Oita City
Walking Guide
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Rental Cycle
Oita Station Rent-A-Cycle Port
2605-2 Kaname-machi, Oita City Tel. 097-537-5739

Rental Car

OITA TRIP SELECT

Station Rental Car Kyushu Oita Station Sales Oﬃce
1-1-5 Kanaikeminami, Oita City TEL 097-500-8880

Orix Rent-a-car Oita Ekimae Shop

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1-1-15 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-8694

uNippon Rent-A-Car Oita Ekimae Sales Oﬃce
TakajoUmitamago

1-5-1 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-4500

Takasakiyama Nishi-Oita

Times Car Rental Oita Ekimae Shop
1-2-12 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-0762

Sakanoichi

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Oita

Kozaki

Oita IC

Nissan Rent-a-car Oita Ekimae Shop
3-10 Kaname-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-0138

Kamezuka Tomb
FurugoToyota Rental Lease Oita Ekimae Shop

Kaku

Minami-Oita
Takio

1F KCA/Across Plaza Oita Ekinan,
1-3-1 Higashiomichi, Oita City
TEL 097-545-0155

Bus
Oita Bus
Oita Kotsu

Ozai

Tsurusaki←Yufu

Oita-Mitsuyoshi IC
Bungo-Kokubu

Oita-Mera IC
ShikidoTEL 097-532-7000
TEL 097-534-7455↓UsukiOita-Miyagawauchi IC

Oita Bank Dome(Oita Stadium)

Oitadaigakumae

Sightseeing taxi

Nakahanda↓Usuki

Oita Prefecture Taxi Association
TEL 0 9 7 - 5 5 8 - 5 7 5 9Oita City

Tourist information
Oita City Tourist Information Center

Takenaka

Oitagawa Dam

Tsuruga Castle Ruins

JR Oita Station
TEL 097-532-0723

Oita City Tourist Association
2-31 Niage-machi, Oita City
TEL 097-537-5764

Oita Prefecture↓Taketa↓Bungo-Ono

City of Oita Tourism Division
2-31 Niage-machi, Oita City
TEL 097-537-7043

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CourseTake a walk downtown

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CourseArt tour5

CourseNightlife

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CourseWalk around historical Funai area
associated with the Otomo clan

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CourseTable of Contents
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Oita - A city that will make you want to explore.
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Walk around historical
Ueno and Motomachi areas

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CourseEnjoy your encounter with animals

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CourseWalk through a retro town
and its warehouses

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CourseExperience Japanese traditional
culture and history

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CourseTsurusaki Historical Road

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Tour Saganoseki

21Tour historic sites with abundant nature

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Notsuharu and Imaichi Historical Highway

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Morning Jogging & Walking Map

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Cycle along Beppu Bay

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Complex facilities ofart culture designed
by Mr. Arata Isozaki,
a gloval architectfrom Oita City

Hot spring
Souvenir

Town Walking in Oita

Recommended route (on foot)Art Plaza ⑤

Funai④ Castle Ruins

Oita
Showa-dori City Hall
←BeppuShowa-doriKencho Kita

Oita Central Ote Park
Oita Post OfficeBank

Atami Onsen

Funai Gobangai
Chuo-dori

Centporta Chuocho

Wakakusa
Park

① Red
Brick Hall
Tokiwa ② Funai

A bathhouse of this hot spring reminds
us the atmosphere of a nostalgic sento(a Japanese style public bath).

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ⓐ Sculptures
at Yuho Park

Sculptures arescatteredin Yuho Park.

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Amu Plaza Oita 1-chome

The restroom in Funai
Aqua Park is a work
entitled "Melting Dream"
originally designed for"the Oita Toilennale"
which was held at an art
festival in 2015.

③ Group of

Sculptures
at Yuho Park

Kenchan
Seibou Kitamura’s work
One of the artists representing from the Meiji toShowa periods of Japan. He left a number ofrepresentative works, including the Nagasaki Peace
Memorial Statue.

(City Spa Tenku)(Japanese style public bath)ⓒ

Amu Plaza Oita

Horuto Amu Plaza City Rooftop Place

Souvenirs in Oita are available at"Bungo Niwasaki Market " keep arich assortment of goods in stock,on the first floor.
You can also enjoy shopping at
Amu Plaza Oita.

 Junior high school students: 380 yen: elementary schoolchildren: 150 yen; infants: 70 yen:10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Bungo Niwasaki Market: 9:30 AM - 9:00 PM *Varies with the store.

Ishida Mitsunari’s son-in-law Fukuhara

started constructing Funai Castle④ Funai Castle Naotaka
approximately 400 years ago, and Takenaka

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(Green Shadow)

Shigetoshi completed the castle later.

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① Red Brick Hall

5 min.

③ Group of Sculptures

5 min.

④ Funai Castle Ruins↓（ 250m）5-min. walk4

(Melting Dream)at Yuho Park↓（ 50m）1-min. walk
20 min.

↓（ 50m）1-min. walk

⑤ Art Plaza(Only exterior viewing)

5 min.

↓（ 1.2km）15-min. walk
30 min.

Statue of Rentaro Taki

Created by Fumio Asakura
Born in Oita Prefecture. He was the sculptor called"the Rodin of the Orient" in from the Meiji toShowa periods.

START Departing from JR’s Oita Station② Funai Aqua Parkⓑ

 1-14 Kanamemachi, Oita City
 097-513-1220

Atami Onsen 1-3-4 Suehiromachi, Oita City
 097-532-4324
 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM
 Tuesdays

Schedule

A number of cultural sites ofhistoric value still remain in thecentral part of Oita City. These
include the ruins of Funai Castle
built approximately 400 years ago,
works of sculptors representing
Japan and Western-stylearchitecture that is reminiscent theof the Meiji period (1868 ‒ 1912).
Please enjoy the historical heritagethat surrounds you.

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Red Brick Hall of Oita
Bank was designed by
Kingo Tatsuno, thearchitect famous for
the Tokyo Stationbuilding, which is now
a registered cultural
asset of Japan.

Aqua Parkⓑ
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Central Area

Take a walk
downtown

Crossing the
Hallway Bridge

Shoei Shrine

Photogenic spot

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The Hallway Bridge, including
the interior, crossing the moat
was faithfully reproduced.

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Enjoy with all Your Five Senses!

Photogenic spot
Recommended route (on foot)The logo of the entrancemonument is a popular
photogenic spot.

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Models of some works
which Arata Isozaki who
is an architect from Oita
created, and hisreferences are exhibited.

Art Plaza
Oita ⑥

Oita Prefectural Art
Oasis Hirobamae Museum (OPAM)City Hall(South of OPAM) ⑦

Kencho Kita

Showa-dori

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Galleria Takemachi Underpass Art

Wakakusa
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Funai Gobangai

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Yuho Park

Oita
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Showa-dori
Hotel Nikko Oita
Oasis Tower

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Oita City
Art Museum

Many art works are
dotted around themuseum as well.

Uenogaoka
Junior High School0↓（ 150m）2-min. walk

⑤ Yuho Park

① Oita Station-front Underpass③ Chuo-dori underpass 5 min.

↓（ 300m）5-min. walk

② Wakakusa Park6↓（ 250m）5-min. walk↓（ 100m）1-min. walk↓

(Toilet Graffiti)(Do Dots Dream of Lines)↓（ 350m）5-min. walk
④ Fuai Aqua Park

5 min.

⑧ Oita City

Art Museum"Oita City Art Museum" isfamiliar as a museum where
people can enjoy seeing
and learning the arts.

