Oita City Walking Guide

Oita A city that make you want Nishi- to explore!

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OITA TRIP SELECT

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Hetsugi Introduction of 14 recommended walking courses in Oita City! Imaichi Transportation guide

Rental Cycle Oita Station Rent-A-Cycle Port 2605-2 Kaname-machi, Oita City Tel. 097-537-5739

Rental OITA TRIP SELECT Station Rental Car Kyushu Oita Station Sales Office 1-1-5 Kanaikeminami, Oita City TEL 097-500-8880 Orix Rent-a-car Oita Ekimae Shop 1-1-15 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-8694 ← Nippon Rent-A-Car Oita Ekimae Sales Office Tsurusaki Ozai 1-5-1 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-4500 Umitamago Takajo Nishi-Oita Times Car Rental Oita Ekimae Shop Takasakiyama Oita Maki Sakanoichi 1-2-12 Kanaike-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-0762 Kozaki Oita IC Rent-a-car Oita Ekimae Shop Kamezuka Tomb 3-10 Kaname-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-0138 Furugo Rental Lease Oita Ekimae Shop Kaku Minami-Oita 1F KCA/Across Plaza Oita Ekinan, Takio 1-3-1 Higashiomichi, Oita City Oita-Mitsuyoshi IC Oita-Mera IC Oita Bank Oita-Miyagawauchi IC ↓Usuki TEL 097-545-0155 ←Y ufu Bungo-Kokubu (Oita Stadium) B u s Shikido

Oita Bus TEL 097-532-7000 Oitadaigakumae Oita Kotsu TEL 097-534-7455

Nakahanda Sightseeing taxi ↓Usuki Oita Prefecture Taxi Association TEL 097-558-5759 Oita City Tourist information Takenaka Tsuruga Castle Ruins Oita City Tourist Information Center Oitagawa Dam JR Oita Station TEL 097-532-0723 Oita City Tourist Association 2-31 Niage-machi, Oita City ↓Taketa Oita Prefecture TEL 097-537-5764 ↓Bungo-Ono City of Oita Tourism Division 2-31 Niage-machi, Oita City TEL 097-537-7043 Oita - A city that will make you want to explore.

Course Walk around historical Course 1 11 Tour Saganoseki 21 Table of Contents No. 5 Ueno and Motomachi areas No.10

Course Course Course No. 1 Take a walk downtown 3 No. 6 Enjoy your encounter with animals 13 No.11 Tour historic sites with abundant nature 23

Course Course Walk through a retro town Course 5 15 Notsuharu and Imaichi Historical Highway 25 No. 2 Art tour No. 7 and its warehouses No.12

Course Course Experience Japanese traditional Course Nightlife 7 17 Morning Jogging & Walking Map 27 No. 3 No. 8 culture and history No.13

Course Walk around historical Funai area Course Course 9 Tsurusaki Historical Road 19 Cycle along Beppu Bay 29 2No. 4 associated with the Otomo clan No. 9 No.14 1 [Mark legend] Course No. 1 ○ Tourist attraction Complex facilities of art culture designed by Mr. Arata Isozaki, Town Walking in Oita Souvenir a gloval architect from Oita City Central Area Crossing the Photogenic spot Shoei Shrine Hallway Bridge Recommended route (on foot) Take a walk Art Plaza⑤ ④ Funai Castle Ruins Oita downtown A number of cultural sites of Showa-dori City Hall Kencho Kita 197 Tsurusaki→ historic value still remain in the ←Beppu Showa-dori Oita Central Ote Park central part of Oita City. These Oita Post Office Prefectural Hall ①Red Brick include the ruins of Funai Castle Bank ⓒ ③ Group of Hall built approximately 400 years ago, Galleria Takemachi

Centporta Chuocho Red Brick Hall of Oita Funai Gobangai ⓐ Sculptures Sculptures are works of sculptors representing Bank was designed by scattered Chuo-dori Red at Yuho Park Kingo Tatsuno, the and Western-style ① in Yuho Park. Wakakusa Brick Hall architect famous for architecture that is reminiscent the Park Tokiwa ②Funai the Station of the period (1868 ‒ 1912). Aqua Park building, which is now ⓑ a registered cultural Please enjoy the historical heritage Tokiwa-kaikan asset of Japan. Funai Sun Sun-dori that surrounds you. Compal ⓐ Oita Ekimae Hall The restroom in Funai Aqua Park is a work ③ Group of 10 entitled "Melting Dream" GOAL Kanaike originally designed for" Sculptures Elementary the Oita Toilennale" School at Yuho Park JR Oita StationSTART which was held at art Kenchan A bathhouse of this hot spring reminds festival in 2015. us the atmosphere of a nostalgic sento JR Oita City Kentoku-machi Seibou Kitamura’s work (a Japanese style public bath). Amu Plaza Oita 1-chome One of the artists representing from the Meiji to (City Spa Tenku) Showa periods of Japan. He left a number of representative works, including the Nagasaki Peace (Japanese style public bath) Memorial Statue.

Amu Plaza Oita ⓒ ⓑ Horuto  1-14 Kanamemachi, Oita City  097-513-1220 Atami Onsen  Amu Plaza City Rooftop Place  1-3-4 Suehiromachi, Oita City :10:00 AM - 9:00 PM  097-532-4324 Souvenirs in Oita are available at Bungo Niwasaki Market  2:00 PM - 11:00 PM "Bungo Niwasaki Market " keep a : 9:30 AM - 9:00 PM *Varies with the store.  Tuesdays rich assortment of goods in stock, Ishida Mitsunari’s son-in-law Fukuhara  on the first floor. Junior high school students: 380 yen You can also enjoy shopping at ④ Funai Castle Naotaka started constructing Funai Castle : elementary schoolchildren Amu Plaza Oita. Ruins approximately 400 years ago, and Takenaka no Kage Statue of Rentaro Taki : 150 yen; infants: 70 yen Shigetoshi completed the castle later. (Green Shadow) Created by Fumio Asakura 0 100 200 m Born in Oita Prefecture. He was the sculptor called "the Rodin of the Orient" in from the Meiji to Showa periods.

Schedule Required time: Approximately 1 h. 40 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) Feel the history of ART Oita City while ST Departing from JR’s Oita Station walking in town! ↓（ 450m）10-min. walk ↓（ 250m）5-min. walk ↓（ 50m）1-min. walk ③ ⑤ ①Red Brick Hall 5 min. Group of Sculptures 20 min. Art Plaza 5 min. The Hallway Bridge, including at Yuho Park (Only exterior viewing) the interior, crossing the moat ↓（ 250m）5-min. walk was faithfully reproduced. ↓（ 50m）1-min. walk ↓（ 1.2km）15-min. walk ② Funai Aqua Park 5 min. 4(Melting Dream) ④Funai Castle Ruins 30 min. GOAL Arriving at JR’s Oita Station 3 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 2 ○ Tourist attraction Central Area Photogenic spot Enjoy with all Your Five Senses! Recommended route (on foot) Ueno Area Recommended route (by OITA CAMBUS) Art tour

The logo of the entrance Models of some works monument is a popular which Arata Isozaki who Many art spots are scattered in the photogenic spot. is an architect from Oita ⑥Art Plaza created, and his central part of Oita City, including Art Plaza references are exhibited.  3-31 Niagemachi, Oita City "Oita Prefectural Art Museum" Oita Prefectural Art  097-538-5000 ⑥ (OPAM) which was designed by ←Beppu Oasis Hirobamae Museum (OPAM) Oita  9:00 AM to 10:00 PM City Hall Kencho Kita Shigeru Ban who is a gloval famous (South of OPAM) ⑦ Showa-dori (Until 6:00 PM for Arata 197 Tsurusaki→ Isozaki architecture architect, and various works are Showa-dori Oita ⑤ exhibition room) Yuho Park Prefectural Hall coloring Oita City. Please walk in Hotel Nikko Oita Bank  New Year’s holiday period town in search of arts, and get in Oasis Tower Galleria Takemachi Underpass Art (December 28 through January 3) * Opens if an touch with art and culture. Wakakusa ③ Funai Gobangai

