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A small historic city with a castle beside the sea. History A small historic city

Enjoy To feel deeply in touch with aspects of Japan.

Eat There is a unique food culture in Kitsuki.

Traditional Culture Kono-uchihamono／Nakano-shuzo Ltd. A small historic city Kitsuki prospered as a castle town with 32,000 fiefs of the Kitsuki feudal clan Matsudaira in the Edo era （1603-1868） and has been the focal point of Kunisaki Peninsula for a long time. It is blessed with rich 歴史 nature, surrounded by the sea and mountains, and Kitsuki Castle still faces the capital from a hilltop. Several samurai residences still exist on the north and south hill around the castle, and there is a street of merchant houses in the town.

［DATA］ 211-1 Kitsuki, Kitsuki city ☎0978-63-1488 Daily 09:00-17:00（ lastlast entryentry 16:3016:30） Price ￥200、child￥100 Isoya-tei The historic old samurai residence of Kato Yogoemon was used as a rest place for the feudal lord in the Edo era. Now, there is the Kurihara Katsumi Museum in the garden, which exhibits works such as Suiboku-ga（ ink painting）.

1 Kitsuki Kitsuki 2 To feel deeply in touch with aspects o f Japan. There are several places to experience kimono culture in Kitsuki. One is at Shurakukan, which holds 楽しむ Japanese-style performances, and another is Waraku-an, where you can see various colours of kimonos. You will feel deeply in touch with Japan if you put on kimono or watch a play with actors wearing kimono.

Kitsuki Shurakukan As Kitsuki prospered in marine trade, popular dramas were often held in the old days. Shurakukan, a Shibai-goya（play hut or theatre） which held Japanese-style performances for the masses by touring theatre companies, was opened in 1887 and closed in 1953. It was reopened in 2009 and the current building is a renovated old Japanese sake storehouse which still has pillars and beams from the Taisho era.

［DATA］ 398-1, Kitsuki, Kitsuki city ☎0978-66-1112 Daily Monday-Friday 09:00-18:00 Saturday–Sunday 09:00-21:00

Why not watch the beautiful Japanese garden in kimono?

Waraku-an（Nakane-tei） Waraku-an is the luxurious residence of Nakane, who was the chief retainer in Kitsuki during the Edo era. The house was In the old days, built in 1862 by Genemon, the ninth of the Nakane’s, to spend the rest of his life in popular dramas were held and are and is provided with a Japanese-style now popular with people again. tea-ceremony room. Kitsuki received the first certificate of the “Historic Cityscape with Kimono” in the whole country. Lease of kimono is ￥2,000, tabi （traditional Japanese socks） is an additional ￥100.

［DATA］ 193-1, Minamikitsuki, Kitsuki city ☎0978-63-1210 Daily 09:00-16:30（ lease 10:00-14:00）

3 Kitsuki Kitsuki 4 A lot of restaurants, coffee shops and food stores stand in the town. Particularly Tomaya and Wakaeya There is a unique food culture in Kitsuk i. have the longest histories of all. Kitsuki castle town has a unique food culture with a heritage stretching 食す back to the Edo era. You can thoroughly enjoy dishes in the Japanese atmosphere.

Green tea ￥525 ￥1,800 and homemade Rakugan Tai-chazuke Ureshino

Ocha-no-Tomaya Wakaeya Wakaeya is a historical Japanese-style restaurant Ocha-no-Tomaya is from the middle of the Edo founded in 1698. Tai-chazuke Ureshino is a era and it has a history of over 270 years of specialty of Kitsuki from the Edo era and it was serving only tea. You can have tasty green tea named after a feudal lord said “I’m pleasure” with homemade traditional Japanese sweets （ureshino in Japanese） when he had it, a long such as Rakugan（ a hard, dainty sweet made of time ago. Chazuke is a very popular simple meal ［DATA］ soybean and rice flour mixed with sugar） and with rice and hot green tea, but Ureshino is a 385 Shinmachi, Kitsuki city Monaka （a wafer cake filled with bean jam） more luxurious meal, slices of fresh sea bream ［ ］ ☎0978-62-2139 made by the 10th generation storekeeper here. DATA with sesame soy sauce on rice with hot green tea 665-429 Kitsuki, Kitsuki city Daily 09:00-19:00 The current building was built in 1875. poured over it. ☎0978-63-5555 ※It is possible to experience Traditional seasonal preparations and old tea a Japanese-style tea ceremony by Daily 11:00-15:00, reservation (max. 30 people). tools are a must-see. night time is by request only.