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Oita Prefectural Art Museum(OPAM) was designed with theconcept of a museum wherethe ﬁve senses meet.
The object ofan elephant is
the symbol ofthe museum.

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 865 Ueno, Oita City
 097-554-5800

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 Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday.)* The museum is open on the ﬁrst Monday of
every month and the second Tuesday will be closed(except when a special exhibition is held, in which case,that Tuesday will be open).
Approx. 130 vehicles⑦ Oita Prefectural

Art Museum (OPAM)

 2-1 Kotobukimachi, Oita City
 097-533-4500
 10:00 AM-7:00 PM and until 8:00 PM

on Fridays and Saturdays(The last This art that visitors canadmission is 30 min. before closing time.) enjoy touching the work Open 356 days a year, in principle of Marcel Wanders, a(except for temporary closing days for inspection) Dutch designer.
Outdoor parking lot (for 143 vehicles)
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Required time: Approx. 4 h. 5 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)

START Departing from JR’s Oita Station（ 400m）5-min. walk

(Until 6:00 PM for Arata
Isozaki architecture
exhibition room) New Year’s holiday period(December 28 throughJanuary 3) * Opens if an
event is held.
The Art Plaza was designed by Arata Isozaki,
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Many art spots are scattered in thecentral part of Oita City, including"Oita Prefectural Art Museum"(OPAM) which was designed by
Shigeru Ban who is a gloval famous
architect, and various works arecoloring Oita City. Please walk in
town in search of arts, and get intouch with art and culture.

 3-31 Niagemachi, Oita City
 097-538-5000
 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM

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Works bysculptors
representing Japanare displayed in
Yuho Park.

Ueno Area⑥ Art Plaza

Kanaike
Elementary Schoolion
Oita Station Ueno-no-mori entrance
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the Oita City
Art Museum
Entrance intersection

Tsurusaki→

Prefectural Hall

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Convenient for seeing arts
in Oita City.
100-yenOITA CAMBUS loop bus
The bus operates every day in a town andstops at major tourist spots, including JR’s
Oita Station, Oita Prefectural Art Museum,
Oita City Art Museum, and Art Plaza. The
bus was designed by Eiji Mitooka, who also
designed the Seven Stars in Kyushu, adeluxe sleeping car excursion train.
Inquiry: City of Oita Urban Transportation
Planning Division
Tel: 097-537-5969

Central Area

Art tourRecommended route(by OITA CAMBUS)(Melting Dream)

5 min.

⑥ Art Plaza

20 min.

30 min.

↓（ 950m）10-min. walk
⑦ Oita Prefectural Art Museum 60 min.
（OPAM）↓

15-min. bus ride

⑧ Oita City Art Museum 60 min.

↓

5-min. bus ride

Arriving at JR’s
GOAL Oita Station

No. 2

The restroom in Funai Aqua Park is awork entitled "Melting Dream" originallydesigned for "the Oita Toilennale"
which is an art festival held in 2015. In
the public restroom of Wakakusa Park,
you can see the graﬃti of the restroom
which stands out at dusk.

Artist Hiraku Suzuki has
created an art space with hiswork entitled “Do Dots
Dream of Lines” on the
Chuo-dori underpass.
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On the underpass of Oita
station, people can see
Takuro Osaka’s works of lightunder the theme of theuniverse. Title of work:
Appearance andDisappearance Oita city

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Enjoy delicious drinks and music

Hot spring
Photogenic spot

Kantan Harbor Park is a place
where people can enjoy a night view.
It is also popular as a date spot.

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Cafes and general stores line
up by the sea and people canenjoy music at live music clubs
nearby. In the evening, people
can see a beautiful night view.

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Miyakomachi is a town crowded at night,
particularly on the weekends.

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What you should eat when you come to Oita!
seafood such as national-brand "Seki-aji and Seki-saba"Oitamackerels and "Oita blowﬁsh", and Oita’s local cuisine,

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which ranges from "toriten" (chicken tempura) and "dango
jiru" (dumpling soup) to "torimeshi" (savory Japanese ricewith chicken). Spend a pleasant time at stylish cafes andbars.

Jungle Park

Funai Castle
Oita
Sumitomo Seimei Bldg.
Ruins
City Hall
Fukuoka Bank
Showa-dori
Hotel Nikko Oita Oita Branch
Kencho Kita
Showa-dori
Oasis Tower
Prefectural
Hall

Chuo-machi

Wakakusa
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Chuo-dori

There are various kinds of many
restaurants, ranging fromJapanese restaurants serving
delicious blowfish, Italianrestaurants, and Japanese-stylepubs to cafes.

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Miyakomachi is the largest
entertainment night district in Oita City.
traditional open-air food stools on thestreet are also popular.
Why don’t you enjoy yourself in afriendly atmosphere withlocal regular customers?

There is an area where eating anddrinking facilities concentrate
within a walking distance from
Oita Station. Visitors can enjoy awide variety of drinking spots,
ranging from a fancy bar to a pub
with a local atmosphere. In the
Nishi-Oita Area, there is also aunique spot where you can enjoynight view and music along the sea.
It may be good to end the day withtaking a bath in a hot spring.

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KantanHarbor Park○○
Nishi-Oita Port

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Aqua Park
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Please scan the QR code to
get information about
eating and drinking
establishments in Oita City!

Funaimachi

Website of Oita City
Tourist Association

Funai Gobangai is a street
in the image of aEuropean stone pavement
street where many
restaurants are lined up.

Oita Ekimae

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Nishi-Oita Central Area
Area

Nightlife

Nishi-Oita Area

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Brick Block

MATSU-NO-YU is a traditional,
nostalgic public bath has
established in the Taisho period(1912-1926).

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Night Spa

CITY SPA TENKU is a hot spring bathhouse located on the highest
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ﬂoors of the Oita Station Building. Visitors can see the night viewotfrom the open-air bath at height of 80 meters above the ground. night sp
CITY SPA TENKU 19F - 21F (Reception at 19F), JR Oita City., 1-14 Kanamemachi, Oita City.
 097-513-2641
 11:00 AM - 0:00 AM (Last admission at 11:00 PM for the healing plan and11:30 PM for the bathing plan) Closed several times a year for maintenance.
 Bathing plan: 1,500 yen for adults and 900 yen for 3-year-old children toelementary schoolchildren; Healing plan: 1,900 yen (users are limited tothose over junior high school age.)* Special rates may apply to certain periods.
The usage of the parking lot of JR Oita City
(Users are free of the charge for 5 hours)
Address

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CourseDisclose the history of Otomo Sorin

Cafe

Walk around historical Funai area
associated with the Otomo clan

Meals
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Recommended route (on foot)Chuo-doriCompal
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Horuto Hall OITAGO

It is said that this is a birthplace ofOita toriten (chicken tempura) which
has been familiar to Oita citizen.
Kitchen Maruyama
 1-6-15 Kentokumachi, Oita City
 097-537-5538
 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
 Sundays, Mondays, and holidays
Eight vehicles

A replica of a map
originally made in the 16th
century is displayed in
front of the statue of Sorin
Otomo. Why don't youfind the location of"Bungo" on this map?

Oita Ekimae←B

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1-chome① Statue of Sorin About 450 years ago, Lord Otomo

Otomo Sorin, who ruled the Bungo

Manjuji Temple③

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A new guidance facility for
the Otomo ruins "NANBANBVNGO KÔRYUKAN －Otomo
Ruins Guidance Center－"Open in Autumn 2018

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This is a learning center where
you can feel historical remains
and ruins centering on the
Otomo family close to you.
(Open until the autumn of 2018)

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200 m

Required time: Approx. 2 h 15 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)

START Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓（ 100m）2-min. walk

① Statue of Sorin Otomo 5 min.