Chuo-dori event is held. Park The Art Plaza was designed by Arata Isozaki, Omichi entrance ② Available ←Beppuintersection Tokiwa ④ Works by a gloval famous architect. 10 Funai sculptors Aqua Park representing Japan Compal are displayed in ⑧Oita City Underpass Art Yuho Park. ①Oita Ekimae Hall Art Museum 210 "Oita City Art Museum" is START Kanaike familiar as a museum where Convenient for seeing arts people can enjoy seeing JR Oita Station Elementary School in Oita City. 100-yen and learning the arts. OITA CAMBUS loop bus The bus operates every day in a town and Akeno→ Oita Prefectural Art Museum stops at major tourist spots, including JR’s Oita Station Ueno-no-mori entrance Kentoku-machi (OPAM) was designed with the 1-chome Oita Station, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, GOAL concept of a museum where Oita City Art Museum, and Art Plaza. The the five senses meet. J:COM N Oita Ikoi no Michi ip The object of bus was designed by Eiji Mitooka, who also Horuto Hall po M ⑦ ain L an elephant is Oita Prefectural designed the Seven Stars in Kyushu, a OITA ine/H ohi M the symbol of deluxe sleeping car excursion train. ain Line Art Museum (OPAM) the museum.  Inquiry: City of Oita Urban Transportation Ueno-machi K 2-1 Kotobukimachi, Oita City y  Planning Division u 865 Ueno, Oita City  097-533-4500 d  Tel: 097-537-5969 the Oita City Uenogaoka ai 097-554-5800  10:00 AM-7:00 PM and until 8:00 PM 21 M Art Museum Junior High School a  10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (The last admission time is 5:30 PM.) on Fridays and Saturdays(The last This art that visitors can Please scan in the QR code Entrance intersection L  admission is 30 min. before closing time.) enjoy touching the work in Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday.) for details. e * The museum is open on the first Monday of  Open 356 days a year, in principle of Marcel Wanders, a every month and the second Tuesday will be closed (except for temporary closing days for inspection) Dutch designer. ←Oita IC Ueno (except when a special exhibition is held, in which case, Outdoor parking lot (for 143 vehicles) Oita City Many art works are that Tuesday will be open). Underground parking lot Art Museum dotted around the Area Approx. 130 vehicles (for 107 vehicles) Why don't you museum as well. ⑧● enjoy seeing the art works ④ while strolling around Oita City Art Museum 0 100 200 m the town! ③ ① Schedule Required time: Approx. 4 h. 5 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) On the underpass of Oita RT station, people can see STA Departing from JR’s Oita Station ↓（ 250m）5-min. walk Takuro ’s works of light （ 100m）1-min. walk ↓（ 150m）2-min. walk ↓ 15-min. bus ride under the theme of the ↓ ⑤Yuho Park 20 min. universe. Title of work: ①Oita Station-front Underpass ③Chuo-dori underpass ⑧Oita City Art Museum 60 min. The restroom in Funai Aqua Park is a Appearance and 5 min. （ 300m）5-min. walk (Appearance and 5 min. (Do Dots Dream of Lines) ↓ work entitled "Melting Dream" originally Disappearance Oita city Disappearance Oita city) 5-min. bus ride designed for "the Oita Toilennale" Artist Hiraku has ⑥Art Plaza 30 min. ↓ ↓（ 350m）5-min. walk which is an art festival held in 2015. In created an art space with his ↓（ 400m）5-min. walk AL Arriving at JR’s （ 950m）10-min. walk GO the public restroom of Wakakusa Park, work entitled “Do Dots ④Fuai Aqua Park ↓ Oita Station Dream of Lines” on the Machinaka ② Wakakusa Park 5 min. you can see the graffiti of the restroom 5 min. (Melting Dream) ⑦ Chuo-dori underpass. (Toilet Graffiti) Oita Prefectural Art Museum 60 min. which stands out at dusk. 6 （OPAM） Art 5 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 3 ○ Tourist attraction Hot spring Enjoy delicious drinks and music Photogenic spot Nishi-Oita Central Area Nightlife Area Kantan Harbor Park is a place where people can enjoy a night view. Nishi-Oita Area It is also popular as a date spot. Cafes and general stores line up by the sea and people can enjoy music at live music clubs There is an area where eating and ←Beppu Matsu-no-yu nearby. In the evening, people drinking facilities concentrate T.O.P.S can see a beautiful night view. Brick Block Bitts HALL within a walking distance from Shinminato Oita Station. Visitors can enjoy a MATSU-NO-YU is a traditional, Onsen ○ Oita - Kobe wide variety of drinking spots, nostalgic public bath has established in the Taisho period Kantan ranging from a fancy bar to a pub ○Harbor Park 0 200 m (1912-1926). ○ Nishi-Oita Port with a local atmosphere. In the Nishi-Oita Area, there is also a Oita-Ikushi Tsurusaki→ unique spot where you can enjoy Nishi-Oita PostStation Office 22 night view and music along the sea. Miyakomachi is a town crowded at night, Oji Onsen It may be good to end the day with particularly on the weekends. taking a bath in a hot spring. Nishi-Oita Koban

Nippo Main Line Nishi-Oita 10 Area Akeno→ What you should eat when you come to Oita!

Oita City has a lot of delicious food, including fresh JR Oita Station seafood such as national-brand "Seki-aji and Seki-saba" Miyako 511 machi mackerels and "Oita blowfish", and Oita’s local cuisine, Miyakomachi is the largest which ranges from "toriten" (chicken tempura) and "dango entertainment night district in Oita City. jiru" (dumpling soup) to "torimeshi" (savory Japanese rice traditional open-air food stools on the Miyako-machi CentralArea with chicken). Spend a pleasant time at stylish cafes and street are also popular. Why don’t you enjoy yourself in a Jungle Park bars. friendly atmosphere with local regular customers? Funai Castle Please scan the QR code to Sumitomo Seimei Bldg. Oita Ruins get information about ←Beppu City Hall Fukuoka Bank 197 eating and drinking Hotel Nikko Oita Oita Branch Showa-dori Tsurusaki→ establishments in Oita City! Oasis Tower Showa-dori Kencho Kita Prefectural Website of Oita City

Chuo-dori Funaimachi Tourist Association Chuo-machi Hall Chuou Funai-machi Funai Gobangai is a street machi Wakakusa Tokiwa Funai in the image of a CITY SPA TENKU is a hot spring bathhouse located on the highest Park Aqua Park European stone pavement floors of the Oita Station Building. Visitors can see the night view Let’s go to Sangyo-dori street where many from the open-air bath at height of 80 meters above the ground. night spots in Oita! restaurants are lined up. Compal CITY SPA TENKU Hall  19F - 21F (Reception at 19F), JR Oita City., 1-14 Kanamemachi, Oita City.  097-513-2641 There are various kinds of many Oita Ekimae  11:00 AM - 0:00 AM (Last admission at 11:00 PM for the healing plan and restaurants, ranging from 11:30 PM for the bathing plan) CITY SPA TENKU Japanese restaurants serving JR Oita Station  Closed several times a year for maintenance. delicious blowfish, Italian  Bathing plan: 1,500 yen for adults and 900 yen for 3-year-old children to restaurants, and Japanese-style elementary schoolchildren; Healing plan: 1,900 yen (users are limited to pubs to cafes. 0 100 200 m 10 Akeno→ those over junior high school age.) Kentoku-machi Night Spa * Special rates may apply to certain periods. 1-chome The usage of the parking lot of JR Oita City 8(Users are free of the charge for 5 hours) 7 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission

[Mark legend] Course No. 4 ○○ Tourist attraction Cafe Disclose the history of Otomo Sorin Meals Central Area Photogenic spot Walk around historical Funai area Recommended route (on foot)