5 Kitsuki Kitsuki 6 FILE:2 8 Kitsuki ） 720ml （ , ￥1,890 ）

Profile Mr. Nakano Atsuyuki Born in Kitsuki, he is the sixth CEO of Nakano-shuzo Ltd, which was established in 1874. He is currently training to become a chief brewer. He is trying to improve the quality of Chiebijin by using high quality rice from Kitsuki farmers and very pure groundwater to produce an even tastier sake. Japanese sake which used higher polished rice only （ Junmai-ginjo ］ 0978-62-2109 DATA 2487-1 Minamikitsuki, Kitsuki city ☎ http://www.nakanosyuzou.jp/ Nakano-shuzo Ltd. ［ The groundwater gushes out from 200m underground in the sake storehouse and it has received Only one sake brewer has produced Only one sake in Kitsuki castle town tasty sake for more than 130 years. There had been many sake brewing companies in Kitsuki companies There had been many sake brewing Edo era. But now, castle town, where culture prospered in the A big old Nakano-shuzo is the only one still in existence. walls and the building, with the Edo era’s traditional white the quiet country- solid tiled roof, still stands in the scenery of of sake, Chiebijin, side. They have continued making one brand the illustration of since its establishment. It is distinguished by a woman in kimono and Japanese coiffure. ▲ Monde Selection Best Gold Medals. 0978-68-8670 FAX. uki Furusato Industries Store. in Kitsuki Furusato Industries Both products are sold ］ 0978-62-3416 DATA North Gion, Kitsuki, Kitsuki city ☎ Kono-uchihamono ［ d also various traditional cultures flourished. A Kaji a castle town in the Edo era and also various traditional Kitsuki prospered as Kaji is one of the very few sake brewing family still remain here. Particularly craftsman and an old as high quality and very even in the whole country. Their products are known cultures that still exist, popular with people. 60 years experience. Excellent quality knives Excellent quality Kaji means blacksmith, a traditional culture that has lasted two means blacksmith, a traditional culture Kaji in each town thousand years in Japan. There was a blacksmith blacksmiths in in Japan until the 1960s-1970s. There were ten there is only Kitsuki until 50 years ago, but now is master craftsman Kono-uchihamono. Mr. Kono is the modern making various who completes all the knives. He continues or oysters tools such as sickles, hoes and even digs for shellfish for fishermen in Kitsuki, as well as kitchen knives. made by a Kaji craftsman with made by a ） 18cm ： blade length （ ￥17,325 A kitchen knife, Mr. Kono Tadaki Storekeeper of Kono-uchihamono. He was attracted by sword-making when he was young, and started his career under a swordsmith. When he was 26, the teacher at the last training place in Kitsuki died, and so he became a storekeeper. He is one of the few Kaji craftsmen in Oita prefecture. Profile Kitsuki FILE:1 7 There are a large range of products such as art & crafts and sp ecialty foods in Kitsuki. Please take them back home as a souvenir.

Barley miso（fermented for more than a year） Kitsuki speciality “Yukisasa（bamboo grass）” Circular steamer made from A cup and saucer ￥550 ￥110 Japanese cypress with birch “Shirayuri（white lily）” Homemade miso is produced at Ayabe-miso in the traditional This sweet bears the family coat of arms of the Kitsuki feudal （18cm diameter）, ￥3,990 ￥4,725 way without any change since its establishment in 1900. lord Matsudaira on it. Monaka is a traditional Japanese sweet The house was built in the Edo era and is the oldest of the of bean jam in a wafer cake made from glutinous rice. Manrikiya was founded in 1877 and the craftsmen produce There is a large range of beautiful, white ceramic-ware merchant houses in Kitsuki, with an atmosphere of old Japan. This Monaka has homemade whole black bean jam which is traditional Japanese wooden kitchen tools. Their speciality is produced by a female ceramist. She makes earthenware made from the Hokkaido black bean. high quality circular steamers made with Japanese cypress. in a studio in an old merchant house built 100 years ago.