③ Manjuji Temple↓（ 1.4km）20-min. walk↓（ 400m）5-min. walk② Raikoji Temple④ Trace of Otomo clan’s residence↓（ 700m）10-min. walk
15 min.

⑤ Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine 10 min.

↓（ 1.2km）15-min. walk
40 min.

④ Trace of the residence of Otomo family○0↓（ 50m）1-min. walkIn 1501, Otomo Chikaharu,
the 18th generation of the
Otomo family , built "Raikoji" Temple as a temple of the
Seizan branch sect of the
Jodoshu.

the Ruins of residence of
Otomo family Experience & Learning
MuseumMoto-machi

Uenogaoka
Cemetery Park

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Statue of Sorin Otomo
stands in the Funai
Central Plaza in front ofJR’s Oita Station.

④
Trace of Otomo
clan’s residence

Ueno-machi

Uenogaoka
Junior High School

The map in the Funai Central Plaza in front ofJR’s Oita Station is a replica of a world map
produced in the 16th century.

Akeno→
Takio Bridge

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Kitchen Maruyama

10 min.

Province, invited St. Francis Xavier
to Funai (now Oita City) andprotected Christianity. St. Francis
Xavier was the ﬁrst Christian
missionary to venture into Japan.
Sorin proactively promoted overseas
trade as well, and deepened
exchanges with Europe and mainland
Asia, and brought Western culture
into the prefecture.

Post Office10

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Central Area

Raikoji Temple
Temple② Nishiki-machi
Kanaike
Elementary
School10

Nanban Coffee Shop is a cafe in thestyle of Nanban culture (a culture
influenced by Western culture).
"The nanban tart" is recommended.
Also, you can taste freshly-baked
confectionery of Oita, "Zabieru".
Nanban Coﬀee Shop, Horuto Hall OITA
 1-5-1 Kanaike Minami, Oita City
 097-545-8844
 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (LO 6:30 PM)
 Second and fourth Mondays

Schedule

No. 4③ Manjuji

TempleIn 1306, Otomo Sadachika, the ﬁfth
head of the Otomo clan, built Manjuji
Temple. The building was reconstructedin the present location in 1633. The
precincts of "Manjuji Temple" include
the Kunisaki Tower, designated atangible cultural property by Oita City.
A trace of the garden of the residence of Otomo family
which is now fully revealed by excavation. (Scheduled to bepresented to the public during the spring of 2020)

Wakamiya⑤ Hachiman Shrine"Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine"
received great esteem from
Otomo Yoshinao, the ﬁrst
principal of the Otomo family,
and his successors.

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The area ﬂourished as the centerof Bungo province

Meals
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A shop dedicated torice dumpling andred-bean paste sweets

Photogenic spot
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Iwayaji Temple ○Stone Buddha

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM for dinner on Fridays, Saturdays,
and Sundays. * A reservation is required for other days.
Subject to the opening and closing of the Oita City
Art Museum.
 * Closed occasionally.
Common parking available.

Stone Buddha

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Entrance of
Iwayaji Temple
Oita
DAIHATSU

A total of 17 statues carved on the rockinclude a statue of Acala and a standing
statue of 11-faced Bodhisattva around alarge-scale carving presumed to be asitting statue of Bhaisajyaguru. These
works are considered to have been
made in the latter half of the Heianperiod (794 ‒ 1185).

This is a tumulus of
about 50m in length
supposedly dating fromthe 5th century.

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100 200 m↓（ 500m）5-min. walk↓（ 600m）10-min. walk② Kongohokaiji Temple 10 min.

④ Daijin-zuka Ancient tomb 10 min.

⑥ Makomogaike Pond 5 min.

↓（ 450m）5-min. walk↓↓（ 400m）5-min. walk↓（ 1.7km）20-min. walk

① Yasaka Shrine③ Uenoharu Palace 10 min.

⑤ Oita Motomachi 15 min.

Arriving at JR’s
GOAL

Oita City Art Museum（ 1.5 km） 20-min. walk12

10 min.

Enjuji Temple"The Oita Motomachi Stone
Buddha" are Buddha ﬁgures
carved on a rock designated as anational historical site. The
images were engraved on a tuﬀ
cliﬀ and also go by the name of
Iwayakushi. They include astanding statue of Vaisravana anda statue of Acala as well as aseated statue of Bhaisajyaguru.

Iwayaji Temple Stone Buddha

Iwayaji Temple Stone Buddha consists of"Enjuji Temple" was built by Otomo Sadamune,
17 statues carved on a rock.
the ﬁfth generation of the Otomo family.
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Palace (Uenoharu Palace)

Even now, a trace of the large-scale moat It is said that Kongo Hokaiji Temple wasand foundation remain, which tell of thefounded by the Buddhist priest Gyoki underappearance of the highly protective
the order of Emperor Shomu in 727.
residence in the period of warring states.

Daijin-zuka
Ancient tomb

START Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓③ Ruins of the Second Otomo ② Kongohokaiji Temple

Oita Motomachi⑤ Stone Buddha

Enjuji Temple←

This is a restaurant in the art museum which
serves cuisine used highly selected ingredients
made in Oita. The restaurant also exhibits works
of artists.
 865 Ueno Oita City  097-543-1608
 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Lunch until 2:30 PM);

CultureYoshinao, the ﬁrst head of the Otomo family, built the Yasaka Shrinein the hope of protection from the plague. After that, the shrine wasworshipped by the Lord of Funai.

⑤ Oita Motomachi④

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JR Furugo Station

Art Table Ironowa⑥

Ueno
Post Office

Oita Uenogaoka
High School

Cathedral Stone→AkenoSorin Ohashi Bridge

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High School

Yasaka Shrine ①

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Makomogaike Pond

It is said that Princess Manju
was sunk in Makomogaike, apond that existed here. She
was made the scapegoat for
HigashiYuriwaka Daijin, the Bungo
motomachi provincial governor.

Uenoharu Oita Prefectural
College of
PalaceArts and

Kongo
Hokaiji Temple ②

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Oita City
Art Museum
Oita City
Art Museum

SofukanHigh School

Uenogaoka
Cemetery Park

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Uenomachi-nishi
Geitandai-kita

The Ueno-Motomachi area locatedin the south side of JR’s Oita station
once ﬂourished as the center of
Bungo Province. Many valuable ruins
remain in this area, including
Buddha ﬁgures carved on a rockwhich was designated a national
historic site as representing Oita
Prefecture, also historical shrines ,temples, and Ruins of the Second
Otomo Palace.

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The 3-meter-high wooden seatedstatue of Vairocana, a 1318 work of asculptor named Koshun, is an
important national cultural property.

Ueno-Motomachi Area

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OITA CAMBUS START* For details,
Oita Station
see page 6.
Ueno-no-morientrance

The shop which is locatednext to the bean paste
factory dedicated to rice
dumpling and red-beanpaste sweets attachedcarefully selected
important ingredients.

Walk around historical
Ueno and Motomachi areas

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JR

No. 5

Stone Buddha

Let's install
original sightseeing app "Oita Trip" supervisedby Oita City and take a walk around the Ueno
area with cartoon characters associated with
Otomo Sorin, a Japanese feudal lord.
Otomo Sorin

Please Scan the QR code anddownload the app!

Oita Station

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Feel the sea breeze by the seaside area.