It is said that this is a birthplace of A replica of a map Oita toriten (chicken tempura) which originally made in the 16th associated with the Otomo clan has been familiar to Oita citizen. century is displayed in ① About 450 years ago, Lord Otomo front of the statue of Sorin Kitchen Maruyama Statue of Sorin C h u o -Otomo. d o r i Why don't you  1-6-15 Kentokumachi, Oita City Otomo Sorin, who ruled the Bungo find the location of  097-537-5538 Province, invited St. "Bungo" on this map?  11:00 AM - 2:30 PM to Funai (now Oita City) and  Sundays, Mondays, and holidays protected Christianity. St. Francis Eight vehicles Oita Ekimae Compal Xavier was the first Christian ↑ Hall missionary to venture into Japan. Raikoji Temple② Nishiki-machi Post Office Sorin proactively promoted overseas ←Beppu A new guidance facility for trade as well, and deepened Kanaike The map in the Funai Central Plaza in front of ①Statue of the Otomo ruins "NANBAN Elementary Manjuji Temple JR’s Oita Station is a replica of a world map BVNGO KÔRYUKAN －Otomo exchanges with Europe and mainland ↑ Sorin Otomo School produced in the 16th century. GOAL JR Oita StationSTART 10 ③ Ruins Guidance Center－" Asia, and brought Western culture Kentoku-machi Open in Autumn 2018 ↑ 1-chome GS into the prefecture. Akeno→ 10 Nanban Coffee Shop 21 Takio Bridge Horuto Hall OITA Kitchen Maruyama Statue of Sorin Otomo stands in the Funai Central Plaza in front of ④ JR’s Oita Station. Trace of Otomo Ueno-machi ②Raikoji Temple Nanban Coffee Shop is a cafe in the clan’s residence ne In 1501, Otomo Chikaharu, style of Nanban culture (a culture in Li i Ma the 18th generation of the e/Hoh influenced by Western culture). ain Lin Otomo family , built "Raikoji "The nanban tart" is recommended. Nippo M K " Temple as a temple of the Uenogaoka y Also, you can taste freshly-baked u d the Ruins of residence of Seizan branch sect of the confectionery of Oita, "Zabieru". Junior High School a Jodoshu. i M Otomo family Experience & Learning Nanban Coffee Shop, Horuto Hall OITA a 21 in Museum  1-5-1 Kanaike Minami, Oita City Wakamiya L ④ in ○ Trace of the residence of Otomo family  097-545-8844 ⑤ e  9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (LO 6:30 PM) Shrine  Second and fourth Mondays Sorin Ohashi Bridge In 1306, Otomo Sadachika, the fifth head of the Otomo clan, built Manjuji Moto-machi ③ Temple. The building was reconstructed Uenogaoka This is a learning center where Manjuji in the present location in 1633. The Cemetery Park you can feel historical remains Temple precincts of "Manjuji Temple" include and ruins centering on the the Tower, designated a Otomo family close to you. tangible cultural property by Oita City. (Open until the autumn of 2018) ↓ A trace of the garden of the residence of Otomo family 0 100 200 m which is now fully revealed by excavation. (Scheduled to be presented to the public during the spring of 2020) s igiou Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h 15 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) Wakamiya rest he p ily ⑤ isit t fam T Hachiman Shrine V mo STAR Departing from JR’s Oita Station Oto （ 50m）1-min. walk ↓（ 100m）2-min. walk ↓（ 700m）10-min. walk "Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine" ↓ received great esteem from ①Statue of Sorin Otomo 5 min. ③Manjuji Temple 15 min. ⑤Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine 10 min. Otomo Yoshinao, the first principal of the Otomo family, ↓（ 1.4km）20-min. walk ↓（ 400m）5-min. walk ↓（ 1.2km）15-min. walk and his successors. AL 10②Raikoji Temple 10 min. ④Trace of Otomo clan’s residence 40 min. GO Arriving at JR’s Oita Station 9 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 5 ○○ Tourist attraction Meals The area flourished as the center Souvenir of Photogenic spot A shop dedicated to Ueno-Motomachi Area rice dumpling and Recommended route (on foot) red-bean paste sweets Walk around historical Recommended route The shop which is located (by OITA CAMBUS) next to the bean paste factory dedicated to rice Ueno and Motomachi areas The 3-meter-high wooden seated dumpling and red-bean The Ueno-Motomachi area located JR Oita Stationstatue of Vairocana, a 1318 work of a paste sweets attached ① START sculptor named Koshun, is an carefully selected in the south side of JR’s Oita station OITA CAMBUS important national cultural property. important ingredients. * For details, Oita Station once flourished as the center of see page 6. GOAL Ueno-no-mori Tsurusaki→ Bungo Province. Many valuable ruins entrance remain in this area, including Nippo Main Line/Hohi Main LineMakomogaike Pond It is said that Princess Manju Buddha figures carved on a rock Sakuragaoka Kyudai Main Line Entrance of was sunk in Makomogaike, a which was designated a national 21 Marumiya Store pond that existed here. She Oita City Kanaike-minami store Ueno-machi historic site as representing Oita Art Museum Higashi was made the scapegoat for Yuriwaka Daijin, the Bungo Prefecture, also historical shrines , motomachi provincial governor. ←Oita IC Uenomachi-nishi temples, and Ruins of the Second Geitandai-kita →Akeno Sofukan 10 Sorin Ohashi Bridge Otomo Palace. Uenogaoka High School Geijyutsu Yoshinao, the first head of the Otomo family, built the Yasaka Shrine Cemetery Park Midorigaoka ⑥ in the hope of protection from the plague. After that, the shrine was Oita City High School worshipped by the Lord of Funai. Art Museum Kongo Uenoharu Oita Prefectural ⑤Oita Motomachi ③Ruins of the Second Otomo ②Kongohokaiji Temple Hokaiji Temple② Palace College of Arts and ④ Stone Buddha Palace (Uenoharu Palace) Oita City ③● Culture Art Museum Yasaka Shrine① Ueno Post Office ○ Oita Uenogaoka High School Cathedral Stone ○ Oita Motomachi Image of Buddha ⑤Stone Buddha ←South Oita JR Furugo Station Enjuji Temple 10

Art Table Ironowa Iwayaji Temple ○ Oita River This is a restaurant in the art museum which Stone Buddha Daijin-zuka Even now, a trace of the large-scale moat It is said that Kongo Hokaiji Temple was serves cuisine used highly selected ingredients Entrance of and foundation remain, which tell of the founded by the Buddhist priest Gyoki under Iwayaji Temple Ancient tomb made in Oita. The restaurant also exhibits works This is a tumulus of appearance of the highly protective the order of Emperor Shomu in 727. residence in the period of warring states. of artists. Oita about 50m in length  865 Ueno Oita City 097-543-1608 ← Wasada supposedly dating from Enjuji Temple Iwayaji Temple Stone Buddha  11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Lunch until 2:30 PM); the 5th century. 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM for dinner on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. * A reservation is required for other days. Ueno "The Oita Motomachi Stone A total of 17 statues carved on the rock Subject to the opening and closing of the Oita City Buddha" are Buddha figures include a statue of Acala and a standing Motomachi carved on a rock designated as a Art Museum. statue of 11-faced Bodhisattva around a  national historical site. The * Closed occasionally. large-scale carving presumed to be a Area images were engraved on a tuff Common parking available. sitting statue of Bhaisajyaguru. These cliff and also go by the name of works are considered to have been Iwayakushi. They include a "Enjuji Temple" was built by Otomo Sadamune, Iwayaji Temple Stone Buddha consists of made in the latter half of the Heian standing statue of Vaisravana and 0 100 200 m the fifth generation of the Otomo family. 17 statues carved on a rock. period (794 ‒ 1185). a statue of Acala as well as a There is a mausoleum of Hineno Yoshiaki, the lord seated statue of Bhaisajyaguru. of Funai Castle, in the precincts. This mausoleum is a well-known building for not using any nails. Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h 20 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) Feel the weight of history from the valuable ruins START Departing from JR’s Oita Station Let's install ↓ 10-min. bus ride ↓（ 300m）5-min. walk ↓（ 500m）5-min. walk ↓（ 600m）10-min. walk original sightseeing app "Oita Trip" supervised by Oita City and take a walk around the Ueno ②Kongohokaiji Temple 10 min. Daijin-zuka Ancient tomb 10 min. ⑥Makomogaike Pond 5 min. Oita City Art Museum ④ area with cartoon characters associated with ↓（ 1.5 km） 20-min. walk ↓（ 450m）5-min. walk ↓（ 400m）5-min. walk ↓（ 1.7km）20-min. walk Otomo Sorin, a Japanese feudal lord. Please Scan the QR code and Arriving at JR’s Otomo Sorin download the app! ①Yasaka Shrine 10 min. ③Uenoharu Palace 10 min. ⑤Oita Motomachi 15 min. GOAL Stone Buddha Oita Station 12 11 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 6 ○○ Tourist attraction Meals Feel the sea breeze by the seaside area. Photogenic spot The information corner with a rest Nishi-Oita Area Recommended route (on foot) facility, where visitors can enjoy Recommended route (by bus) local meals of Oita. Enjoy your encounter Osaru Chaya (coffee shop)  3078-40, Uto Kanzaki, Oita City 1F Osaru-kan  with animals 097-536-2501 Oita City is blessed with nature,  8:30 AM - 5:00 PM ① Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological Garden  Closed occasionally including the sea and mountains. Oita 1,000 vehicles has " Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological Local cuisine set Garden", where visitors can see wild Japanese monkeys up close, and "Oita