Ayabe-miso Matsuyama-do Manrikiya Wakako Ceramics

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9 Kitsuki Kitsuki 10 The south-eastern part of Kitsuki beside Beppu Bay in the south and the Iyo-nada Sea in the east has the beautiful Nature seashore for a view. Mountains sweep away from Futago-san in the north and Kumogadake in the west, and 200m～600m high mountains surround the north-western part. About Kitsuki has a Seto Inland Sea-style warm climate, with an annual average temperature of around 16 degrees and annual average rainfall of approxi- Horseshoe Crabs Kitsuki mately 130㎝. There is little snow. ◆Mountains ◆Beach Kitsuki is located in the north-eastern part of Oita prefecture and forms the southern ｐart of the Kunisaki Peninsula. Kitsuki covers 280㎢ （approximately 23km north to south and 29km east to west）, which is 4.4% of the prefecture（6,338㎢）. Kitsuki has a population of approxi- mately 32,000 people. The city tree is the Bungo Plum and the city flower is the Calanthe discolor. There are a lot of mountains in Yamaga-machi, and three There is the beautiful Nata beach, chosen as one of Japan's The topography is full of ups and downs from the seaside facing Beppu representative mountains, Tawarayama（543m）, Tsuwado-san 100 Best Beaches, which is known for its white sand and blue Bay to the surrounding mountains. Kitsuki is not only located near Oita （529m） and Kumogatake（654m）, are called "Yamaga Sanzan". pines, and is also one of Japan’s 100 Best Beaches for airport but also the major cities of Beppu and Oita, the capital city of Nature watching is held in spring and autumn, and you can Swimming. The beach, which spreads north to south over 2㎞, Kitsuki Castle Oita prefecture. Kitsuki is also a strategic connecting point of three enjoy the delights of nature in all four seasons. is the best beach for swimming in East Kyushu and is full of major roads: the Oita Airport road, the Usa-Beppu road and the Oita swimmers during the summer. Expressway. There are rare species of fish such as king crabs and silage parvisquamis gills in Morie Bay.

