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Inaba Family Villa / Former Hirai Residence

Inaba Family Villa / Former Hirai Residence

Inabaya Shimo-yashiki and Former Hirai Residence are exceptionally prestigious historical building complexes standing in the center of the Usuki City castle town, gathering the essence of Japan's pinnacle of Edo-period architecture and traditional samurai residence aesthetics. The sophisticated, beautiful Japanese-style guest rooms and the dignified wooden architectural appearances holding detailed intentional design are masterful, allowing you to feel the lifestyle of those days and samurai pride from the moment you step inside. Gazing at the beautiful Japanese garden showing perfect harmony with the buildings, spending quiet time appreciating traditional designs away from urban noise deeply stimulates travelers' sensitivity and brings...

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Fukashima Island

Fukashima Island

Fukashima, floating off the southernmost tip of Saiki City, is a heart-healing, mysterious, and hideaway-like island with untouched rich great nature and calm sea breezes, where a slow flow of calm time ticks. The surroundings are wrapped in transparent, beautiful emerald-green sea with coral reefs, making it a supreme nature resort perfect for snorkeling or coastal strolls. Also famous worldwide as a "Cat Island" where many lovely cats live freely, outnumbering islanders, their relaxed figures softly loosen visiting travelers' hearts. Experience a special time to refresh mind and body wrapped in Earth's gentle embrace while touching the islanders' unpretentious warm...

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Yakatajima Island

Yakatajima Island

Yakatajima Island, located just about 10 minutes by regular boat from Saiki City's Kamae Port, is a heart-healing, mysterious, and hideaway-like island floating in the peaceful, beautiful ocean of the grand Bungo Channel, where untouched rich great nature and a slow flow of calm time tick. The surroundings are wrapped in transparent, beautiful emerald-green sea, and strolling quietly along the coastline allows you to completely forget busy daily life, bringing deep spiritual peace. Famous also for the traditional "Hiougi-gai" (Noble Scallop) aquaculture, the gourmet program to harvest and taste the colorful, beautiful scallops is a luxurious highlight. Surrounded by Earth's...

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Iwaya Senbonzakura (A Thousand Cherry Trees)

Iwaya Senbonzakura (A Thousand Cherry Trees)

Iwaya Senbonzakura (1,000 Cherry Trees) is a famous cherry blossom destination located in the peaceful mountain valley of Hita City's Oyama Town, wrapped in great nature's kindness, which deeply fascinates people with its overwhelming beauty along with the arrival of spring. When spring arrives, numerous beautiful cherry trees bloom in full glory across the mountain surface, where pale pink colors weave a perfect contrast with the surrounding greenery and blue sky, mesmerizing global travelers. Strolling leisurely while enjoying peaceful time brings you to deep breath, gently wiping away daily busy stress and cleanly realigning your inner energy from the deep...

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Amagase Onsen “Kawayu”

Amagase Onsen “Kawayu”

Amagase Onsen's "Kawayu" (River Bath) is the symbol of Amagase Onsen, a masterpiece hot spring holding an ancient history of about 1,300 years, where multiple public bathhouses stand openly along the Kusu River, serving as one of Japan's premier, highly emotional traditional onsen spots. Soaking in the rich, high-quality natural hot spring water while listening to the peaceful, pleasant stream murmurs closely brings the best healing, completely freeing you from modern busy schedules and daily speed. Surrendering your body to nature's bio-rhythm while feeling the mountain breeze is the true essence of Japan's good old therapeutic bathing culture, promising a...

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Kannon Waterfall

Kannon Waterfall

Kannon Falls, flowing through Taketa City's rich, beautiful mountains, is an exceptionally elegant and beautiful "hidden masterpiece" waterfall, as its name suggests, where pure water flows down gracefully like countless white silk threads layered together. The holy space surrounded by deep green trees and mossy rocky walls is beautiful, and the moment you step inside, you feel completely cut off from urban speed and noises, where rich negative ions and refreshing air softly loosen travelers' hearts from the deep core. Spending time walking along the riverfront stroll path while listening to the pleasant water murmurs loosens mind-body tension, bringing supreme...

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Jion Waterfall

Jion Falls, located on the border between Amagase Town in Hita City and Kusu Town, is a grand, magnificent masterpiece waterfall boasting dynamic beauty, where pure water flows down fiercely in two stages—the upper stage about 20 meters and the lower stage about 10 meters—from rich, green forests. Its greatest feature is the "Urami-no-taki" (waterfall seen from behind) aspect, where you can closely appreciate the falling water from walking paths maintained behind the falls, and the rich negative ions and thunderous water sound wrapping your entire body gently loosen travelers' hearts from the deep core, granting surprise and emotion. Also...