Unique performance of Marine Palace Aquarium a walrus is popular! Umitamago", which is operating under the theme of becoming friends Mt. Takasaki Osaru-Kan with animals. They are popular spots (Osaru Chaya) Kantan Harbor Park is a place where (coffee shop) restaurants, cafes, variety stores, where visitors can interact with ←Beppu Oita Marine Palace Aquarium a wedding hall, and live music clubs are animals and nature. Umitamago lined. ② (Approximately 3.7 km from Tanoura Beach)  3098-1 Kanzaki, Oita City  ③Tanoura Beach 097-532-5010 ①  8:30 AM - 5:00 PM There is a popular belief that a good thing will happen (The last admission is 4:30 PM.)  Mt.Takasaki Natural 10 when monkeys pass through between their legs. This Open 365 days a year Kantan Harbor Park  510 yen for adults, 250 yen Zoological Garden Nippo Main Line chance comes once every 30 minutes, when the monkeys are given wheat for feed. Many monkeys for schoolchildren and junior Nishi-oita Port gather at the time of feeding. high school students, and free ○ Ferry Terminal for children of kindergarten age or below JR Nishi-OitaHigashi-ikushi Mt.Takasaki Natural Zoological Sarukko Rail: (Roundtrip) 100 yen There is a popular Akeno→ Garden is where visitors can see 1,000 vehicles Nishi-Oita Station cute monkeys. belief that a good thing ○ will happen when Area Mr.Max Jodoji Entrance of monkeys pass through Nishioita store Temple Omichi ② Oita Marine Palace Aquarium between their legs. Yusuhara Umitamago ○ It is said that Otomo Chikaharu, the lord of START

Hachimangu Shrine  Bungo Province and the great-grandfather of Bypass Omichi Shita Kaigan, Takasakiyama, Oita City  Otomo Sorin, founded the Jodo-ji Temple in JR Oita StationGOAL 097-534-1010 ↓Hasama 696 1501. The mausoleum of Matsudaira Tadanao  Normal time (March through October): (also known as Ippaku) exists in the precincts. 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Wintertime (November It is a registered tangible cultural asset of Japan. through February) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MOS Burger restaurant ③Tanoura Beach (until 9:00 PM during GW, summer vacation, 21 Tanoura Beach can be seen special Christmas periods) Oita Expressway  The sacred camphor tree Kanayazako Oita IC Oita IC Higashi from the townscape of Oita Approx. 2 days a year You can enjoy a variety of animal 210  in the precincts is ←Beppu entrance and Beppu and is recognized 2,200 yen for adults and 1,100 yen for school shows about every 30 minutes. Try designated as a natural as a Sacred Place for Lovers. children and junior high school students) not to miss the popular performance Visitors can enjoy swimming by dolphins and walruses. monument of Japan. Wasada↓ 700 yen for 4-year-old to elementary school children 0500m 1 km in summer. Mt. Takasaki Parking

The cute creatures and (* The time required is roughly estimated.) beautiful scenery will Schedule Required time: Approx. 4 h 40 min. heal you. T STAR Departing from JR’s Oita Station Aso Beach is a new sensational aquarium where Oita Ekimae bus stop #2 ↓（ 350m）6-min. walk ↓ 25-min. bus ride visitors can come in contact Take the bus for Beppu. Get off at Oita Ekimae bus stop. ②Oita Marine Palace Aquarium 120 min. with living creatures ↓ 25-min. bus ride Umitamago GOAL Arriving at JR’s Oita Station naturally and enjoy with an artistic play equipment. Get off at Takasakiyama bus stop. ↓（ 1km）15-min. walk 14①Mt.Takasaki Natural 60 min. ③Tanoura Beach 30 min. 13 Zoological Garden Take the bus at the Tanoura bus stop. Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 7 ○○ Tourist attraction Cafe Meals Enjoy a nostalgic feeling Meals Hetsugi Area Souvenir Walk through a retro town Photogenic spot Recommended route Cooking workshop Matsuda Chimaki (a cake wrapped in and its warehouses bamboo leaves) with plenty of ↑Oita City CentralShirataki area Bridge Café Anju burdock slices is popular. Hetsugi Honmachi was a settlement Visitors can eat hocho (dumpling soup)  4456-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City that existed along the highway on the third Saturday of the month. (* A Hetsugi  070-4744-2036 Ono River reservation required.) connecting Bungo and Hyuga in the  11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Goboman (burdock dumplings), apricot Area period (1603 ‒ 1868). Historic jelly, and apricot jam are also sold.  Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays

