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Around Kunisaki Peninsula

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Kitsuki Castle

3.5

118 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Oita Pref. Kitsukishi Kitsuki 16-1

"This castle is considered the smallest in Japan and is located on a plateau near the mouth of the Yasaka River. Built by Kitsuki Yorinao in 1394, the Kanji used for the part of ""Kitsuki"" was different from the one used today at the time of its construction, but because the shogunate vermillion seal had mistakenly been written in different Kanji, the Kanji used on the seal came to be used commonly.. It is also known as Gagyu Castle because the plateau it is on is shaped like a cow lying down, and as Katsuyama Castle because it endured for two months against an attack by the Shimazu. The current castle keep was reconstructed in 1970, and items such as armor used by the castle lords is displayed in the castle museum."

There is an English brochure, but most of the information is in Japanese. However you can try on some real armor and look out over a view of the entire city.
Kumano Magaibutsu

4.5

117 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Tashibuhirano

A group of stone carvings made into bare rock in the late Heian period (794–1185) which are believed to be the oldest Buddhist imagery in the nation. There are two carvings—an eight meter tall image of Fudo Myoo (Acala, the God of Fire) and a 7.7 meter tall image of Dainichi-nyorai (Vairocana); both are among the largest such Magaibutsu (Buddhist imagery carved into bare stone) in the country and are nationally designated Important Cultural Properties and as well as a Historic Site. In order to view the statues, it is necessary to climb a steep set of stone steps; accordingly, visitors are encouraged to wear comfortable footwear. Walking stick rentals are also available. The figures may be viewed until evening.

Following Fukiji-oodou we visited Kumano-magaibutsu (stone Buddhist statues carved on rock) not far away. These statues date back to the late Heian period, probably 11th to 12th century, and is the...
Fuki-ji Temple

4.5

110 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Tashibufuki 2395

A Tendai Buddhist temple standing silently along Prefectural Route 655 in Bungotakada City. Erected in the Heian period (794–1185) as a shrine in the Usa Jingu Shrine complex, the temple’s principle object of worship, a seated wooden figure of Amitabha Tathagatta, is designated an Important Cultural Property. Together with the Phoenix Hall at the Byodoin and the Golden Hall at the Chuson-ji Temple, the temple’s Great Hall is counted one of the three most outstanding halls devoted to an image of Amitabha in Japan. Designated a National Treasure, the Great Hall is also the oldest wooden structure in Kyushu. The Fukinotou inn adjoining the Great Hall for those looking to have a quiet and relaxing stay.

Beautiful amazingly preserved temple, well not entirely - there are spots on the walls with graffiti made by local kids who used it as their playground in the 1950s but it makes it all the more...
Makiodo

4.0

59 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Tashibumaki 1796

A Buddhist temple situated along Prefectural Route 655 in Tashibumaki, Bungotakada City. The temple is one of the groups of Rokugo Manzan temples found on the Kunisaki Peninsula. The temple once flourished as the greatest of the eight head Rokugo Manzan temples but its 36 buildings were almost completely destroyed in a fire. The temple possesses numerous National Important Cultural Property-designated Buddhist statues, including a wooden seated figure of Amitabha, the temple’s principal object of worship; and wooden statues of the Four Heavenly Kinds which stand guard around it. The grounds encompass an observatory and Kodai Park, which contains a group of stone Rokugo Manzan structures.

Rare wooden statues on display. This temple combo Shinto divinities and Buddhist deities. The wooden hall (photo) was built during the zero period.
Roadside Station Kunimi

3.5

15 Reviews

Transportation

Oita Pref. Kunisakishi Kunimimachimi 4252-1

A roadside station situated along the Kitsuki Coastal Road in Imi Kunimi-machi, Kunisaki City. The station has a farmer’s market selling agricultural products and seafood as well as a restaurant serving dishes made with seasonal ingredients and local specialty products like octopus. Located at the entranceway to Gongenzaki Furusato Nature Park and Kunimi Seaside Park, the station is also adjoined by a campground.