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Yamakuni Town

Nakatsu City's Yamakuni Town is an exceptionally peaceful and beautiful area where majestic mountains and Japan's good old, rich countryside landscapes spread comfortably. Hosting the national scenic site "Oku-Yabakei Gorge," the brilliant seasonal color changes of the mountains and the pure clear stream murmurs deeply heal visiting travelers' hearts, helping you forget modern busy daily lives. Tracing the traditional rural culture breathing strongly through the area, or leisurely strolling through the old stone pavements and highways while feeling great nature's power, gently loosens mind-body tension, bringing supreme healing. Completely cut off from urban noise in this hideaway place, experience nature's...

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Yakushi Gorge

Yakushi Gorge is a hidden, secret canyon tucked away within the deep mountains of Nakatsu City's Yamakuni Town, wrapped in mysterious silence and rich, pristine great nature. Surrounded by lush, deep primary forest and rocky walls, the beautiful river where pure water flows down with cool, pleasant sounds spreads out, while the rich negative ions drifting around gently loosen travelers' hearts from the deep core. Completely cut off from urban noise and speed in this space, spending time while listening to the pleasant murmur of water and wild birds' singing heals the mind-body clutter, naturally recovering your inner energy. Feel...

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Sarutobi Sentsubokyo Gorge

Sarutobi Sentsubokyo Gorge

Sarutobi Sen-tsubokyo Gorge, located in Yamakuni Town, Nakatsu City, is a magnificent nature monument designated by the nation, created by the fierce clear streams of the Yamakuni River persistently carving out sturdy rocky walls over eternal time, revealing countless potholes on the riverbed. The dynamic, overwhelming modeling beauty created by great nature, alongside its unique name originating from ancient legends of "wild monkeys leaping across the rocks," directly transmits Earth's powerful life force and historical weight to visiting travelers, bringing deep emotion. The contrast between the clear emerald-green river flow and the lush seasonal green or vivid autumn leaves shows...

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Shinjo-ji Temple

Shinjo-ji Temple

Shinjo-ji Temple, quietly standing in the historical castle town of Nakatsu City, is a prestigious ancient temple wrapped in deep history and profound silence. The precinct features beautiful main halls holding the weight of history and solemn stone Buddhas lined up in silence, and the moment you step inside, urban noises and digital society's busyness completely vanish, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart from the core. Worshiped by local people as a heart-healing ground since ancient times, it is a magnificent spot to experience traditional Japanese Buddhism and the spiritual culture of realigning daily life...

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Beppu Onsen Suginoi Hotel

Beppu Onsen Suginoi Hotel

Beppu Onsen Suginoi Hotel, located on a high hill of Kankaiji Onsen overlooking Beppu City, is a supreme resort hotel featuring overwhelming scale and the latest sophisticated entertainment facilities within a vast site, gathering many global travelers. The premier highlight is the massive panoramic open-air bath "Tanayu" where you can fully enjoy a grand 360-degree panorama view overlooking Beppu Bay's vast ocean and the city's night views, granting deep emotion to global travelers. The fantastic fountain shows at the onsen pool and luxurious exquisite feast buffets are also attractive, delivering an ultimate entertainment experience that beautifully colors your special travel...

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Oita City Art Museum

Oita City Art Museum

Oita City Art Museum, nestled within the rich green of "Ueno-no-Mori Park" overlooking the Oita City area, is a sophisticated, intellectual contemporary art museum whose modern architectural beauty captures global attention. Harmonizing comfortably with the surrounding fresh natural life force, the interior exhibits a wide range of masterpieces from the pinnacle of Oita's traditional Bungo-nanga paintings to contemporary art works, richly stimulating travelers' intellectual curiosity and sensitivity. Completely cut off from urban noise in this brilliant sanctuary, appreciating beautiful exhibitions inside quiet, serene galleries at your own pace offers a supreme experience to forget daily busyness and bring deep tranquility...