During the Nara （710-784） and Heian （794-1191） Various events and festivals are held throughout the year. "Kimono Thanksgiving Day" is held on the eras it was part of the Hayami-gun and Kunisaki-gun third Saturday of every month and it is full of special privileges for people wearing kimono. For History districts in the eight Bungo counties and later became Events example, there is cherry on the cake for people who are wearing kimono on "Kimono Thanksgiving the home of the Usa Shrine. Day". Hiring and dressing of kimono is performed in Warakuan, the old residence of Nakane, the chief Daimyo（feudal lord） Otomo came to the area in the retainer in the Edo era. Why not take a walk in Kitsuki wearing kimono? Kamakura era （1192-1333） and changed the family name to Kizuki. The fourth daimyo, Kizuki Yorinao, constructed Kitsuki Castle in 1394 during the Muromachi era（1338-1573）. ◆Spring（ March to May） ◆Summer（ June to August） Kitsuki prospered as a castle town with 32,000 fiefs of the Kitsuki There is gathering of clams on the beach A lot of people come for swimming and and a Calanthe（flower）festival in the fireworks in summer. In addition, the Tenjin feudal clan Matsudaira. It was the main place of politics and economy mountains. "Kitsuki Castle Festival" is Festival is held in the old castle town for in Kunisaki Peninsula in the Edo era（1603-1868） until the abolition of familiar with people as a civil spring two days and there is a parade of floats feudal domains and establishment of prefectures. festival.Kitadai-bukeyashiki and Minamidai-bukeyashiki are crowded with from each town and ancient-style court After the Meiji era, and the beginning of the modernisation of Japan, people putting on clothes of the Edo era, and it feels like a carriages along the street. It climaxes with "a quarrel" when the the former Kitsuki city and Ota village became Kitsuki prefecture, and time-slip into Edo times. There are a lot of attractions such floats finally crash into each other. the former Yamaga-machi was divided between Hiji prefecture and Hita as a feudal lord's procession, an oiran（geisha） parade and playing of Japanese drums. prefecture. The change was repeated in the passage of time, and the ◆Autumn（ September to November） ◆Winter（ December to February） former Kitsuki city, Yamaga- There is a Castle Town Health Walk Rally In winter, the Dolls Watching Festival is machi in Hayami-gun and and Doburoku（raw sake） Festival in held and "an ancient and modern doll in Ota village in Nishikunisaki- autumn. During the Moon-Viewing Festival, Edo era" related to the feudal lord Matsud- gun were merged in 2005 the old castle town is faintly lit with not aira is exhibited in Kitsuki Castle Town only the moonlight, but also a lot of square Museum. You can enjoy various types of into the expanded city of paper lanterns and bamboo lanterns lining the streets, and it dolls in Sanos of the clan doctor, Ohara-tei（a senior retainer Kitsuki. leads people to the mysterious world. residence）, Isoya-tei（a rest place for the feudal lord）, Kitsuki Slopes Ohara-Tei Castle and so on. Shioya-no-saka（front） Suya-no-saka（back） 11 Kitsuki Kitsuki 12 ↑Nakatsu／Kitakyushu Oita Airport Hiji／Yamaga Ota Suburbs

Hayami IC Oita Airport Road Kitsuki MAP

Orange Road Disabled Toilet Toilet Parking Bus Parking Tourist Information & Map JR.Nippo Line Kitsuki IC JR Kitsuki Station Headman’s Wakamiya residence Entrance to Hachiman-sha Jokamachi Shopping Precinct Shrine Eitai-bashi Bridge Yasaka-jinja Public Shrine Oita Agricultural Cooperative Prosecutors Nakano-shuzo Association Kitsuki Orange Sorting Office Seisuiji-no- Takayama-gawa River Shigemitsuｓ Iba-no- saka Minshuku saka Kono- ←Hiji／Beppu Azami Kitahama uchihamono

Law Courts Kondos Hotel Inasato Kitsuki Senior Fuda-no-tsuji Oita Airport B&G High School Kunisaki Kaiyo Center Bus Terminal Uwamachi Sanko Taxi Itos Kohara-juku site Oita Bank Kitsuki-Kunisaki ［2F］Kitsuki Tourism Baseball Ground Godo Taxi Kubo-no-saka Organization Culture and Sports Kitahamaguchi Munechika Junior Sanos Children’s Center ［1F］Kitsuki Furusato Kitsuki-jinja Complex Kitsuki Chamber of Kitsuki Guardhouse Industries Store High School Bansho-no-saka Shrine Commerce and Industry Shurakukan Ruin of Federal Lord Tomi-saka Shirayuri Residence Yumicho Kindergarten Kitsuki Kitsuki Hitotsuya-no-saka Site of Kitsuki Kinderg arten Elementary School Kitsuki Ishidaｓ Shinmachi Wakako Ceramics “Gakushukan” Retro-kan Post Office School Kitsuki Police Tenman-sha Kita-dai Samurai Residences Konyamachi-no-saka Station Shrine Nakamachi Hanko-no-mon Ocha-no Iwahana-no- Kitsuki Junior Myokyo-ji Tomaya saka High School Temple Fire Commercial districtIwahana-no-ido Seien-jinja Station Kitsuki Shrine Yotoku-ji Tenjin-zaka Wakaeya Kitsuki Catholic City Hall Ohara-ｔei Temple Sunlive Kitsuki Church Gensho-ji Kanjoba-no- Temple Ayabe-miso Dainochaya Tanimachi （Nomi-ｔei） saka Shiroyama Park Suy a-no-saka Taisen Imadeya Ryokan Stoneworks Park Shokaku-ji Ameya-no- Matsuyama Temple Ura-cho saka -do Isoya-ｔei Legal Affairs Myotoku-ji Bureau Temple Hon-cho Anju-ji Shioya-no-saka Temple Minami-dai Samurai Residences Manrikiya Tera-machi Chosho-ji Waraku-an (Nakane-tei) Kitsuki Castle Town Kitsuki Castle Temple Historical Museum Motodajuku Umegakoji Karo-cho Site Bingoya Hitotsumatsu Scenic Kitsuki Lifelong Kabutoishi-no-saka -ｔe i lookout Hiji／Beppu Takegakoji Learning Center