 Hetsugi 2 vehicles buildings and townscapes still remain

Hyuga Kaido Road Kaido Hyuga 4407 Nakahetsugi, Oita City Road Kaido Hyuga  097-597-0602 Junior High School in this area that was called Zaimachi  10:00 - 18:00 The main hall of the in old days. "Hoashi Honke Sake  Mondays temple was Hetsugi Gombo no Kai rebuilt in 1814. ○ Brewery" is a tangible cultural 6 vehicles Hetsugi Gombo no Kai sells Sanrei property designated by Oita City, Tower goboman (burdock Nakahetsugi dumplings) and burdock tea from which people understand the 100% made from Hetsugi’s Dainan Elderly process of sake brewing. Care Home burdocks.  4420-2 Nakahetsugi, Oita City Hocho is Hetsugi’s local cuisine. Myoshoji Temple ○  Hoashi Honke The white noodle is more than 090-8355-0046 10  two meters long. It is said that Manta ⑥ Saturdays and Sundays: 10:00 - 16:00 the noodle was originally 7 vehicles made in the image of an Hoashi Honke abalone intestine. Sake Brewery ○⑤ Dainan Community Planning Center Syuzougura Shioya ○ Hoashi Honke Sake Brewery, where visitors’ learn about traditional Nishihiroba Square④ ○ Fujimiro Hidden ○ sake brewing in old days. t ! Hoashi Honke LIFE&DELI ④ Hoashi Honke  4381-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City Lucky Spo Fushunkan  097-597-4649 Eight heart marks are embedded Sake Brewery  9:00 AM - 4:30 PM ● Fushunkan (Main building with gallery) in the back alley of Hetsugi ⑦ Tools of sake making used in old times  Shoseki Every Monday (If it is a national Fushunkan exhibits and sells quality goods and Honmachi, and it is said that still remain. Admission fee is free. Hetsugi Furokan Senshokaku holiday, it will be the next day) artists’ works. happiness will come to people Syuzougura Nishihiroba Square, which GOAL ③ Fujikawa and New Year’s holiday period ● Café Toka Ryusui when they find all of them. is behind the brewery is well 11 standard-sized vehicles and ○Hardware Store ● Restaurant Toka Ryusui Why don’t you walk and Hetsugi maintained and has become a place of 2 large vehicles (Formerly named Moriya) ● Confectionery Ichirakuan search them? relaxation for people. START Art Cafe Tokinotane ● LIFE&DELI Hetsugi Post Office The first floor is a cafe and the second LIFE&DELI sells sweets made from burdocks along Gobaien① floor is a gallery.The building was originally with selected foodstuffs and miscellaneous goods, an old private house which has been ⑤ Dainan Community Planning Center ideal for souvenirs. Former 23rd refurbished. A ceramic art experience is National Bank’s ② available to visitors. (Former Hetsugi Post Office)  4381 Nakahetsugi, Oita City Parking branch office  4358 Nakahetsugi, Oita City  097-597-0002 Drug Store Miyagawauchi→ The Dainan Community Planning   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cosmos Tenmansha Park 090-9577-1345 exhibits nanga (lit. Southern paintings)  11:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Cafe: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Restaurant: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM) 38 of Hoashi Kyou and Tanomura Chikuden  * Closed occasionally. as well as reference materials related to  Every Monday (If it is a national holiday, it will be the next day) 0 100 200 m Inukai ↓ 2 vehicles Nakahetsugi. 25 vehicles  4407-1 Nakahetsugi, Oita City (* The time required is roughly estimated.) You can enjoy Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h. 55 min.  097-560-2544 T  the atmosphere of STAR Departing from JR’s Oita Station ↓（ 100m）1-min. walk↓ （ 600m）10-min. walk 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM  the quiet streets. （ 100m）1-min. walk Every Monday (If it is a national holiday, Take the bus at Oita Ekimae bus stop #4. ↓ ④Hoashi Honke 30 min. ⑦Senshokaku 5 min. it will be the next day), New Year’s holiday (For Usuki, Saiki, Taketa, and ) （Former residence of Hoashi Kyou） Sake Brewary period, and Bon festival period ②Former 23rd National Bank’s 5 min. ↓ 30-min. bus ride branch office ↓（ 50m）1-min. walk Take the Hetsugi bus stop. 8 vehicles Get off at Hetsugi bus stop. (For Oita Station-front) （ 200m）1-min. walk ⑤Dainan Community 20 min. ↓（ 250m）1-min. walk ↓ Planning Center ↓ 35-min. bus ride Volunteer guides L Arriving at JR’s Hetsugi-Anzu-no-kai members ①Gobaien ③Shoseki Furokan 5 min. ↓（ 400m）5-min. walk GOA (Former retreat of the 5 min. (named by Hoashi Kyou) Oita Station 16Hoashi family) ⑥Myoshoji Temple 20 min. 15 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 8 ○○ Tourist attraction Surrounded by the seasonal scenery Hot spring Meals Experience Japanese traditional Maki Area Photogenic spot Recommended route culture and history There are more than 800 cherry trees, including Yoshino cherry trees and double‐flowered cherry ① Heiwa Shimin Koen Noh Theater Heiwa Shimin Koen is a comprehensive park trees, along the Ura River, where people can enjoy built over the years as a facility to meet seeing flowers through the four seasons. various needs. The park has an international

exchange plaza commemorating Ura River Ura Ura River Ura establishment of sister city relationships of Oita City with foreign cities, a multipurpose 685 plaza that can be used for events and recreation, and an open lawn space with Dutch tower-type ○Heiwa Shimin Koen many features to enjoy. The Noh Theater, as windmill well as the Japanese-style garden that experiences seasonal changes, enables visitors to enjoy the cultural atmosphere of Japan. Visitors can observe the process of ← Oita Station 197 Norikoe washing and joining 197 Tsurusaki→ The flooring materials, including the covered bridge ② earthenware and passageway connecting the backstage to the Noh Heiwa Shimin Koen Japanese-style garden Bukan no Mori stoneware stage of the Heiwa Shimin Koen Noh Theater, used The Japanese-style (Wuhan Forest) fragments or making knot-free Japanese cypress aged 200 years or more. garden incorporates a Japanese-style garden drawings. pond in the center, as ③  1-30 Makimidorimachi, Oita City well as a bridge, an ② Noh Theater  097-551-5511 artificial miniature hill, ①  9:00 AM - 9:30 PM and waterfalls. Mantokuya Omoya  Crystal Onsen is a spa Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a featuring colorless Ten Made Agare national holiday or a substitute holiday) crystal-like transparent Tower-type windmill December 28 through January 3. There may be hot water and that is occasional closed days due to facility management. the reason the spa was ○ 138 vehicles named so. Oita Prefectural Center for ④ Takajo → ③ Heiwa Shimin Koen Bukan no Archaeological Research ④Oita Prefectural Center for Crystal Onsen Nippo Main Line Mori (Wuhan Forest) A park in Heiwa  TART Archaeological Research 11-9 Kitashimogoori, Oita City S Shimin Koen  097-552-2070 Maki 1-chome Bukan no Mori  (Wuhan Forest) 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM GOAL  Open 365 days a year Crystal Onsen Maki Area  350 yen for adults, 150 yen for JR schoolchildren, 70 yen for infants, and free for those younger than three years old Family bath: 1,000 yen (45 min.) and 1,300 yen (60 min.) ← Oita Station 0 100 200 m 30 vehicles Take a leisurely walk Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h. 10 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) around the park with flowers and greenery. Departing from JR’s Oita Station The Oita Prefectural Center for Archaeological  1-61 Makimidorimachi, Oita City （ 700m）10-min. walk （ 400m）5-min. walk ↓ 5-min. train ride ↓ ↓ Research includes the Toyonokuni Archeology Hall,  097-552-0077 where visitors can learn Oita’s history from the Old  START JR Maki Station ③Bukan no Mori (Wuhan Forest) 5 min. GOAL JR Maki Station 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (The last admission is 4:30 PM.) Stone Age to the Edo period (until 1868) through  relics excavated in Oita Prefecture, and the BVNGO Every Monday (the next weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday.) ↓（ 1km）10-min. walk ↓（ 600m）5-min. walk 5-min. train ride ↓ Otomo Museum, which permanently exhibits Yearend and New Year’s holiday period ① ④Oita Prefectural Center for various relics from the Otomo’s era. Furthermore, 200 vehicles *Large bus parking is available. Heiwa Shimin 20 min. 60 min. Arriving at JR’s Oita Station Koen Noh Theater Archaeological Research visitors can also experience historical earthenware 18making and observe organizing work on relics. 17 ②Japanese-style garden 5 min. Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No. 9 ○○ Tourist attraction Shokuji Dokoro Sadoya (restaurant) Visit a trace of sankin-kotai Cafe Sadoya is a Japanese restaurant famous for fresh fish dishes. The menu also includes (attendance transfer of Daimyo in Edo) Meals torien (chicken tempura). Tsurusaki Area Photogenic spot  2-5-21 Nakatsurusaki, Oita City  097-527-2707 Recommended route  Tsurusaki 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 AM - 10:00 PM Ruins of  Mondays 7 vehicles Sankin-kotai, Historical Road ① Tsurusaki, once an enclave Gozabune Pier Hoshinji Temple Ruins of Workshop controlled by This place was used for a pier for Sankin-kotai Yushukan Hall (the Kumamoto Domain), (Attendance transfer of This is a place where a was regarded as an Daimyo in Edo). workshop existed to important gateway to the repair Gozabune boats used for sankin-kotai. sea. Kato Kiyomasa and JR Tsurusaki Station ←Takajo other Higo lords left this START GOAL Nippo Main Line place for Edo (the capital of ⑤ Ozai→ Japan in the Tokugawa 539 Tsurusaki Park Tsurusaki period) as a part of the Station gate ○ Toriten Tsurusaki sankin-kotai policy. Ikoi ○ Daijingu Shrine 197 Tsurusaki Branch Ono River Naka-tsurusaki 2-chome Otozu River ④ Kato Kiyomasa, the Lord of Higo Province, constructed "Hoshinji "Temple. "The Sakasa Icho" Tsurusaki Elementary School ○ Ozai→ (lit. upside-down gingko tree) in the precincts was famous. The legend has it that a cane that ○ 208 Kiyomasa pierced a ginko tree upside down into the ground ,and it grew to be a big tree. ←Mori-machi Kikunoya Tsurusaki High School ○ ② Mori Kuso Memorial Museum Ruins of Tsurusaki Castle, Higo Hoshinji Province (the Kumamoto Domain) ○ "Mori Kuso Memorial Museum" is located next to Ruins of Tsurusaki Ochaya (rest house) Temple ① "Chiraikan", a private cram school, and the former Tsurusaki Ochaya was a rest house that ② ③ residence of Mori Kuso "Tensyou dou", a Confucian Kitagawa-en scholar and teacher around the middle of the 19th Lord Kato Kiyomasa constructed on the Mori Kuso Higashi-tsurusaki This long-established Japanese tea century. The historical materials, literature, artifacts, ruins of Tsurusaki Castle during the Memorial Museum 3-chome Hachimangu specialty store was established in 1905. etc. of Mori Kuso are exhibited. Otomo family days. In addition, it is said Shrine You can enjoy sweets in the cafe space. that Woman Warlord Yoshioka Myorinni,  who was a superior strategist, won the 3-1-1 Higashitsurusaki, Oita City Statues of Katsu Kaishu  fight with the Shimazu family. 097-521-1181 Yoshioka and Sakamoto Ryoma  9:00 AM - 7:30 PM ③ Ken Hachimangu Shrine Myorinni It is said that Katsu Kaishu Sundays and holidays, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Tsurusaki (1823 ‒ 1899) and  Closed occasionally. Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 4 vehicles in the first parking lot and 10 vehicles in the second parking lot Area 1867) had stayed in 0 100 200 m Tsurusaki. Walking through the

