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  • Ao-no-domon
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    Oita Pref. Nakatsushi Honyabakeimachisogi
    In the Edo period a Zenkai high priest who was grieved at men and horses losing their lives on the perilous road, spent 30 years carving out a tunnel with just chisel and hammer together with his masons. It is said that this tale was the basis of Kan Kikuchi’s novel “Beyond Love and Hate.” Even today, in one part of the tunnel the remaining marks of the chisel work can be seen.

    Ao Cave is well known thanks to the novel “Onshuno Kanatani”, written by Kikuchi Kan. The novel is based on a real story of a bonze who dug the tunnel for local people. I had expected a very...

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  • Kangien
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    Oita Pref. Hitashi Tansou 2-2-13
    A historic building located in 2 Chome Tanso, Hita City. This famous small private school, opened by Hita-born, late Edo period Confucian scholar Hirose Tanso, counted among its graduates such names as Omura Masujiro and Takano Choei. Today, visitors can view the building for free and, in the adjoining Kangien Educational Research Center, view exhibits on the school and its students.

    松下村塾や適塾とならぶ日本近世3大私塾の一つです。適塾にはまだ行ったことはないですが松下村塾にくらべ規模は可なりこちらのほうが大きいです。今度は適塾にも行ってみたいと思っています。

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  • Isoya-tei
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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。

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  • Kusano Honke
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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。

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  • Former Residence of Chikuden Tanomura
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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？

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  • Usuki Castle Ruins (Usuki Park)
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    Oita Pref. Usukishi Usuki Niu Island 91-1
    These castle ruins are approximately ten minutes on foot from JR Usuki Station in southern Usuki City. The castle was built by the Christian feudal lord Otomo Sorin in 1562 and was occupied by the Inaba clan until the feudal era system of land division was abolished in 1873. Today the site is a park, but the stone rampart, dry moat, and a turret remain, giving an idea of what it once looked like. It was also known as Niujima Castle as it was built on Niujima Island, and Turtle Castle because the island was thought to look like a turtle. It is also one of the prefecture's premier cherry blossom viewing spots and it gets packed with visitors in spring.
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  • Ryugenji Temple Three-Story Pagoda
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    Oita Usuki-shi Fukura
    This three-story wooden pagoda, a 10-minute walk from Usuki Station on the JR Nippo Main Line, stands on the grounds of the Ryugenji Temple, a Pure Land Buddhist temple founded in 1600 by Inaba Sadamichi, the first lord of Usuki Domain. The temple was built over a 10-year-long period starting in 1848 and enshrines a statue of Prince Shotoku. Built by famous Usuki carpenter Takahashi Dannai, its roofs are supported by statues of devils with unique faces under the eaves. The pagoda is just one of two three-story wooden pagodas dating to the Edo period in the entirety of the Kyushu region and has been designated a Cultural Property by the prefecture.
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  • Ohara-tei
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    Oita Kitsuki-shi Kitsuki 207
    This residence stands at the top of the Suya no Saka hill road in Kitsuki City's Kitadai area a five-minute drive from the Kitsuki Interchange on the Oita Airport Road. The residence belonged to the Ohara family, whose members served as the chief retainers in the former Kitsuki Domain. An architectural heritage site of immense historical value, the residence reveals the tastes and lifestyles of high-ranking samurai of the time. Features such as the magnificent double-doored gate; stately thatched roof; spacious entranceway; and high, bowed roof are simple and sturdy yet reveal the high social standing of the family. The residence' vast strolling garden with pond is perhaps the best maintained of any of the samurai residences in Kitsuki.
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  • Kamio Family Residence
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    Oita Nakatsu-shi Yamakunimachi Morizane 120
    This historic structure is right next to the Shokokai-mae bus stop and Yakuba-mae bus stop and can also be reached by taking a left on the road in front of the Nakatsu City Yamakuni Community Center; it will be visible on your left. The former residence has also been designated a National Important Cultural Property. Built in 1771, the structure is viewed as the oldest extant Japanese home in the Kyushu region whose date of construction is known. Originally belonging to a family whose members served as leaders of a group in the Edo period, those interested in viewing the residence must first receive permission from the current owner. The cost to view the residence, however, is free. Built with a curving hipped roof, the residence also has a stable.
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  • Reimeikan hitaoshibanabijutukan
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    Oita Pref. Hitashi Kuma 2-2-1

    悪くはないんだが日田にある押し花を使った珍しい美術館。館内は撮影禁止です。無料ということでお邪魔しました。絵と押し花の絵は見事なコラボレーションでしたが、沢山見るというより売店が主と思いました。

  • Kimonyagura sumiyagura
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    Oita Pref. Hayamigunhijimachi
  • Goto Family's Residence
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    Oita Oita-shi Nioki
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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.

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