Introducing recommended local information on Oita Prefecture. Oita Prefecture offers sightseeing spots such as Beppu Onsen, Matuma-iwa, and Kujyu Hana Koen, sightseeing events such as Oita Tanabata Festival, Yufuin Film Festival, and Hita Kawabiraki Sightseeing Festival, and local delicacies such as Toriten, fugu (blowfish) dishes, and Nakatsu Karaage (fried fish).
Oita Prefecture is located in the eastern part of the Kyushu region and was called Bungo Province. Oita Prefecture is known for its famous hot spring resorts such as Beppu Onsen and Yufuin Onsen, and is promoted with the catchphrase "Oita, the best hot spring prefecture in Japan.
Oita Prefecture, which boasts the largest number and volume of hot spring water sources in Japan, is also Japan's number one in geothermal power generation, which is utilized in a variety of industries.
There are ruins that indicate that people have lived in the area since ancient times, and the Yokoo Ruins in Oita City are said to be the oldest architectural components in Japan. During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), when the Otomo clan was ruled by Sorin Otomo, a well-known Christian feudal lord, the influence of trade with China and Portugal gave rise to the Nanban culture.
Although Oita did not become a major city during the Edo period (1603-1867), each of the eight feudal clans in the prefecture developed their own unique culture, and the history can be traced at these sightseeing spots where samurai residences and other structures still exist.
In Oita Prefecture, there are Beppu Onsen and Yufuin Onsen, which are famous in Japan, and Yufuin Onsen in particular has gained a good reputation for its calm and relaxing atmosphere because of the lack of entertainment areas and development to protect the scenery. The town was not developed to protect the scenery, and it has become popular for its relaxing atmosphere.
In addition, there are many inexpensive public hot spring baths in the area, and there are many ways to enjoy hot springs. There are many hot spring towns in Oita Prefecture to visit when you want to relax and unwind.
Oita Prefecture is also home to a number of hot springs known as "jigoku. Blood Pond Hell, so named because of the vermilion color of the hot spring water due to iron oxide and other substances, is designated as a national scenic beauty spot in Beppu Prefecture.
Tatsumaki Jigoku is a defunct hot spring, and hot water gushes out between 20 and 40 minutes. Boju Jigoku is a hell where mud boils at temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Celsius, and is so named because the spouting mud looks like a monk's head. While relaxing in the hot springs is a good idea, the hot springs known as "jigoku" are also a highlight of sightseeing in Oita.
Beppu is a hot spring tourist spot with steamy water and the scent of sulfur in the air.Known as a hot spring city, Beppu has hot springs all over the city, with more than 2,000 sources and over 80,000 liters of water gushing out every minute, both the highest in Japan. There is a hotel and inn district around Kaigan-dori and Nagaregawa-dori in the central city center, and a bustling shopping dis...»
Yufuin Onsen spreads out at the foot of Mt. Yufu, and is a calm hot spring village where modern buildings blend well with the straw-thatched roofs that still remain in large numbers today. Yufuin is rich in hot spring water, with the second largest amount of hot spring water and the second largest number of hot spring sources in Japan after Beppu Onsen, also in Oita Prefecture. The Yubumi Street...»
Jigoku refers to the boiling water, fumaroles, and hot mud that erupt from 200 to 300 meters below the surface of the earth.Each hell has its own unique color and composition, and they are concentrated in Kannawa Onsen. The "Jigoku Meguri (Hell Tour)" is a typical sightseeing course in Beppu that takes visitors on a tour of eight different hells, including the cobalt blue "Umi Jigoku" (Sea Hell),...»
Kinrin Lake is a pond with a hot spring located in Yufuin Onsen, and the scenery of morning mist on the lake is one of the most representative landscapes of Yufuin Onsen. Hot spring water and fresh water gush from the bottom of the pond, and five rivers flow into the lake, some of which contain hot spring water of approximately 30 degrees Celsius. Due to the difference in temperature, a fantasti...»
Usa Jingu is the first shrine in Bungo, located at the foot of Mount Goshozan (647 meters above sea level) and is the head shrine of the 44,000 Hachimangu shrines in Japan. It is one of the most important shrines in Shintoism, and is considered one of the oldest shrines in Japan. In ancient times, it was treated as the Nisho Sobyo (the second shrine) along with Ise Jingu Shrine. It is one of the...»
The suspension bridge, 390 meters long and 173 meters high from the riverbed, spans the Naruko River Valley at an elevation of 777 meters and is the tallest suspension bridge in Japan for human beings only. From the bridge, visitors can enjoy a spectacular view of the male and female falls of Shindo Falls, selected as one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan, as well as the Kukenkei Gorge, famous f...»
The castle was built at the mouth of the Nakatsu River, and its mock castle tower has become a symbol of the castle town of Nakatsu. Because seawater is drawn into the moat at high tide, it is also called a "sea castle," and along with Imabari Castle and Takamatsu Castle, it is one of the three largest water castles in Japan. It was also called "Senjo" (fan castle) because of the right-angled tr...»
The central shopping street of Bungo Takada City flourished as the busiest town on the Kunitachi Peninsula through the 1950s. Since 70% of the old buildings built before the Showa 30s still exist, the city focuses on the "Showa era" and recreates the streets of the Showa era....»
The character by which it's "fried noodles" to shine on the menu of the store of Chinese noodles in Hita-shi. Though it's a store of Chinese noodles in the store, an iron plate is found! So the made menu is "Hita fried noodles". Commitment is baked directly, the condition". Noodles are seared with a high flame and it's completed by a source of each store secret until the surface becomes crisp by a...»
“Burino atsumeshi (hot rice)” is a rice bowl dish topped with buri which is marinated in shoyu-based sauce, garnished with condiments such as green onions, nori and sesame seeds, and finished up by pouring green tea or dashi. It was invented by fishermen by slicing up freshly-caught buri to sashimi for meals,and also marinated the left over buri in shoyu as a preservative food onboard while fishin...»
The one a fisherman made with pheasant and pigeon is called a first. The day when the past is clear sky and, well, it was made a tease (of a rice planting end, the god "Well." deified and by which it's a rice field) and the time when I had a guest....»
The vegetarian food transmitted to Yamakunigawa River basin. The soup which didn't put flesh and meat in and made with only vegetables. When there was a funeral before, women in an area made.I say a vegetarian food, but I also go up to a usual dining table. There is an opinion to which they may come from a burial, but the name as "NOPPE soup" isn't certain....»
Original sushi beautifully colored by sweetfish, eel, Donko, pickles and seasonal colorful vegetables. Old and new Hita this place gourmet and that are "day phlegm sushi". The hand-shaped sushi sushi with the bite size is also clean the appearance and popular with ladies, too. The leading role of day phlegm sushi is "or, rape book" by far the most. It's born in 1965 's and you have enjoyed many ci...»
Bowl filled with abundant "from Nakatsu, rise" and chicken large country with local food from Oita and chicken rice "a lot" in a sacred place of a food fried without coat and Nakatsu-shi, Oita!Please taste by all means....»