Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Kunisaki Peninsula Usa Integrated Forestry, Agriculture, and Fisheries System Connecting Sawtooth Oak Forests with Reservoirs
The Kunisaki Peninsula has many reservoirs, from Moun...
Geopark
a Vast Heritage Site From Antiquity
A geopark is a natural park containing geological heritage. It ...
Tidal Flats of Wama Coast
Deep Ties to Usa Jingu Shrine
The sandy shallow beaches on the coastline from Nakatsu in the north part of the prefecture facing Suounada to Usa and ...
Japanese Giant Salamander and Its Habitat
an Ancient Creature Still Living Today
In 19th century Europe, scholars struggled with a strange, unidentified fossil. Among these were scholars who claimed i...
Forest in Takadoya Shrine
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...
Genji Botaru (Luciola cruciata) in Honjou
Appearance in Broad Area
Banjou River is known as a very beautiful river representing Oita Prefecture. Honjou of Saiki is located in its...
Poison Bulb Cluster on Yonouzu Hazako Coast
Lady Swaying in Sea Breeze
Poison Bulb (Crinum asiaticum) is a representative plant of the “paradise of the Black Current.” It grows natur...
Kyushu Azalea (Miyama Kirishima) in the Kuju Mountain Ridge
Full Bloom in Pink
As the famous song Bogatsuru Sanka goes, “Kyushu Azalea (Miyama Kirishima) in full bloom, making the mountain blush…,” ...
Beech Forest on Sobo Katamuki Mountain Range
Mysterious Lives
Sobo Katamuki Mountain Range has quite a masculine shape covered by a deep forest with rocky peaks and walls. The write...
Hakusan River and Japanese Fireflies
the Dancing of Lights in Clear Streams
”Sanshi Suimei” (the mountains looking almost purple with the reflection of sunlight, and the water of the river shines...
Kuju Highland
the Vibrant Expression of the Four Seasons
When the Japanese pampas grass waving in the wind starts to glow in silvery color, the autumn in the highland deepens q...
Bougatsuru Wetland and Tadewara Marsh
Years of Hard Work to Maintain
Kuju Mountain Ridge, also known as the “Roof of Kyushu,” shows various features of the nature. In particular, the scene...
Nakatsu Tidal Flats
the Cradle of Life
The coastline Suounada spanning Oita and Fukuoka, that is, the area between Kanmon Strait in the Buzen Sea and the base...
Japanese Horseshoe Crabs and the Tidal Flats of Morie Bay
Protecting a Living Fossil
Morie Bay is situated in front of the city of Kitsuki at the base of Kunisaki Peninsula. Sediment carried in by both Ya...
Mount Kuro Native Forest and Oike
Lush Mountain of Mystery
There is a mountain covered with deep native forest on the east end of the Kuju Mountain Range. It looks black from a d...
The Chestnut Tiger Butterfly of Himeshima
Thousands of Butterflies Flying Thousands of Kilometers
Floating off the coast of the Kunisaki Peninusla, Himeshima is a maritime crossroads connecting Kyushu with the Chugoku...
Burning Fields and Grasslands in the Southern Foothills of Mount Yufu
a Famous Mountain Fire Festival Heralding Spring
Called the Fuji of Bungo, Mount Yufu (altitude of 1583 meters) is a famous mountain symbolizing Oita Prefecture. Howeve...
Himeshima Obsidian Quarries
Essential to Ancient Peoples
The Joumon people arrived at Himeshima in dugout canoes during the prehistoric era some thousands of years ago. They mu...
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 ...
Nature and War Ruins of Takashima Island
Surrounded by Whirling Waves
At the tip of Saganoseki Peninsula, 3.5 kilometers offshore of Sekizaki (also known as Jizouzaki), Takashima Is...
Ueno no Mori Forest
the Mesmerizing Nature and Culture
As if bordering the center of the City of Oita and southern Oita, there is a long stretch of hills. The altitud...
Mount Takasaki
Symbol of Beppu Bay
Mount Takasaki stands in front of Beppu Bay, on the far west side of City of Oita, almost nearing the border of...
Yusuhara Forest
One Big Life
Yusuhara Forest is a place where all lives come together. Under the tall trees such as the Ichii oak (Quercus gilva) and...
