Invoking Joy

　In rural Oita, especially when walking along streets of old homes that were once a village, you’ll come across lightly ...

a Place of 18 Years of Learning

　Yukichi Fukuzawa was born in an Osaka storehouse of the Nakatsu Clan in January 1835. This was because his father, Momo...

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...

a Stunning Panoramic View

　At the northern end of the plateau of Iida Highlands in Kokonoe, spreading out at the foot of the Kuju Mountain, the la...

Tansou's Private School

　During the Edo period, Tansou Hirose, a scholar, educator, and poet born in the Shogunate land of Hita, opened a privat...

an Early Taisho-Era Mansion

　At the former site of sannomaru of Youkaku Castle overlooking the sea in Hiji is Tekizan-so, a mansion built by Hiroe N...

Delicate Sensibilities That Shine

　Beppu has many modernization heritage sites. The character of the people of Beppu familiar with modernization, which gr...

a Symbol of the City of Tourism

　The city of Beppu and its surrounding area forms a gentle slope from the foothills of Mount Tsurumi Peaks to where wave...

the Height of Luxury

　Beppu is said to be a modern, fashionable town. This is in part due to the local color of the area, which has been deve...

a Glimpse of the Prosperity Till Present

　Go south on National Route 10 from downtown City of Oita and cross the Ono River, and you will find the Hetsugi d...

Pioneering Philosophy on His Own

　Go upstream the Aki River in the town of Aki, Kunisaki, and make your way toward the Futago River tributary t...

Flood Controls throughout the Area

　Ono River, the largest river in Oita Prefecture, diverted Otozu River to form a delta in the estuary. The main ...

Watching Over the History of Modern Japan

　The Oita Bank’s Akarengakan (Red Brick Building, the old head office) is a landmark of the downtown City of O...