninsula and is believed to have been founded by the priest Ninmon in 718. The statues of Ninmon on the approach to the temple are said to have been created in the Muromachi period and to be the oldest stone statues of the priest in Japan. Kunisakito vase-shaped stone pagodas on lotus pedestals, which are unique to Kunisaki, can be found behind the temple; their lotus pedestals are believed to have been made in the Kamakura period. The temple holds the Shujo Onie, a traditional fire festival to welcome the coming of spring, on the seventh day of the lunar New Year in odd-numbered years (on even-numbered years, the festival is held at the Jobutsuji Temple).

幕司如来が本尊、立派な仁王像もあります。上への登り口には茅葺の講堂もあり、風情があります。是非立ち寄りたいお寺の一つです。
Oka Castle Ruins

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Oita Pref. Taketashi Taketa 2761

The site of a ruined castle located in Aiai, Taketa City. Records state the castle was built in 1185 by Ogata Koreyoshi for Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Standing on a plateau at the confluence of the branches of the Ono River, the castle was known for its natural, impregnable location. Ultimately, however, the castle was abandoned in 1871 and demolished. It is said that composer Rentaro Taki, who spent his youth in Taketa, composed his song “Kojo no Tsuki (Moon over the Ruined Castle)” based on his own experience of playing at the castle.

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Oita Areas

A trip to Oita is tantamount to a long soak in the Beppu baths. The mountainous, coastal prefecture of Oita is renowned for having more onsen than any other prefecture in Japan, most of which lie in the city of Beppu on the west coast of Kyushu, recognizable by its pungent sulphuric aroma and the clouds of steam that puff up across the hillside. Away from the Beppu hot springs await mountains, waterfalls, and temples, so don’t hesitate to explore Oita a little further.