Meals
Photogenic spot

Enjoy your encounter
with animals

The information corner with a rest
facility, where visitors can enjoy
local meals of Oita.
Osaru Chaya (coﬀee shop)
 3078-40, Uto Kanzaki, Oita City
1F Osaru-kan 097-536-2501
 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
 Closed occasionally
1,000 vehicles

Recommended route (on foot)Recommended route (by bus)

Nishi-Oita Area

① Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological Garden

Oita City is blessed with nature,including the sea and mountains. Oita
has " Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological
Garden", where visitors can see wild
Japanese monkeys up close, and "Oita
Marine Palace Aquarium
Umitamago", which is operating
under the theme of becoming friends
with animals. They are popular spots
where visitors can interact withanimals and nature.

Local cuisine set
Unique performance ofa walrus is popular!

Mt. Takasaki Osaru-Kan(Osaru Chaya)(coffee shop)

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Kantan Harbor Park is a place where
restaurants, cafes, variety stores,
a wedding hall, and live music clubs are
lined.
(Approximately 3.7 km from Tanoura Beach)

Oita Marine Palace Aquarium②Umitamago

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The sacred camphor tree
in the precincts isdesignated as a naturalmonument of Japan.

Schedule

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Kanayazako

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Oita Ekimae bus stop #2
Take the bus for Beppu.

25-min. bus ride↓（ 350m）6-min. walk
② Oita Marine Palace Aquarium 120 min.
Umitamago

Get off at Takasakiyama bus stop.

↓（ 1km）15-min. walk

① Mt.Takasaki Natural③ Tanoura Beach

Zoological Garden

60 min.

↓25-min. bus ride

Get off at Oita Ekimae bus stop.

GOAL Arriving at JR’s Oita Station

for schoolchildren and juniorhigh school students, and free
for children of kindergarten age or below
Sarukko Rail: (Roundtrip) 100 yen
1,000 vehicles② Oita Marine Palace Aquarium

Umitamago Shita Kaigan, Takasakiyama, Oita City
 097-534-1010
 Normal time (March through October):③Tanoura Beach
Tanoura Beach can be seenfrom the townscape of Oita
and Beppu and is recognized
as a Sacred Place for Lovers.
Visitors can enjoy swimmingin summer.

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Wintertime (November
through February) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM(until 9:00 PM during GW, summer vacation,
special Christmas periods)
 Approx. 2 days a year 2,200 yen for adults and 1,100 yen for school
children and junior high school students)
700 yen for 4-year-old to elementary school children
Mt. Takasaki Parking

You can enjoy a variety of animal
shows about every 30 minutes. Try
not to miss the popular performanceby dolphins and walruses.

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 Open 365 days a year
 510 yen for adults, 250 yen

Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological
Garden is where visitors can seecute monkeys.

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It is said that Otomo Chikaharu, the lord of
Bungo Province and the great-grandfather of
Otomo Sorin, founded the Jodo-ji Temple in
1501. The mausoleum of Matsudaira Tadanao(also known as Ippaku) exists in the precincts.
It is a registered tangible cultural asset of Japan.

(The last admission is 4:30 PM.)

There is a popular belief that a good thing will happen
when monkeys pass through between their legs. Thischance comes once every 30 minutes, when themonkeys are given wheat for feed. Many monkeys
gather at the time of feeding.

Kantan Harbor Park

Hachimangu Shrine↓ 3098-1 Kanzaki, Oita City
 097-532-5010
 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM③Tanoura Beach①
Mt.Takasaki Natural
Zoological Garden

There is a popularbelief that a good thing
will happen whenmonkeys pass throughbetween their legs.

No. 6

Aso Beach is a newsensational aquarium wherevisitors can come in contact
with living creaturesnaturally and enjoy with anartistic play equipment.

30 min.

Take the bus at the Tanoura bus stop.

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Enjoy a nostalgic feeling

Cafe Meals
Meals
Souvenir
Photogenic spot

Cooking workshop Matsuda

Recommended route

Shirataki
Bridgeta

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Café Anju

Cion the third Saturday of the month. (* Areservation required.)
Goboman (burdock dumplings), apricot
jelly, and apricot jam are also sold.

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Hetsugi
Junior High School

The main hall of thetemple wasrebuilt in 1814.

Hetsugi Gombo no Kai
Hetsugi Gombo no Kai sells
goboman (burdock
dumplings) and burdock tea
100% made from Hetsugi’s
burdocks.

RoadNakahetsugi○

SanreiTower

Dainan Elderly
Care Home

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Syuzougura
Nishihiroba Square ④

7 vehicles!

Hoashi Honke
Fushunkan

Eight heart marks are embeddedin the back alley of Hetsugi
Shoseki
Honmachi, and it is said that
Hetsugi Furokan
happiness will come to people③
GOAL
when they find all of them.
Why don’t you walk andHetsugisearch them?

Dainan Community Planning Center○ Shioya○ Fujimiro

Hoashi Honke Sake Brewery, where visitors’ learn about traditionalsake brewing in old days.

Sake Brewery⑦
Senshokaku
Fujikawa(Formerly named Moriya)

Cosmosuchi→
gawa

Gobaien①

Former 23rd
National Bank’s ②
Drug Store branch office

ParkingTenmansha Park

Schedule（ 600m）10-min. walk↓

⑦ Senshokaku↓↓↓（ 250m）1-min. walk↓

⑤ Dainan Community 20 min.

① Gobaien③ Shoseki Furokan↓↓

Get off at Hetsugi bus stop.

16↓（ 100m）1-min. walk

② Former 23rd National Bank’s 5 min.

30-min. bus ride

(Former retreat of the
Hoashi family)

5 min.

The Dainan Community Planningexhibits nanga (lit. Southern paintings)
of Hoashi Kyou and Tanomura Chikuden
as well as reference materials related to
Nakahetsugi.

（ 100m）1-min. walkbranch office（ 200m）1-min. walk(named by Hoashi Kyou)

5 min.

Sake Brewary

30 min.

（ 50m）1-min. walk

Planning Center（ 400m）5-min. walk

⑥ Myoshoji Temple 20 min.

（Former residence of Hoashi Kyou）

5 min.

35-min. bus ride

Arriving at JR’s
GOAL Oita Station

 097-597-0002
 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM(Cafe: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Restaurant: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
 Every Monday (If it is a national holiday, it will be the next day)25 vehicles

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Take the Hetsugi bus stop.
(For Oita Station-front)↓● Fushunkan (Main building with gallery)
Fushunkan exhibits and sells quality goods andartists’ works.
● Café Toka Ryusui● Restaurant Toka Ryusui● Confectionery Ichirakuan● LIFE&DELI
LIFE&DELI sells sweets made from burdocks alongwith selected foodstuﬀs and miscellaneous goods,
ideal for souvenirs.

 4407-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City
 097-560-2544
 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
 Every Monday (If it is a national holiday,

Required time: Approx. 2 h. 55 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)④ Hoashi Honke

Take the bus at Oita Ekimae bus stop #4.
(For Usuki, Saiki, Taketa, and Kumamoto)holiday, it will be the next day)and New Year’s holiday period
11 standard-sized vehicles and2 large vehicles(Former Hetsugi Post Office)  4381 Nakahetsugi, Oita City

2 vehicles

START Departing from JR’s Oita Station

 4381-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City
 097-597-4649
 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
 Every Monday (If it is a national⑤ Dainan Community Planning Center 090-9577-1345
 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
 * Closed occasionally.