Matsugakoji Uomachi

Oarsmen’s Kinko Residence Kinko-bashi Bridge Komyoin Sueba Horseshoe Crabs

Yasaka-gawa River

Kitsuki Bridge

Gathering Shellfish

13 Kitsuki Kitsuki 14 To Bungotakada City

Usa Usa City To Wide area Nakatsu City Kitsuki MAP Bungotakada City

Shirahige Nishi-yashiki Tawara-jinjya Shrine OTA Maki-Odo Ota Town Hall Yokodake Nature Park

Aki Dam Kumano Magaibutsu Tateishi JR.Nippo Line

Kunisaki City Oita Airport

Yamaga Hot Spring

Konosan Park

Naka-yamaga KITSUKI Orange Road Oita Airport Road Yamaga Town Hall Yamaga Hospital To Aki IC Ajimu IC Hisashi Dam YAMAGA Oita Agriculture Park Nada-gu Shrine Ikoinoyu Kitsuki IC Nada Ｃoast Udo Falls Karishuku Campsite Oita Agriculture Kitsuki Culture and Gymnasium Park IC Kitsuki Kitsuki City Hall

Kitsuki Hot Spring Sumiyoshihama Resort Park

Aihara PA Kitsuki Health and Welfare Center Mojikou IC Fujiwara JCT Kokura Higashi IC Usa-Beppu Road Hiji IC Fukuoka IC Hiji Town National Route 10 Oga Usa IC Hiji Bypass Kitsuki IC Oita Airport Kuroiwa Park Tosu JCT Hayami IC Hayami IC Yokoku Saga Yamato IC Oita Expressway Hiji JCT Hiji Kitsuki City JR.Nippo Line Yufuin IC Bungo-toyooka Sasebo Minato IC Ruin of Hiji Castle Beppu IC Oita IC Hiji Town Hall Takeo JCT Oita Tsukumi IC Hiji JCT Beppu City Saiki IC To To Yufuin IC Beppu IC To Beppu Kumamoto IC

Oita Expressway Nagasaki IC

Yatsushiro JCT Kyushu Expressway

Oita Expressway Ｐlane National Route 10 ACCESS GUIDE 2 hrs 1 hr Saito IC ACCESS 30 mins Tokyo JR.Express Ebino JCT Bus／Ｃa r Kitsuki is located close to Oita Airport and Ｈakata 2 hrs 25 mins Ｐlane Kiyotake JCT there are lots of sightseeing spots around Kitsuki. National Ichiki IC Miyazaki IC Route 10 1 hr Kajiki JCT・IC

10 mins Nagoya 2 hrs JR.Express Oita Airport Ｐlane From other sightseeing spots in Oita. Kagoshima IC Ｋokura 1 hr 50 mins ■Showa-no-machi,Bungotakada city National Ferry Route 10 Osaka 12 hrs Approx. 40min.via Route10 1 hr Kitsuki Bus／Ｃa r

Oita JR.Express 30 mins Ferry ■Beppu Hot-springs 23 mins 2 hrs Beppu Bay

Oita 45 mins Yawatahama Approx. 30min.via Route10 Expressway ■ 3 hrs Ｃa r Ferry Yufuin Hot-springs JR.Local 1 hr 2 hrs Kumamoto Tokuyama Approx. 30min.via Oita Expressway 4 hrs Port Takedazu

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