国東半島をぐるりと一周する国道２１３号線沿いにある道の駅で、レストランも併設されています。大分空港方面からドライブする場合、ここを過ぎるとトンネルが続く道となるので一休みするといいと思います。オブジェがあるタコの加工品を始め、海産物やフルーツ、野菜などの地元産品が販売されています。
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。
Showa no Machi Museum

4.0

7 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Chuoudori 691

A museum located in Chuodori, Bungotakada City. Operating out of a former Oita Union Bank building built in 1933, the museum contains exhibits such as chronologies and everyday items used during Japan’s bygone Showa period (1926–1989). Entry is free and visitors can learn about Japanese lifestyles and history during the Showa period. The museum also rents retro Showa period Western-style clothing and visitors can walk the streets of Bungotakada, which still retain strong traces of the Showa period, dressed in “period-appropriate” fashion.

今回ここを訪れるのは２回目なのですが、昭和の時代の品々が所狭しと並べられていて、懐かしさがこみ上げてきました。
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。
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
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。
Roadside Station Kunisaki

Transportation

Oita Pref. Kunisakishi Kunisakimachiowara 2662-1

A roadside station situated along National Route 213 in Owara Kunisaki-machi, Kunisaki City. Facilities include the Kunisaki Cycling Terminal, a bicycle rental terminal; and a market selling agricultural products and local specialty products. Gintachi no Sato sells seafood and foods made with seafood and also serves dishes made with local specialties like largehead hairtail.
Kunimi Furusato Museum

4.5

4 Reviews

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Oita Kunisaki-shi Kunimimachi Kibe 536

This museum, a 35-minute drive from the Oita Airport, operates out of a residence once used by village headmen built in the early Meiji period. Here visitors can come in contact with the history and culture of Kunisaki City's Kunimi-machi district through braziers, glass beads, serving tables, and other historically valuable artefacts excavated from the Onizuka Kofun, a sixth century burial mound; and exhibits on the Rokugo Manzan culture. The museum is also one of the few places anywhere in the world to provide information on and display items connected to Petro Kasui Kibe, a Christian missionary who was the first Japanese person to visit Jerusalem. In the Shiroyamatei restaurant on the museum's grounds, you can enjoy choice meals made with ingredients grown in Kunimi-machi, such as the area's famous octopus curry.

国見の街の国道沿いにあるが看板が泣ければ通り過ぎてしまいそうな場所にある。隣のペトロカヌイ公園のほうが目立つが駐車場はどちらでも同じ。駐車場から奥に行くと国見ふるさと展示館。夕方近かったので人影がなく、食堂、売店も閉店していた。地味な施設なので観光客を集めるには苦労しそうだ。入場料200円で中に入ると国見の暮らし、歴史に関する資料が展示されている。
Matama Beach

Travel / Tourism

Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Usuno

A stretch of coast extending along National Route 213 in Usuno, Bungotakada City. Facing the Suo Sea off of the Kunisaki Peninsula, in summer visitors can also enjoy swimming here. Famous for its sunset, the coast has been selected for inclusion in a list of Japan’s 100 best sunset destinations. Particularly during low tide, a striping of tidal flats and the sunset reflecting off the ocean and multiple pools of water create a particularly beautiful view.
Kunisaki Peninsula

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Kunisaki, Kunisaki-shi, Oita Prefecture

A peninsula located in northeastern Oita Prefecture. Oita Airport is found on the peninsula. The area centering on the peninsula's highest peak, Mt. Futago, is also known as one of the first places in Kyushu where Buddhism and Buddhism-Shinto syncretism flourished, and a group of temples dedicated to Tendai, a Buddhist sect which originated here, is collectively referred to Rokugo Manzan. Today, the area is still dotted with numerous shrines and temples, such as the Fuki-ji Temple, whose large hall has been designated a national Treasure; and Usa-jingu Shrine, the head shrine of all Hachiman shrines.
Futago-ji Temple

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Oita Pref. Kunisakishi Akimachifutago 1548