Inukai ↓200 m

Art Cafe Tokinotane

The first floor is a cafe and the second
floor is a gallery.The building was originallyan old private house which has been
refurbished. A ceramic art experience isavailable to visitors.
 4358 Nakahetsugi, Oita City

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Tools of sake making used in old times
still remain. Admission fee is free.
Syuzougura Nishihiroba Square, which
is behind the brewery is wellmaintained and has become a place ofrelaxation for people.

○Hardware StoreSTART

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④ Hoashi Honke

LIFE&DELI

Miya

Lucky Spot○

Hoashi Honke 090-8355-0046
 Saturdays and Sundays: 10:00 - 16:00

⑥

Manta

Hoashi Honke
Sake Brewery ○⑤

Hidden

 4420-2 Nakahetsugi, Oita City○

Myoshoji Temple

Hocho is Hetsugi’s local cuisine.
The white noodle is more than
two meters long. It is said thatthe noodle was originallymade in the image of an
abalone intestine.

Hetsugi Honmachi was a settlementthat existed along the highway
connecting Bungo and Hyuga in the
Edo period (1603 ‒ 1868). Historicbuildings and townscapes still remainin this area that was called Zaimachi
in old days. "Hoashi Honke Sake
Brewery" is a tangible culturalproperty designated by Oita City,
from which people understand theprocess of sake brewing.

2 vehicles

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6 vehicles

Hetsugi Area

 4456-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City
 070-4744-2036
 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
 Sundays, Mondays, and public holidaysaKai 10:00 - 18:00
 Mondays

Walk through a retro town
and its warehouses

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 4407 Nakahetsugi, Oita City
 097-597-0602

Chimaki (a cake wrapped inbamboo leaves) with plenty of
burdock slices is popular.

HetsugiArear Visitors can eat hocho (dumpling soup)
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No. 7

Volunteer guides
Hetsugi-Anzu-no-kai members

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Experience Japanese traditional
culture and history

Hot spring
Meals
Photogenic spot
Recommended route

There are more than 800 cherry trees, including
Yoshino cherry trees and double‐flowered cherrytrees, along the Ura River, where people can enjoy
seeing flowers through the four seasons.

Ura River← Oita Station

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Bukan no Mori
(Wuhan Forest)③

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free for those younger than three years olditaOFamily bath: 1,000 yen (45 min.) and 1,300 yen (60 min.)←30 vehicles

The Japanese-stylegarden incorporates apond in the center, as
well as a bridge, an
artiﬁcial miniature hill,
and waterfalls.

 1-30 Makimidorimachi, Oita City
 097-551-5511

national holiday or a substitute holiday)
December 28 through January 3. There may beoccasional closed days due to facility management.
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Shimin Koen
Bukan no Mori
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Required time: Approx. 2 h. 10 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)

5-min. train ride

START JR Maki Station↓（ 700m）10-min. walk↓（ 400m）5-min. walk

③ Bukan no Mori (Wuhan Forest) 5 min.

GOAL JR Maki Station↓（ 1km）10-min. walk↓↓

① Heiwa Shimin④ Oita Prefectural Center for 60 min.

Arriving at JR’s Oita Station

Koen Noh Theater

18② Heiwa Shimin Koen Japanese-style garden

 9:00 AM - 9:30 PM

Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓

The ﬂooring materials, including the covered bridge
passageway connecting the backstage to the Nohstage of the Heiwa Shimin Koen Noh Theater, usedknot-free Japanese cypress aged 200 years or more.

 Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a

Ten Made Agare○
Oita Prefectural Center for ④
Archaeological Research

Schedule

Visitors can observe
the process of
washing and joining
earthenware andstoneware
fragments or making
drawings.

Japanese-style garden
Noh Theater②①
Mantokuya Omoya

Tower-type windmill

Maki Area

built over the years as a facility to meetvarious needs. The park has an international
exchange plaza commemorating
establishment of sister city relationships ofOita City with foreign cities, a multipurpose
plaza that can be used for events andrecreation, and an open lawn space withmany features to enjoy. The Noh Theater, as
well as the Japanese-style garden thatexperiences seasonal changes, enables visitors
to enjoy the cultural atmosphere of Japan.

685

Norikoe（ 600m）5-min. walk

20 min.

Archaeological Research

No. 8① Heiwa Shimin Koen Noh Theater Heiwa Shimin Koen is a comprehensive park

○ Heiwa Shimin Koen

Dutch tower-type
windmill

Crystal Onsen is a spa
featuring colorless
crystal-like transparent
hot water and that is
the reason the spa wasnamed so.

CourseSurrounded by the seasonal scenery○ ○ Tourist attraction

5-min. train ride

The Oita Prefectural Center for ArchaeologicalResearch includes the Toyonokuni Archeology Hall,
where visitors can learn Oita’s history from the Old
Stone Age to the Edo period (until 1868) throughrelics excavated in Oita Prefecture, and the BVNGO
Otomo Museum, which permanently exhibits
various relics from the Otomo’s era. Furthermore,
visitors can also experience historical earthenware
making and observe organizing work on relics.

 1-61 Makimidorimachi, Oita City
 097-552-0077
 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (The last admission is 4:30 PM.) Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday.)Yearend and New Year’s holiday period
200 vehicles *Large bus parking is available.

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Recommended route

Ruins of
Sankin-kotai,
Gozabune Pier

① Hoshinji Temple④
Tsurusaki Elementary School ○0

Tsurusaki Ochaya was a rest house that
Lord Kato Kiyomasa constructed on theruins of Tsurusaki Castle during the
Otomo family days. In addition, it is said
that Woman Warlord Yoshioka Myorinni,
who was a superior strategist, won thefight with the Shimazu family.

Schedule

 3-1-1 Higashitsurusaki, Oita City
 097-521-1181
 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM

Statues of Katsu Kaishu
and Sakamoto Ryoma

10-min. train ride

START JR Tsurusaki Station↓（ 1.1 km）15-min. walk① Hoshinji Temple 15 min.
20

Kato Kiyomasa, the Lord of Higo Province, constructed "Hoshinji "Temple. "The Sakasa Icho"(lit. upside-down gingko tree) in the precincts was famous. The legend has it that a cane that
Kiyomasa pierced a ginko tree upside down into the ground ,and it grew to be a big tree.

"Mori Kuso Memorial Museum" is located next to"Chiraikan", a private cram school, and the former
residence of Mori Kuso "Tensyou dou", a Confucian
scholar and teacher around the middle of the 19th
century. The historical materials, literature, artifacts,
etc. of Mori Kuso are exhibited.

③ Ken Hachimangu Shrine

Sundays and holidays, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
 Closed occasionally.
4 vehicles in the ﬁrst parking
lot and 10 vehicles in the second parking lot

It is said that Katsu Kaishu(1823 ‒ 1899) andSakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒1867) had stayed in
Tsurusaki.

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Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓

sankin-kotai policy.

② Mori Kuso Memorial Museum○②③
Mori Kuso Higashi-tsurusaki Ken
Kitagawa-en
This long-established Japanese tea
Memorial Museum
3-chome
Hachimangu specialty store was established in 1905.
You can enjoy sweets in the cafe space.
Shrine200 mplace for Edo (the capital ofJapan in the Tokugawa
period) as a part of the

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Tsurusaki High School ○Ruins of Tsurusaki Castle, Higo
Province (the Kumamoto Domain)
Ruins of Tsurusaki Ochaya (rest house)

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Tsurusaki, once an enclave
controlled by Higo ProvinceThis is a place where aworkshop existed to
repair Gozabune boats
used for sankin-kotai.