town thatEdo flourished period. in the Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h 5 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) Departing from JR’s Oita Station "Ken Hachimangu Shrine" was ↓ 10-min. train ride ↓（ 100m）1-min. walk ↓（ 450m）5-min. walk ↓（ 800m）10-min. walk founded in 1645. Ken Hachimangu Shrine was named after the T ②Mori Kuso Memorial Museum 30 min. ④ Ruins of Workshop Yushukan Hall 5 min. JR Tsurusaki Station STAR JR Tsurusaki Station GOAL discovery of a sword that was the ↓（ 1.1 km）15-min. walk ↓（ 200m）3-min. walk ↓（ 500m）5-min. walk ↓ 10-min. train ride missing sacred treasure of Usa Jingu Shrine. ⑤ Arriving at JR’s Oita Station ① Hoshinji Temple 15 min. ③Ken Hachimangu Shrine 10 min. Remains of Sankin-kotai 5 min. 20Gozabune Pier 19 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No.10 ○○ Tourist attraction Meals A town where you can enjoy the sea and stars. Souvenir Takashima is an uninhabited Saganoseki Area Photogenic spot island of 5.5 kilometers around, where visitors can Recommended route (by car) see a colony of black‐tailed Tour Saganoseki Recommended route (on foot) gulls designated as a natural treasure. There is a campground on the island. Roadside Station ② ① Hayasuhime Shrine Saganoseki is the home of national-brand Saganoseki Tokuouji Temple "Seki-aji and Seki-saba mackerels". It is also Soft-serve ice cream using kurome (local a place where Katsu Kaishu (1823 ‒ 1899) specialty and Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867) brown seaweed) is visited. Furthermore, visitors can observe popular. Sekizaki Lighthouse ○  989-6 Ohira, Oita City the stars of each season at the Sekizaki  097-576-0770 ④○ Takashima Ocean and "Astronomical Observatory  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM The Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery of Sekizaki ③ Hall". Rare scenic spots, including  Open 365 days a year "Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd". Kaiseikan has been operated for more Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867) and "Kurogahama Beach" with black beach than 100 years. Katsu Kaishu (1823 ‒ 1899) stayed "Hayasuhime Shrine" enshrines a goddess of at Tokuouji Temple. maritime safety, good luck, and warding off evil. stones, are highlights of this town. 635 ⑤ ③ Sekizaki Kaiseikan The Sekizaki Ocean and Astronomical Kurogahama Beach Observatory Hall commands a large ○Bishagoura Sisters Rocks panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea.  4057-419 Saganoseki, Oita City Sekinose Honten ←Ozai ○ The Bishagoura Sister Rocks commands  097-574-0100 197 Saganoseki Port a fine view, where the sun rises between  10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Ferry Terminal the rocks tied with a (a rope From 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Fridays, Yoshida used to cordon off consecrated areas or Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays and in August. ○ ⑥ ①Hayasuhime Shrine as a talisman against evil). Kaikan Saganoseki  Every Tuesday (the next weekday if Tuesday falls on START Branch Office a national holiday) and December 29 through January 3. GOAL ② Seki no Ryouba 30 vehicles Tokuouji Temple ○ 635

Ota Canned Factory Saganoseki Fishing Port 217 Visitors can enjoy fresh Seki-aji and Azuma The roof of the shrine and its unique ⑤Kurogahama Beach Sekiaji- roof tiles in the shape of Urashima Taro Seki-saba mackerel procured from Kurogahama Beach in Nippo Kaigan Sekisabakan (the protagonist of a Japanese fairy the local fishery cooperative every Quasi-National Park has been selected as one of tale) is a must-see. morning. Japan’s best 100 beaches. Amabe no Sato Sekiajisekisabakan Saganoseki is the port where Usuki↓  097-575-2338 Sakamoto Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867)  949 Shiraki, Oita City landed to enter Kyushu for the Saganoseki Fun experience Inquiry: City of Oita Tourism Division Tel. 097-537-7043 Saganoseki Fishing Port  Direct sales store: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM first time, the valuable records of A pleasure boat tour around Takashima Island while watching Saganoseki Fishing Port is where national-brand Restaurant: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM which remain in the Nippon Area Seki-aji and Seki-saba mackerels are landed. black‐tailed gulls (from mid-April to late-August) Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays: 11:00 AM - Around 9:00 PM Jimbutsushi (a social register). 0 500m  Takashima Maru Tel. 090-8837-5010 (Captain)  Open 365 days a year 40 vehicles Teruyoshi Maru Tel. 090-1878-1586 (Captain)  3,000 yen (half price for elementary school students) * Each boat has a capacity of 12 people and leaves with a minimum of three adult passengers. Schedule Required time : Approx. 4 h. 20 min. (*The time required is roughly estimated.) Enjoy the beautiful * Canceled in times of stormy weather (contact for inquiries). view of Departing from JR’s Oita Station Harvest experience of mature sweet summer tangerines the seaside. 10-min. walk + ↓45-min. car ride ↓15-min. car ride ↓3-min. car ride ↓45-min. car ride (from mid-April to mid-May) Arriving at  Roadside Station Saganoseki Tel. 097-576-0770 ① ③Sekizaki Kaiseikan 30 min. ⑤Kurogahama Beach 10 min. START Hayasuhime Shrine 20 min. JR’s Oita Station NPO Sagonoseki Community Planning Association 3-min. car ride + Tel. 097-575-2000 （1km）10-min. round trip ↓10-min. walk ↓10-min. car ride  1,000 yen per person (with 4 kilograms of take-home tangerines) ② Tokuouji Temple 20 min. ④Sekizaki Lighthouse 30 min. GOAL ⑥Saganoseki Branch Office 22 21 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No.11 ○○ Tourist attraction Hot spring Seeing healing flowers of wisteria Souvenir Photogenic spot Tour historic sites Recommended route (on foot) Wasada Area with abundant nature ① Nanase River Nature Park The Wasada area is surrounded by abundant The ruins of Oita’s Kokubunji e n i nature with many cultural properties and Temple still remain here. L

n Kokubunji Temples were i historic sites. Every year, a lot of visitors visit constructed all over the a M

