Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Beppu Area

  • Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center
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    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.

  • Hirano Museum
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Beppushi-shi Motomachi 11-7
    Standing among several restaurants, this museum, overseen by the Beppu Onsen Promotional Association, also serves as a tourist information center for Oita. Open to the general public, the museum operates out of the first floor of the home of the director, and prospective visitors must make an appointment before they come. The museum's privately organized collection spans some 5,000 items, all of which are connected to Beppu, including photos and posters from the Meiji through the Showa periods, as well as exhibits on prominent figures.

    別府温泉で有名な竹瓦温泉の裏手の商店街の中に有る個人経営の資料館です。波止場神社にも割と近い場所ですが何分個人宅なので中に入るのに躊躇します。 別府温泉街の栄枯盛衰を個人収集の民族資料で開設した資料館で入場無料です。

  • Flowering Plant Group; Agriculture Research Division; Oita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research and Guidance Center
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    Oita Beppushi-shi Tsurumi 710-1
    This research institution belongs to the Agricultural Research Division of the Oita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research and Guidance Center, an administrative body of the prefectural government. The facility primarily engages in providing superior plant varieties and technical guidance to flower farmers in Oita Prefecture. However, its botanical garden, planted with decorative cultivars; and its greenhouse, in which are displayed tropical and subtropical plants, are open to the general public and may be freely visited during operating hours.
  • Hijimachi History Museum
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Hayami-gun Hijimachi 2602-2

    ここの前の駐車場に車を停めてしばらく城址界隈を散策しました。最初にここにはいったのですが、受付にいたスタッフのおじさんが詳しく、ここの内部だけでなく鬼門櫓の中も解説してくれました。「この史料館は新しいので展示も少なくて」と恐縮しながら話してくれたのですが、興味深い解説をしてもらえたのでよかったです。入場無料です。

  • Taiyonoierekishi Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Pref. Beppushi Uchikamado 1393-2
  • Hamada Onsen Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Beppushi-shi Kamegawahamadamachi 3-21
  • Beppu City Office Hamada Onsen Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Beppushi-shi Kamegawahamadamachi 3-21

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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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