JR Tsurusaki Station
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Tsurusaki
Station gate

Tsurusaki
Historical Road

Ruins of Workshop
Yushukan HallThis place was used for apier for Sankin-kotai(Attendance transfer ofDaimyo in Edo).

←TakajoTsurusaki Arear

Photogenic spot

Rive

Meals

Sadoya is a Japanese restaurant famous for
fresh fish dishes. The menu also includes
torien (chicken tempura).
 2-5-21 Nakatsurusaki, Oita City
 097-527-2707
 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
5:00 AM - 10:00 PM
 Mondays
7 vehicles

No. 9

Ono

Cafe

CourseVisit a trace of sankin-kotai(attendance transfer of Daimyo in Edo)

Shokuji Dokoro Sadoya (restaurant)↓（ 100m）1-min. walk↓（ 450m）5-min. walk↓（ 800m）10-min. walk

② Mori Kuso Memorial Museum 30 min.

④ Ruins of Workshop Yushukan HallGOAL JR Tsurusaki Station（ 200m）3-min. walk↓↓（ 500m）5-min. walk↓

③ Ken Hachimangu Shrine 10 min.

⑤ Remains of Sankin-kotai 5 min.

Arriving at JR’s Oita Station

5 min.

10-min. train ride

"Ken Hachimangu Shrine" wasfounded in 1645. Ken Hachimangu
Shrine was named after the
discovery of a sword that was themissing sacred treasure of Usa
Jingu Shrine.

Gozabune Pier

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A town where you can enjoy the sea and stars.

Meals
SouvenirTakashima is an uninhabitedisland of 5.5 kilometers
around, where visitors cansee a colony of black‐tailed
gulls designated as a natural
treasure. There is a
campground on the island.

Photogenic spot
Recommended route (by car)
Recommended route (on foot)Roadside Station
Saganoseki

Saganoseki Area

Tour Saganoseki② Tokuouji Temple

Soft-serve ice creamusing kurome (local
specialty
brown seaweed) is
popular.
 989-6 Ohira, Oita City
 097-576-0770
 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
 Open 365 days a year

① Hayasuhime Shrine

Saganoseki is the home of national-brand"Seki-aji and Seki-saba mackerels". It is alsoa place where Katsu Kaishu (1823 ‒ 1899)
and Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867)

The Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery of"Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd".
has been operated for morethan 100 years.

visited. Furthermore, visitors can observe
the stars of each season at the Sekizaki
Ocean and "Astronomical Observatory

Sekizaki Lighthouse ○④○
Takashima
Sekizaki ③
Kaiseikan

Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867) and
Katsu Kaishu (1823 ‒ 1899) stayedat Tokuouji Temple.

"Hayasuhime Shrine" enshrines a goddess ofmaritime safety, good luck, and warding oﬀ evil.

Hall". Rare scenic spots, including"Kurogahama Beach" with black beachstones, are highlights of this town.

635③ Sekizaki Kaiseikan⑤
Kurogahama Beach○Bishagoura Sisters Rocks
←Ozai

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Sekinose Honten
Saganoseki Port
Ferry Terminal○ Saganoseki ⑥
Branch Office

The Sekizaki Ocean and Astronomical
Observatory Hall commands a large
panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea.
 4057-419 Saganoseki, Oita City
 097-574-0100
 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
From 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Fridays,
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays and in August.
 Every Tuesday (the next weekday if Tuesday falls ona national holiday) and December 29 through January 3.
30 vehicles

The Bishagoura Sister Rocks commands
a fine view, where the sun rises between
the rocks tied with a shimenawa (a rope
used to cordon off consecrated areas or
as a talisman against evil).

○① Hayasuhime Shrine
START②
Seki no Ryouba
Tokuouji Temple ○
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Ota Canned Factory
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Visitors can enjoy fresh Seki-aji and SekiajiSeki-saba mackerel procured fromSekisabakan
the local fishery cooperative every
morning.
Amabe no Sato Sekiajisekisabakan
 097-575-2338
 949 Shiraki, Oita City
 Direct sales store: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Restaurant: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays: 11:00 AM - Around 9:00 PM
 Open 365 days a year
40 vehicles

Schedule

Usuki↓

Saganoseki Fishing Port

Saganoseki is the port where
Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867)
landed to enter Kyushu for the
first time, the valuable records ofwhich remain in the Nippon
Jimbutsushi (a social register).

START ① Hayasuhime Shrine 20 min.
（1km）10-min. round trip

② Tokuouji Temple 20 min.

Kurogahama Beach in Nippo Kaigan
Quasi-National Park has been selected as one ofJapan’s best 100 beaches.

Saganoseki
Area

Fun experience

Inquiry: City of Oita Tourism Division Tel. 097-537-7043

Saganoseki Fishing Port
Saganoseki Fishing Port is where national-brandSeki-aji and Seki-saba mackerels are landed.

A pleasure boat tour around Takashima Island while watching
black‐tailed gulls (from mid-April to late-August)
0500m

 Takashima Maru Tel. 090-8837-5010 (Captain)

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 3,000 yen (half price for elementary school students)

Required time : Approx. 4 h. 20 min. (*The time required is roughly estimated.)

Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓45-min. car ride⑤ Kurogahama Beach

The roof of the shrine and its uniqueroof tiles in the shape of Urashima Taro(the protagonist of a Japanese fairytale) is a must-see.

Azuma

10-min. walk +↓15-min. car ride

↓3-min. car ride③ Sekizaki Kaiseikan 30 min.

⑤ Kurogahama Beach 10 min.

3-min. car ride +10-min. walk↓↓

④ Sekizaki Lighthouse 30 min.

GOAL ⑥ Saganoseki Branch Office

10-min. car ride↓45-min. car ride
Arriving at
JR’s Oita Station* Each boat has a capacity of 12 people and leaves with a minimum of three adult passengers.
* Canceled in times of stormy weather (contact for inquiries).

Harvest experience of mature sweet summer tangerines(from mid-April to mid-May) Roadside Station Saganoseki Tel. 097-576-0770

NPO Sagonoseki Community Planning Association
Tel. 097-575-2000
 1,000 yen per person (with 4 kilograms of take-home tangerines)

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Seeing healing ﬂowers of wisteria

Hot spring

Tour historic sites
with abundant nature

Souvenir
Photogenic spot
Recommended route (on foot)←Mukainoh
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Bungo Kaido Road

Oita City ↑Central area

Moegidai
Entrance of
Fujimigaoka Complex Complex entrance

Nanase River Nature Park④
Nakamura①
TenmanShrine442○Hie Shrine②
Tajiri
Megusuno(Takajo)
Green
Heights

The Oita Prefectural Center for ArchaeologicalResearch is a place where visitors can learn
Oita’s history from the Old Stone Age to the
Edo period (until 1868). A history experience
course is available to learn as well.

● Oita City Historical Museum○● Ruins of Kokubunji Temple
○
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The ruins of Oita’s Kokubunji
Temple still remain here.
Kokubunji Temples wereconstructed all over thecountry in the Nara period(710 ‒ 794) by the order ofEmperor Shomu.

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Five stone images of Buddha
are built around the seatedstatue of Mahavairocana.

The Wasada area is surrounded by abundantnature with many cultural properties andhistoric sites. Every year, a lot of visitors visit"Sasamuta Shrine", where beautiful wisteria
ﬂowers have been designated as a naturalmonument. "Takase Sekibutsu" (a stone imageof Buddha) with the original vivid coloring on"Tokiwa Wasada Town" is alarge-scale shopping mallwith a movie theater andother commercial facilities.

a designated historic site is a must-see. Visitors
can also enjoy the city’s only spa in the area.