country in the Nara period i "Sasamuta Shrine", where beautiful wisteria Wasada a (710 ‒ 794) by the order of d The Oita Prefectural Center for Archaeological u Emperor Shomu. y Research is a place where visitors can learn flowers have been designated as a natural Area K Oita’s history from the Old Stone Age to the "Tokiwa Wasada Town" is a Edo period (until 1868). A history experience large-scale shopping mall monument. "Takase Sekibutsu" (a stone image course is available to learn as well. with a movie theater and of Buddha) with the original vivid coloring on ←Mukainoharu other commercial facilities. ○● Oita City Historical Museum a designated historic site is a must-see. Visitors 207 ○● Ruins of Kokubunji Temple Oita City ↑ Bungo Central area Nanase River can also enjoy the city’s only spa in the area. Kokubu Station Oita River Moegidai Entrance of Mitsuyoshi→ ② Fujimigaoka Complex Complex entrance Tokiwa Takase Sekibutsu ←Yufuin Bungo Kaido Road Nanase River Nature Park is available for START Wasada Town a wide range of purposes, including exercises and picnics. 210 Nanase River Nature Park 623 ③ Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb Nanase River Nature Park④ Imaichi Kaido Road ① ④Nakamura Otomo Yoriyasu was the Nakamura Kuchido intersection Tenman Shrine third head of the Otomo ① Tenman ②● family and the first member GOAL of Otomo family who ○ 442 Hie Shrine Shrine Takase Sekibutsu 41 entered Bungo Province. ② (Takajo) Tajiri Megusuno Green Sasamuta Takase Sekibutsu Five stone images of Buddha Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb Shrine "Takase Sekibutsu" was made around the end of the Heights ←Notsuharu 442 are built around the seated ③ ○● 12th century. statue of Mahavairocana. Sasamuta Shrine ④ Nakamura Tenman Shrine Visitors can see beautiful wisteria flowers Tsukano Mineral Spring Ryozenji Temple that are approximately 450 years old in the Otomo Isshinji Temple Mt. Ryozen precincts of "Sasamuta Yoriyasu’s Tomb ○ Shrine". The shrine holds Tenso Shrine○ ③ "The Mannen-bashi" a wisteria festival in May. is a stone arch bridge as 1644 Soda, Oita City a tangible cultural asset 097-569-4182 "Isshinji Temple", which designated by Oita City. It The enshrined deity of "Nakamura Tenman Shrine" was constructed in 1964, is * Bus riders should keep in mind connects to the main hall is Sugawara Michizane, a scholar, poet, and that the number of buses is limited. a place famous for double of Sasamuta Shrine. politician of the (794 ‒ 1185). cherry blossoms. 0 500m Tsukano Mineral Spring Tsukano Mineral Spring is a public Feel the nature Schedule Required time: Approx. 2 h. 40 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.) bathhouse maintaining the atmosphere of each season of an traditional hot spring bathhouse. that will heal you. Departing from JR’s Oita Station  Megusuno, Oita City ↓25-min. car ride ↓（ 1.9km）30-min. walk↓ 25-min. car ride  097-541-0008 (Sansuiso)  Arriving at 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM ART ①Nanase River Nature Park 30 min. ③Otomo Yoriyasu’s Tomb 5 min. ST JR’s Oita Station  Open 365 days a year ↓（ 300m）5-min. walk ↓（ 1.7km）20-min. walk  200 yen for adults, 100 yen for schoolchildren, and 100 yen per liter for drinking use ②Takase Sekibutsu 10 min. GOAL ④Nakamura Tenman Shrine 10 min.

24 23 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No.12 ○○ Tourist attraction Meals Walking on the stone pavement Photogenic Spot Recommended route (by car) Notsuharu Area You can enjoy a wide range of menu items, ranging Recommended route (on foot) Notsuharu and Imaichi from a reasonable lunch to kaiseki cuisine (a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner), that attach importance to the ingredients, including vegetables that are locally grown and quality tableware. Notsuharu Area Historical Highway Imaichi Area Notsuharu Notsuharu Shrine The Notsuharu and Imaichi areas, where Shokuraku Oita City ① Ryoma (1836 ‒ 1867) and Kaishu (1823 ‒ Area Nanase Kaido Central area → Oitagawa Dam ④ ⑤Oitagawa Dam (also known as 1899) stayed, prospered as a post town for Wakazuma no Mise Okubo Nanasekan Nanase Dam) sankin-kotai (a daimyo’s alternate-year Okubo is a shop where you can eat Police box GOAL "The jumbo inari" (a big pouch of fried tofu "The Oitagawa Dam", residence in Edo). A part of the Imaichi Stone filled with vinegared sushi rice) is the most "Notsuharu-zushi", a specialty of Fire Station located approximately popular menu item. You can also enjoy local Notsuharu in which sushi rice is 442 21 km upstream of the Pavement of the historical road connecting wrapped with vinegared cabbage. Notsuharu cuisine, including "dango jiru" (dumpling soup). Uzo Sanso Nanase River in the Oita Tsurusaki and Kumamoto remains. Why don’t Junior High School River Water System, is  2654-2 Imaichi, Oita City under construction. It is  097-589-2570 Nanase River you walk on the historical road, thinking of  scheduled to be Summer: 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM completed around 2019. what happened here a long time ago? Winter: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 412  * Closed occasionally. Uzo Sanso provides relaxing ③ ② facilities surrounded by nature. Maruyama Shrine Imaichi Stone Pavement Imaichi You can enjoy meals, including 442 ①● Oitagawa Dam shishinabe (boar stew), and stay Area Imaichi stone overnight, and also enjoy pavement START playing sports. Imaichi Area ② (Reservation is required.) Maruyama Shrine③

Imaichi Kaido Road 442 ←Kuju Maruyama Shrine is where the Lord of Higo Province prayed for the safety of sankin-kotai ←Taketa (a daimyo’s alternate-year residence in Edo). Countryside Station the residence of Higurashi chaya Goto family They sell fresh local the residence of Goto family ④ Notsuharu vegetables and carefully ○ The historical residence of the Goto prepared food,such as tofu. family is a typical sugoya-type house Shrine The stone pavement is a prefecture-designated historic site Notsuharu Shrine used for sankin-kotai ( Attendance transfer of Daimyo in  2563-1 Imaichi, Oita City (a house with no protrusions) in Oita enshrines the guardian Edo). This is a part of the Higo Kaido Road, where a  097-589-2818 Prefecture. It is an important national cultural property. deity of Gion Shrine two-meter-wide stone pavement with a distance of 660  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM and the spirit of Lord meters remains.  Yearend and New Year’s Kato Kiyomasa. holiday period 0 500 1 km ⑤ Oitagawa Dam Nanasekan It's a historical road used for sankin-kotai Schedule Required time: Approx. 3 h 20 min. (* The time required is roughly estimated.)  2501-10 Shinkai, Megusuno, Oita City (Attendance transfer of  097-586-4491 Daimyo in Edo). Departing from JR’s Oita Station  8:30 AM - 5:15 PM ↓40-min. car ride ↓（ 33m）1-min. walk↓ 5-min. car ride  Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and yearend and New Year’s holiday period ? ①Oitagawa Dam GOAL ⑤Oitagawa Dam Nanasekan 10 min. Notsuharu Promotion Office of Oitagawa Dam Construction (Nanasekan) TART 20 min. ③Maruyama Shrine 10 min. S (First Observatory) * Bus riders should keep in mind that the number of buses is limited. 20-min. car ride 30-min. car ride ↓10-min. car ride ↓ ↓ Nanasekan is an exhibition hall that explains the purpose of the Oitagawa Dam Arriving at JR’s Oita Station and the necessity of preserving its surrounding environment. ②Imaichi Stone Pavement 40 min. ④Notsuharu Shrine 10 min. 26 25 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission [Mark legend] Course No.13 ○○ Tourist attraction Hot spring Why don’t you run or walk this road? Souvenir Central Area Course of approx. 8.5 km Morning Jogging & Course of approx. 5.0 km

Many cherry blossom Walking Map trees are planted on the riverbeds of the Oita Jogging and walking on your River, and they will bloom with the arrival of spring. journey will allow you to enjoy Osu Sports Park the pleasures of running in ○ unfamiliar places in addition to Tsurusaki→ keep in good health and changing 22 This is a specialty store your mood. In the course of Benten Ohashi Bridge dedicated to ①Training equipment running along the riverbeds of the ②○ Oita sandwiches and hot Athletic Stadium dogs that you can Oita River, as a first-class river, ←Nishi-oita order by choosing your you can enjoy the changing The precincts of Manju-ji favorite ingredients and Temple include the Kunisaki sauces. landscape. Tower, a tangible cultural 197 Sandwichfactry property designated by cyakumi cyakumi Oita City. Oita  City Hall Funai South of 1-10-3 Imazuru, Oita City ←Beppu Castle Ruins Nogyo Kaikan  097-574-4514  Maizuru Bridge 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Enjoy jogging and walking where bridges over the rivers serve as landmarks.  10 Prefectural Hall Oita River Mondays Training equipment is installed on the riverbeds near the Maizuru Bridge. 4 vehicles ①Training equipment Nippo MainAtami Line Onsen Oita Ekimae ③Sorin Ohashi Bridge ② Oita Athletic Stadium (Oita River’s health equipment） Maki→ START 210 JR Oita Station ○Manjuji Temple Oita Ikoi no Michi GOAL CITY SPA TENKU ④ Takio Bridge Nippo Main Line

