Main street in Yufuin located at the foot of mount Yufu. The avenue is started near JR Yufuin Station and connected to Kinrinko lake. Through Yunotsubo Avenue, it takes about 30 minutes on foot from JR Yufuin Station to Kinrinko lake. There are 70 shops, gift shop, galleries, curiosity item shops as well as cafes. Along the Oita River, which is one street away, it is a recommended walking spot where you can enjoy the seasonal scenery, and you can find a tranquil atmosphere of Yufuin.

Yunotsubo avenue, in Yufuin, Oita-prefec…の続きを読む

  Usa shrine is located in Usa, Oita-prefecture. One of the most beautiful Shrine in Japan, the head shrine of Hachiman Shrine that is  composed 44,000 shrines that dedicated to the Hachiman Deity. Emperor Ojin, who was deified as Hachiman-jin  (the tutelary god of warriors), is said to be enshrined in all the sites dedicated to him; and the first and earliest of these was at Usa in the early 8th century. The Shrine is was founded in 727.

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