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④ Nakamura①
Tenman Shrine
Kuchido intersection●②
GOAL
Takase Sekibutsu
41←Notsuharu 442

Wasada Area

Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb③

② Takase Sekibutsu

Nanase River Nature Park is available fora wide range of purposes, including exercises and picnics.

③ Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb
Otomo Yoriyasu was thethird head of the Otomo
family and the ﬁrst memberof Otomo family whoentered Bungo Province.

Sasamuta
Shrine●○"Takase Sekibutsu" was made around the end of the
12th century.

Sasamuta Shrine④ Nakamura Tenman Shrine
Tsukano Mineral Spring

Tenso Shrine○

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Otomo
Yoriyasu’s Tomb③○

Ryozenji Temple
Mt. Ryozen"Isshinji Temple", which
was constructed in 1964, isa place famous for double
cherry blossoms.

500m

Schedule

Isshinji Temple"The Mannen-bashi"
is a stone arch bridge asa tangible cultural asset
designated by Oita City. It
connects to the main hallof Sasamuta Shrine.

Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓25-min. car ride↓25-min. car ride
Arriving at
JR’s Oita Station↓（ 1.7km）20-min. walk↓（ 300m）5-min. walk
② Takase Sekibutsu↓（ 1.9km）30-min. walk
③ Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb 5 min.

10 min.

GOAL ④ Nakamura Tenman Shrine 10 min.

 1644 Soda, Oita City
 097-569-4182

The enshrined deity of "Nakamura Tenman Shrine"
is Sugawara Michizane, a scholar, poet, andpolitician of the Heian Period (794 ‒ 1185).

Tsukano Mineral Spring

Required time: Approx. 2 h. 40 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)

START ① Nanase River Nature Park 30 min.

Visitors can see
beautiful wisteria ﬂowersthat are approximately
450 years old in the
precincts of "Sasamuta
Shrine". The shrine holds
a wisteria festival in May.

* Bus riders should keep in mind
that the number of buses is limited.

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 097-541-0008 (Sansuiso)
 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
 Open 365 days a year 200 yen for adults, 100 yen for schoolchildren,and 100 yen per liter for drinking use

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No.12

Walking on the stone pavement

Meals
Photogenic Spot

Notsuharu and Imaichi
Historical Highway

Recommended route (by car)Notsuharu AreaO
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Notsuharu Shrine
Notsuharu Shokuraku
Area Nanase Kaido ④ ⑤Oitagawa Dam
Okubo

Wakazuma no Mise

Okubo is a shop where you can eat"Notsuharu-zushi", a specialty ofNotsuharu in which sushi rice iswrapped with vinegared cabbage.

"The jumbo inari" (a big pouch of fried tofu
filled with vinegared sushi rice) is the mostpopular menu item. You can also enjoy local
cuisine, including "dango jiru" (dumpling soup).
 2654-2 Imaichi, Oita City
 097-589-2570
 Summer: 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

GOAL

442

Notsuharu Uzo Sanso
Junior High School
Nanase River

Winter: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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 * Closed occasionally.

Imaichistone
Area Imaichi
pavement442● Oitagawa Dam①
START

Imaichi Area

Uzo Sanso provides relaxing
facilities surrounded by nature.
You can enjoy meals, including
shishinabe (boar stew), and stayovernight, and also enjoy
playing sports.
(Reservation is required.)

The Notsuharu and Imaichi areas, where
Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867) and Kaishu (1823 ‒① Oitagawa Dam

1899) stayed, prospered as a post town forsankin-kotai (a daimyo’s alternate-year(also known as
Nanase Dam)

"The Oitagawa Dam",located approximately
21 km upstream of theNanase River in the Oita
River Water System, isunder construction. It isscheduled to becompleted around 2019.

residence in Edo). A part of the Imaichi Stone
Pavement of the historical road connecting
Tsurusaki and Kumamoto remains. Why don’t
you walk on the historical road, thinking ofwhat happened here a long time ago?

② Imaichi Stone Pavement③ Maruyama Shrine

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Maruyama Shrine ③

Nanasekan

Police box
Fire Station

Notsuharu Area→

You can enjoy a wide range of menu items, ranging
from a reasonable lunch to kaiseki cuisine (a traditional
multi-course Japanese dinner), that attach importanceto the ingredients, including vegetables that are locallygrown and quality tableware.

Recommended route (on foot)

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They sell fresh local
vegetables and carefully
prepared food,such as tofu.

the residence ofGoto family○

Maruyama Shrine is where the Lord of Higo
Province prayed for the safety of sankin-kotai(a daimyo’s alternate-year residence in Edo).

④ Notsuharu

the residence of Goto family

ShrineThe historical residence of the Gotofamily is a typical sugoya-type house(a house with no protrusions) in Oita
Prefecture. It is an importantnational cultural property.

 2563-1 Imaichi, Oita City
 097-589-2818
 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
 Yearend and New Year’s

Notsuharu Shrine
enshrines the guardiandeity of Gion Shrine
and the spirit of Lord
Kato Kiyomasa.

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1 km

Departing from JR’s Oita Station↓40-min. car ride↓（ 33m）1-min. walk
③ Maruyama Shrine↓5-min. car ride
10 min.

GOAL ⑤ Oitagawa Dam Nanasekan

10 min.

↓10-min. car ride

↓20-min. car ride↓30-min. car ride

② Imaichi Stone Pavement 40 min.

④ Notsuharu Shrine

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⑤ Oitagawa Dam Nanasekan

 2501-10 Shinkai, Megusuno, Oita City
 097-586-4491
 8:30 AM - 5:15 PM
 Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and yearend and New Year’s holiday period

Required time: Approx. 3 h 20 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)① Oitagawa Dam
START (First Observatory) 20 min.

The stone pavement is a prefecture-designated historic siteused for sankin-kotai ( Attendance transfer of Daimyo in
Edo). This is a part of the Higo Kaido Road, where a
two-meter-wide stone pavement with a distance of 660
meters remains.

10 min.

? Notsuharu Promotion Oﬃce of Oitagawa Dam Construction (Nanasekan)* Bus riders should keep in mind that the number of buses is limited.

Nanasekan is an exhibition hall that explains the purpose of the Oitagawa Dam
and the necessity of preserving its surrounding environment.

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Why don’t you run or walk this road?

Hot spring

Morning Jogging &Walking Map

Souvenir
Course of approx. 8.5 km
Course of approx. 5.0 km
Many cherry blossom
trees are planted on theriverbeds of the Oita
River, and they will bloom
with the arrival of spring.

Osu Sports Park

①Training
Training equipment

Oita
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Oita City Art Museum

Main Linedai
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Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine↓③
Sorin Ohashi
BridgeThe Sorin Ohashi Bridge was opened in January 2018.
The bridge was named after the ruins of Otomo family,
including the ruins of the residence of Otomo family
and former Manjuji Temple, near the bridge, and thename was selected as the result of a public appeal.

Takio

It is said that Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine was constructedwith the tutelary deity of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, divided in order to shareit with Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine when Otomo Yoshinao
resumed the post of the governor of the province in 1196.
A large wooden plaque of the twelve horary signs areplaced on the outer wall of the hall of worshippers. Thisplaque is a work of Muho Takuma, the honorary chair of
the Prefectural Ink Painting Association.

② Oita Athletic Stadium① Training equipment(Oita River’s health equipment）

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Training equipment is installed on the riverbeds near the Maizuru Bridge.

