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Oita City Walking Guide Oita City Walking Guide Nishi-Oita A city that will make you want to explore! Saganoseki OITA TRIP SELECT Funai Introduction of 14 recommended walking courses in Hetsugi Oita City! Imaichi Transportation guide Rental Cycle Oita Station Rent-A-Cycle Port 2605-2 Kaname-machi, Oita City Tel. 097-537-5739 Rental Car 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 ←Beppu 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 Nissan Rent-a-car Oita Ekimae Shop Kamezuka Tomb 3-10 Kaname-machi, Oita City TEL 097-534-0138 Furugo Toyota 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 Dome 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 Hot spring 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 Japan and Western-style ① in Yuho Park. Wakakusa Brick Hall architect famous for architecture that is reminiscent the Park Tokiwa ②Funai the Tokyo Station of the Meiji 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 Atami Onsen 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 an 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 Midori 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).
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