Hohi Main Line Uenogaoka Junior High School 10 21 ○ "The Oita Athletic Stadium" is the Loosen your body with the Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine K ←Oita IC yu ③ goal of the Beppu-Oita Marathon training equipment near the

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Takio The bridge was named after the ruins of Otomo family, It is said that Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine was constructed including the ruins of the residence of Otomo family with the tutelary deity of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in and former Manjuji Temple, near the bridge, and the Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, divided in order to share ↓ name was selected as the result of a public appeal. it with Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine when Otomo Yoshinao resumed the post of the governor of the province in 1196. A large wooden plaque of the twelve horary signs are Opened in January 2018 ④Oita Ikoi no Michi placed on the outer wall of the hall of worshippers. This plaque is a work of Muho Takuma, the honorary chair of 0 1 km the Prefectural Ink Painting Association. Walking through the town Recommended courses Oita Ikoi no Michi is a 100-meter in a refreshing morning! wide, 444-meter-long symbolic Course of approx. 8.5 km road in front of the south gate of Square in front of Funai Central Gate of Oita Station → Takio Bridge → Maizuru Bridge → Benten Ohashi Bridge → Sorin Bridge → Oita Ikoi no Michi → Ueno no Mori Gate of Oita Station Oita Station. The road includes a grass plaza full of greenery and Course of approx. 5.0 km serves as an activity base for citizens and is a popular place for Square in front of Funai Central Gate of Oita Station → Takio Bridge → Sorin Bridge → Oita Ikoi no Michi → Ueno no Mori Gate of Oita Station gathering and relaxation.

28 27 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission Course No.14 213

Bungo 213 Takada City Cycling lightly while feeling the sea breeze by the seaside area. Kunisaki City Nishi-Oita Area Kitsuki City Cycle along Beppu Bay Hiji Town Western Oita Area Beppu Bay Saganoseki Area [Mark legend] Betsudai Kokudo, a national highway 10 You can enjoy your ○○ Tourist attraction Beppu City 197 217 meal while watching connecting Oita City and Beppu City, Oita City Beppu Bay from the Hot spring restaurant featuring provides a cycling road running along the Meals glass walls on all Why don’t you run on the road (one of coastline. It is a flat road where beginners sides.z Japan’s scenic byway) along Beppu Bay Photogenic spot  can feel free to cycle. You can actively and Kunisaki Peninsula by bicycle? Restaurant A-ZOO Recommended route This bay coast road, with few ups and downs, Takasakiyama-Shita Kaigan, Oita City (Bicycle) cycle in Oita while visiting sightseeing runs from the Kunisaki Peninsula to 2F Umitamago Saganoseki through Beppu and Nishi Oita.  097-514-3434 spots, such as the cycle hub Tanoura You can enjoy exhilarating cycling with  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Beach. feeling the ocean breeze blowing on your  Closed with the Umitamago facilities face. It is a recommended course where you (Approximately twice a year) 800 vehicles can experience the beauty of the coastline. Why don’t you enjoy exhilarating cycling while enjoying the scenery? Oita Marine Palace ①Rental Cycle Port ←Beppu Aquarium Umitamago 10 The Kanzaki Onsen ②Tanoura Beach at Oita Station Mt. Takasaki Restaurant Tenkai-no-yu Hot Spring is a Osaru-Kan A-ZOO spa with a nice view Tanoura Beach overlooking Beppu Bay. ② Kantan Harbor Park Mt. Takasaki Natural Matsu-no-yu ③Kantan Zoological Garden Nippo Main Line Nishi-oita Port ③ Ferry Terminal 22 Harbor Park Yusuhara Hachimangu Kantan Harbor Park is a Betsudai Kokudo, a JR Nishi-Oita Station Shrine, a venerable old Higashi-ikushi Kasuga Shrine stylish spot where cafes national highway, is Kanzaki Onsen shrine in the woods, you and sundry shops line up. You can rent a bicycle once at 200 yen also used as the can take the sacred power. Tenkai-no-yu Oji Onsen  at the Bicycle Rental Port, close to JR’s course of the Beppu Mr.Max Daido entrance Kanzaki, Oita City 696 Nishioita store  Oita Station. Oita Mainichi ○Yusuhara JR Oita STARTStation 097-537-5976 Hachimangu Shrine (City of Oita Parks and Recreation Division)  2605-2 Kanamemachi, Oita City Marathon in February. Hasama↓ 696 GOAL Akeno→  9:00 AM - 11:30 PM  097-537-5739  7:30 AM - 7:30 PM MOS Burger 245 vehicles ① (804 vehicles in swimming season)  Open 365 days a year Drop-in Spot 21 Oita ExpresswayKanayazako Oita IC Rental Cycle  Rental charge: 200 yen per day (per time) Refresh yourself at a hot entrance Omichi Bypass Tanoura Beach, located in the middle 210 * 400 per day for a power-assisted bicycle per day. spring if you feel tired! ←Beppu Oita IC Higashi Port at Oita point of the course, is equipped with ↓Wasada a cycle hub where rental bicycle air Kanzaki Onsen Tenkai-no-yu Station pumps are available. Matsu-no-yu Oji Onsen Nishi-Oita Area 0 1 km Saganoseki course Bicycle Road Run while enjoying Recommended cycling road the refreshing scenery. Recommended courses JR’s Oita Station～JR’s Beppu Station・・・・24-km round trip ― Cycling along an light rail track All courses differ in their This is a route with a distance of distance along the coastline JR’s Oita Station～Nishioita (Mt. Takasaki)・・16-km round trip approximately 10 km from JR Kozaki Station overlooking Beppu Bay.As these to the Saganoseki Bus Center along an light courses are on flat roads, any ・・・・ rail track near a beautiful coastline where cyclists can enjoy all courses, JR’s Oita Station～Sagaseki (Sekizaki) 64-km round trip cyclists can enjoy feeling the sea breeze. regardless of their age and sex. • Inquiry: City of Oita Urban Transportation Planning Division Tel. 097-537-5690 30 29 Address Tel Hours Closed Parking Admission Tourist application helps you enjoy your trip to Oita even more! ‒ Oita City’s tourist application “Oita Trip” has launched!! ‒

Oita City’s original “Oita Trip” app for tourists is now available. This app includes a number of exciting features such as a stamp rally at different tourist spots, information on locations where you can get secret items from Oita City’s Tourism Ambassador, Rino Sashihara, as well as introductions to Oita’s best places to take pictures by famous instagrammers. There perks are only available through this app. Download the app and enjoy your trip in Oita even more!

[How to download Oita City’s tourist app “Oita Trip”] [Supported models] ・Smartphones and tablet terminals with Android OS 4.4 or higher installed

・Smartphones and tablet terminals with iOS ver.8.0 or higher installed Scan this QR code with your device to * Communication and packet fees will be charged to users. download the application.

Use augmented reality (AR) to see what Funai Castle must have looked like in its time.

The City of Oita's official “Funai Castle AR” app gives you a glimpse of the Funai castle using Android iOS augmented reality. Use your smartphone or tablet and check out a historical landmark that has been selected as one of Japan’s top 100 castles.

[How to download the City of Oita official app “Funai Castle AR.”] [Supported models] Scan this QR code with ・Smartphones and tablets installed with Android OS 5.0 or higher your device to ・Smartphones and tablets installed with iOS ver.9 or higher download the application. * Communication and packet fees will be charged to users.

Oita City Tourism Promotion Videos “SARU TABI” and “Mini Trip Oita

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* This information was posted in March 2018 and is subject to change without notice.