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 097-574-4514
 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
 Mondays
4 vehicles

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This is a specialty store
dedicated to
sandwiches and hot
dogs that you canorder by choosing yourfavorite ingredients andsauces.

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Central Area

Jogging and walking on yourjourney will allow you to enjoy
the pleasures of running in
unfamiliar places in addition tokeep in good health and changing
your mood. In the course of
running along the riverbeds of the
Oita River, as a ﬁrst-class river,you can enjoy the changing
landscape.

○The precincts of Manju-ji
Temple include the Kunisaki
Tower, a tangible culturalproperty designated by
Oita City.

No.13

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Recommended courses
Course of approx. 8.5 km
Square in front of Funai Central Gate of Oita Station → Takio Bridge → Maizuru Bridge → Benten Ohashi Bridge → Sorin Bridge → Oita Ikoi no Michi → Ueno no Mori Gate of Oita Station

Square in front of Funai Central Gate of Oita Station → Takio Bridge → Sorin Bridge → Oita Ikoi no Michi → Ueno no Mori Gate of Oita Station

Loosen your body with thetraining equipment near the
Maizuru Bridge. The equipment
is installed on both sides of theriver.

④ Oita Ikoi no Michi

Opened in January 2018

Course of approx. 5.0 km"The Oita Athletic Stadium" is thegoal of the Beppu-Oita Marathon
and the Oita International
Wheelchair Marathon.

Oita Ikoi no Michi is a 100-meterwide, 444-meter-long symbolicroad in front of the south gate ofOita Station. The road includes a
grass plaza full of greenery andserves as an activity base forcitizens and is a popular place forgathering and relaxation.

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Takada City

Cycling lightly while feeling the sea breeze by the seaside area.

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Kunisaki City

Hiji Town

Western Oita Area
Saganoseki Area

Beppu Bay

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Oita City

Why don’t you run on the road (one ofJapan’s scenic byway) along Beppu Bay
and Kunisaki Peninsula by bicycle?
This bay coast road, with few ups and downs,
runs from the Kunisaki Peninsula to
Saganoseki through Beppu and Nishi Oita.
You can enjoy exhilarating cycling withfeeling the ocean breeze blowing on yourface. It is a recommended course where youcan experience the beauty of the coastline.

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Beach.
Why don’t you enjoy exhilarating cycling while enjoying the scenery?

Yusuhara Hachimangu
Shrine, a venerable oldshrine in the woods, you
can take the sacred power.

Hasama↓e③

Nishi-oita Port
Ferry Terminal

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Refresh yourself at a hot
spring if you feel tired!
Kanzaki Onsen Tenkai-no-yu
Matsu-no-yu
Oji Onsen

Recommended courses
All courses diﬀer in theirdistance along the coastline
overlooking Beppu Bay.As thesecourses are on ﬂat roads, any
cyclists can enjoy all courses,
regardless of their age and sex.

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JR’s Oita Station ～ JR’s Beppu Station・・・・24-km round trip
JR’s Oita Station ～ Nishioita (Mt. Takasaki)・・16-km round trip
JR’s Oita Station ～ Sagaseki (Sekizaki)・・・・64-km round trip

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Harbor Park
Kantan Harbor Park is astylish spot where cafes
and sundry shops line up.

GOAL Kanzaki, Oita City
 097-537-5976(City of Oita Parks and Recreation Division)

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Port at Oita
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Betsudai Kokudo, anational highway, isalso used as thecourse of the Beppu
Oita Mainichi
Marathon in February.

Kantan Harbor Park

Matsu-no-yu
in Lincycle in Oita while visiting sightseeing

The Kanzaki Onsen
Tenkai-no-yu Hot Spring is a
spa with a nice view
overlooking Beppu Bay.

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can feel free to cycle. You can actively
spots, such as the cycle hub Tanoura

Tanoura Beach

Nippcoastline. It is a ﬂat road where beginners

Recommended route(Bicycle)

Takasakiyama-Shita Kaigan, Oita City
2F Umitamago
 097-514-3434
 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
 Closed with the Umitamago facilities(Approximately twice a year)
800 vehicles

Mt. Takasaki Natural
Zoological Garden

provides a cycling road running along the

Photogenic spot Restaurant A-ZOO

Restaurant
A-ZOO

connecting Oita City and Beppu City,

Meals

Oita Marine Palace
Aquarium Umitamago
Mt. Takasaki
Osaru-Kan

Betsudai Kokudo, a national highway

Hot spring

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You can enjoy yourmeal while watching
Beppu Bay from therestaurant featuring
glass walls on all
sides.z10←BeppuNishi-Oita Area

Cycle along Beppu Bay

Kitsuki City

Beppu City

No.14

1 km

 9:00 AM - 11:30 PM

245 vehicles(804 vehicles in swimming season)

Tanoura Beach, located in the middle
point of the course, is equipped witha cycle hub where rental bicycle air
pumps are available.

You can rent a bicycle once at 200 yen
at the Bicycle Rental Port, close to JR’s
Oita Station.
 2605-2 Kanamemachi, Oita City
 097-537-5739
 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
 Open 365 days a year Rental charge: 200 yen per day (per time)* 400 per day for a power-assisted bicycle per day.

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This is a route with a distance ofapproximately 10 km from JR Kozaki Station
to the Saganoseki Bus Center along an lightrail track near a beautiful coastline where
cyclists can enjoy feeling the sea breeze.
• Inquiry: City of Oita Urban Transportation
Planning Division Tel. 097-537-5690

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Tourist application helps you enjoy your trip to Oita even more!

‒ Oita City’s tourist application “Oita Trip” has launched!! ‒Oita City’s original “Oita Trip” app for tourists is now available. This app includes anumber of exciting features such as a stamp rally at diﬀerent tourist spots,
information on locations where you can get secret items from Oita City’s Tourism
Ambassador, Rino Sashihara, as well as introductions to Oita’s best places to takepictures by famous instagrammers. There perks are only available through this app.
Download the app and enjoy your trip in Oita even more!

[How to download Oita City’s tourist app “Oita Trip”][Supported models]・Smartphones and tablet terminals with Android OS 4.4 or higher installed
・Smartphones and tablet terminals with iOS ver.8.0 or higher installed* Communication and packet fees will be charged to users.

Scan this QR code withyour device todownload the application.

Use augmented reality (AR) to see what Funai Castle must have looked like in its time.
The City of Oita's oﬃcial “Funai Castle AR” appgives you a glimpse of the Funai castle using
augmented reality. Use your smartphone or tablet
and check out a historical landmark that has been
selected as one of Japan’s top 100 castles.

Android

iOS[How to download the City of Oita oﬃcial app “Funai Castle AR.”][Supported models]・Smartphones and tablets installed with Android OS 5.0 or higher
・Smartphones and tablets installed with iOS ver.9 or higher

Scan this QR code withyour device todownload the application.

* Communication and packet fees will be charged to users.

Oita City Tourism
Promotion Videos“SARU TABI” and “Mini Trip Oita
City” can be viewed from below.

Images from here

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Oita City via SNS!

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Free Wi-Fi (free public wireless LAN):To learn how to access free Wi-Fi and the service area,
please see the sites shown on the left-hand side.
Publishers: Oita City Tourism Department and Oita City Tourist Association 2-31 Niagemachi, Oita-shi 870-8504 Tel. 097-537-7043

Oﬃcial website: https://www.oishiimati-oita.jp

Oita City Tourist Association* This information was posted in March 2018 and is subject to change without notice.

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