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Kennan Area (Southern Area)

Kennan has the seas, rivers and mountains. The Bungo Channel connecting to the Pacific and the many shores of the fluctuating rias coast is home to many ports and many lives. Go up the river from the seashore toward the mountains to reach a laurel forest, arguably an original landscape of the Japanese archipelago.

Usuki Stone Buddha

Culture of Stone

Countless Works of Art

 Within the Oita prefecture known as the home to “the best Magaibutsu in Japan,” the national treasure Usuki Stone Buddh...

Niouza Historical Road

Townscape

Feel the Weight of Time

 It’s fun to walk around Usuki’s old castle town. The landscape has been selected as one of the “100 Best Cityscapes” by...

Furen Limestone Cave

Landscape

Japan’s Most Beautiful

 In the southern part of Oita lies the limestone mountains. Tsukumi is famous for mining and the karst tableland of Hach...

Kitchomu-san

Folk Customs

Everyone’s Hero

 Kitchomu-san is one of the favorite people of all Oita citizens. He is not legitimately a hero or brave man, a scholar ...

Usuki Takeyoi Festival

Event

a Light to Reformation of Satoyama Landscape

 At the beginning of the world, fire belonged to gods. In Greek mythology, since Prometheus gave the fire to humans, we ...

Tuna Fishing on Hoto Island

Industry・Industrial Heritage

Japan's Leading Base

 14.5 kilometers from Tsukumi Port along the northern coast of the Youra Peninsula. When the liner nears the Hoto Island...

Tsukumi Sensu Dance

Traditional Arts・Festival

Exquisite Tradition

 Tsukumi is known as the “Town of White and Yellow,” for its rich limestone and mandarin orange. But during one ...

Lime Mine of Tsukumi

Industry・Industrial Heritage

Largest Production in Japan

 Driving on National Route 217 from Usuki through a tunnel to enter Tsukumi, there will be a limestone mining si...

Poison Bulb Cluster on Yonouzu Hazako Coast

Landscape Nature

Lady Swaying in Sea Breeze

 Poison Bulb (Crinum asiaticum) is a representative plant of the “paradise of the Black Current.” It grows natur...

Mizunoko Island’s Lighthouse

Industry・Industrial Heritage Landscape

the Guardian God of the Departing Vessels

 The island is just as its name suggests – “Mizunoko (a child of water).” It is a child of the Bungo Channel tha...

Mount Shiro

Ruins・Ruined Castle

Memorial Place of Doppo

 Mount Shiro is a symbol of City of Saiki, where the hearts of the residents reside. Doppo Kunikida writes in a ...

Ayu no Chongake (Sweetfish Angling)

Folk Customs Foods

a Product of Wisdom and Technique

 Banjou River is a river known for its clear stream that represents Oita, or more likely, the entirety of Kyushu...

Bungo Futamigaura

Landscape

Rocks of Male and Female that Stand Out

 The New Year is here. Bungo Futamigaura (Kamiura, Saiki) is one of the most famous places to view the first sun...

Fujikawachi Valley / Kiura Mine and Sumitsuke Festival

Industry・Industrial Heritage Traditional Arts・Festival

Feel the Energy of the Old Times

 As it’s sung in a local lullaby “Uta-Genka,” Ume of Saiki (formerly known as Town of Ume) is a world of its own...

Genji Botaru (Luciola cruciata) in Honjou

Nature

Appearance in Broad Area

 Banjou River is known as a very beautiful river representing Oita Prefecture. Honjou of Saiki is located in its...

Forest in Takadoya Shrine

Nature Shrines・Temples

Typical Primeval Landscape

 Ume, Saiki is in the middle of the mountains. The famous song "Ume no Uta Genka" has a lyric where the mother p...

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