A Buddhist temple located in Futago, Aki-machi, Kunisaki City. Situated halfway up Mt. Futago, the tallest peak on the Kunisaki Peninsula, this temple is the head temple of all Rokugo Manzan Tendai Buddhist temples which boast 1,300 years of history in the peninsula. The temple’s grounds are included as part of Setonaikai National Park and have also been designated a Historic Site by the prefecture. Filled with woodland and natural beauty, the temple’s grounds have even been selected for inclusion in a list of 100 Forests in Japan suited for Forest Bathing, and particularly large numbers of visitors come here during the fall foliage season.
Cape Nagasakibana

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Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Mime

A cape located on the tip of the Kunisaki Peninsula in Mime, Bungotakada City. This is a resort destination which is comprised of facilities such as a flower park where some 20 million rapeseed flowers and 1.4 million sunflowers bloom seasonally, a swimming beach, campground, and restaurants. The Cape Nagasakibana Summer Festival is held on Marine Day, and an event which coincides with the blooming of flowers is also held on the cape. Visitors can also purchase Hananomisaki oils extracted from rapeseed and sunflowers.
Miura Baien Museum

4.0

2 Reviews

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Oita Kunisaki-shi Akimachi Tomikiyo 2507-1

"This museum, a 25-minute drive from the Aki Interchange on the Oita Airport Road, is dedicated to Edo period philosopher Miura Baien. Baien is counted as one of the ""Three Sages of Bungo"" alongside Banri Hoashi and Hirose Tanso. The museum's standing exhibition displays manuscripts written by Baien, a celestial globe owned by the philosopher, portraits, and other items. The museum also shows a short, 10-minute-long film which presents his life and ideas. With an advance reservation by phone, you can also go on a guided tour led by a researcher. The museum also holds a special exhibition once a year. Baien's former, thatch roofed home adjoins the museum and can be viewed for free."

ガイド研修に参加。近くにあるのに初めて。地元の偉人に触れる。いろんな資料。深い。地元の公民館で有志による梅園の養生訓の勉強会も。
Touinryou

3.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Oita Kunisaki-shi Kunimimachi Imi 2017

"This mounting studio and gallery, a 40-minute drive from the Oita Airport, operates out of a remodeled three story wooden Japanese home originally built as a sake brewery in the mid-Meiji period. Inside, there is a gallery and studio which mounts items such as kimono and obi belts using folding screens and other frames and mounts. Making use of the building's expansive space, the facility holds exhibitions and displays and sells works of art by artists active in the prefecture and beyond. The facility also holds art gallery crawls in the spring and fall. In the adjoining Sangaiya cafe, you can enjoy an octopus rice meal and an open air ""coffee ceremony."""

Located in a converted old sake brewery (beautifully done), it serves wonderful Japanese style lunch. The most well-known dish for the area is rice mixed with octopus. It also serves wonder Japanese...
Kitsuki Castle Town

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Oita Pref. Kitsukishi Kitsuki

This former castle town district is located in Kitsuki, Kitsuki City. This distinctive, so-called “sandwich style castle town” formed around Kitsuki Castle, built in 1394, and consisted of a merchant district sandwiched between samurai residences in the north and south high grounds. Today, the grounds of the castle are maintained as a park with a reconstructed faux castle tower in the center, and the former castle town surrounding it still contains a townscape consisting of numerous preserved samurai residences and merchant homes.
Monjusen-ji Temple

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Oita Pref. Kunisakishi Kunisakimachidaionji 2432

A Buddhist temple located in Daionji Kunisaki-machi, Kunisaki City. Part of the Rokugo Manzan Tendai Buddhist temples which grew and developed on the Kunisaki Peninsula, the temple has a history of some 1,300 years. The temple’s principal object of worship, a figure of Monjusri, is known for granting wisdom, and many worshippers come here seeking to be blessed with intelligence, success in scholarly activities, and achieving entrance to the school of their choice. The temple is located in Setonaikai National Park, and a giant sacred zelkova tree, believed to be over 1,000 years old, grows on its grounds. There’s also a Hokyoin pagoda which offers a sweeping view of the Seto Inland Sea.

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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.