Fujikawachi Valley / Kiura Mine and Sumitsuke 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...
Mizunoko Island’s Lighthouse
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...
Lime Mine of Tsukumi
Largest Production in Japan
Driving on National Route 217 from Usuki through a tunnel to enter Tsukumi, there will be a limestone mining si...
Tuna Fishing on Hoto Island
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...
Hakusui Dam
the Soothing Bubble Patterns
The cherry blossoms in spring, lush green of the forest and thunderous clouds in summer, the autumn leaves, and the win...
Bungo Mori Roundhouse
a Storyteller of the Steam Locomotive Era
About 80 kilometers from Kurume, and about 75 kilometers from Oita, there is Bungo Mori Station (Kusu), right in the mi...
Taio Kinzan
Japan's Largest Gold Mine during Early Showa
There were many gold mines in Oita from the Edo to late modern period. There are more than 20 locations of various size...
Terraced Rice Fields of Uchinari
the Fruit of Farmers’ Sweat
Terraced rice fields are layers of rice paddies over a slope. Narrow rice paddies overlap each other and can be viewed ...
