Oita-prefcture travel guide

Onsen Resort where the largest hot spring yield in Japan. The popular

hot spring town nestle at the foot of volcanos, Mount Yufu and Mount

Tsurumi. Boasting more than 2,800 hot spring sources and flowing

rate of nearly 137,000 kiloliters per day, Beppu is considered a paradise

of hot springs famous for high therapeutic effects.

A beautiful and tranquil Onsen Resort, Yufuin is located about 15 km

west of Beppu and is spreading in the Yufu basin at the mountain foot

of Yufu.  Onsen Resort life can be enjoyed at the beautiful and tranquil 

place harmonized with nature in the basin of mountain hill area.

Nature-blessed region at Ono River basin, the northern part is

surrounded  by Aso & Kuju Mountains. Okubungo consists of Takada, 

Kuju, Kusu, Kokonoe, Bungo-ono and Ogata.

Located at the base of  Kunisaki peninsula and spreading around

 Usa Shrine. Since ancient time the Kunisaki peninsula has been

home of Kyushu’s prominent Usa Shrine, influencing the surrounding

hills and valleys with Buddhist culture. Although this is a Shinto shrine, 

it has long been holy ground to both Shinto and Buddhist activities.

Rural area centered on mount Futago, pilgrimage, trekking, onsen,

local cuisines can be enjoyed.  Kunisaki peninsula began to develop

1,300 years ago as a sacred religious ground influenced by by 

mountain and nature worship, Buddhism, and Usa shrine rising in

the region.

A small city on the north coast of Oita-prefecture, just east of its border

with  Fukuoka-prefecture. During the Edo Period of Japanese history,

Nakatsu was a mid-sized domain, and the town itself has recently

expanded to include  outlying towns and districts and now comprises 

almost 500 square kilometers with a population of almost 85,000.

 Bungo Beef

 Seki  Aji & Seki Saba,

 mackerels

 Oita fugu, blowfish

  Dango-jiru

  Toriten, fried chicken

  Ryukyu