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Oita Marine Palace Aquarium “Umitamago”

Oita Marine Palace Aquarium “Umitamago”

Oita Marine Palace Aquarium "Umitamago" is a highly innovative and popular experiential aquarium located along the beautiful Beppu Bay, where you can touch the mystery and life force of the ocean with all five senses under the concept of "getting close to animals." The sophisticated facility features grand panoramic tanks where diverse fish of the Bungo Channel swim dynamically, and the absolute highlight is the open-air performance area where lovely dolphins and sea walruses showcase their clever skills with a dramatic sea backdrop. Away from modern digital business, strolling through the beautiful waterfront zones while listening to the murmur of...

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Tanoura Beach

Tanoura Beach, spreading along the Beppu Bay connecting Oita City and Beppu City, is an open-concept, beautiful artificial beach park where beautiful white sand, emerald-green blue sea, and lush greenery of palm trees comfortably harmonize, full of exotic southern resort emotions. Well-maintained walking paths along the coastline and the retro, beautiful large combination play equipment in the shape of a sailing ship floating in the ocean provide the best location to enjoy leisurely walking strolls or picnics while feeling the refreshing sea breeze. At dusk, the Beppu Onsen townscapes and steam clouds on the opposite shore shine beautifully as lights,...

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Notsuharu Terraced Rice Fields

Notsuharu Terraced Rice Fields

Notsuharu Terraced Rice Fields, spreading over the mountain surface of the Notsuharu district of Oita City, is a supreme original landscape spot where the artistic beauty woven by endless layers of beautiful rice field curves breathes the wisdom of traditional Japanese agriculture. The contrast between the terraced rice fields changing expressions in each season shows a perfect traditional Japanese harmony, and especially in spring, when water is filled, the sunset reflects on the water surface to make the entire terraced fields shine in golden colors, granting a mysterious, words-defying beauty that deeply shakes global travelers' souls. Touching the wisdom and丁寧(careful)...

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Sekizaki Lighthouse

Sekizaki Lighthouse

Sekizaki Lighthouse, built in 1901, stands on the steep cliffs overlooking the narrow channel separating the Bungo Channel and Iyo-Nada sea at the easternmost edge of Saganoseki Peninsula, serving as Oita's oldest, beautiful white Western-style lighthouse still in service. The historic, masterfully designed lighthouse commands a grand panorama view overlooking the dynamic, beautiful blue sea大海原 where fast currents weave, and far-spreading islands, granting deep core emotion to global travelers. The refreshing sea breeze blows through, and walking along the well-maintained trails while feeling seasonal nature provides the best environment. Completely cut off from city speed, surrender your body to Earth's...

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Yoshino Plum Garden

Yoshino Plum Garden

Yoshino Plum Garden, located in the Yoshino district of Oita City, is a highly renowned plum blossom master destination that blooms with overwhelming beauty along with the arrival of spring in a quiet, historic precinct. Within the well-maintained vast venue, thousands of colorful plum blossoms bloom all at once—including the solemn famous tree "Garyu-bai"—filling the entire park with gorgeous, gentle fragrance and colors, granting deep emotion as if straying into a masterpiece Japanese painting. The solemn atmosphere of the historic shrine and natural colors show a perfect contrast, and strolling through silence to gaze at beautiful flowers gently melts away...

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Nanase Dam

Nanase Dam, constructed at the upstream of the Nanase River in Oita City, is a vast, quiet, and serene rock-fill-style beautiful giant dam surrounded by majestic natural mountains. The lake surface of the vast man-made lake created by the dam beautifully reflects the rich green trees and blue sky around, and that quiet, mysterious scenery alone deeply heals visiting travelers' hearts. Around the venue, well-maintained walking paths and the beautiful "Notsuharu Sky Plaza" are fully arranged, offering the best location to enjoy walking while feeling the refreshing breeze and looking at mountain colors changing expressions in each season. Completely away...

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Kamezuka Kofun (Ancient Tomb)

Kamezuka Kofun (Ancient Tomb)

Kamezuka Kofun, located in Oita City, is a magnificent "front-rear-type" ancient tomb cluster spanning about 116 meters long, built in the early 5th century, serving as a highly valuable historical ruins park conveying the depth of ancient Japanese history and the stories of powerful ancient rulers. Currently, it is faithfully reproduced to its original figure and beautifully maintained, with numerous "Haniwa" clay pot replicas lined up around the tomb showing a solemn figure, inviting travelers into an ancient spiritual world the moment you step inside. The attached museum allows you to learn about valuable excavated artifacts in detail, making it...

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Kurasasu Dome

Kurasasu Dome is a sophisticated, contemporary multi-purpose event and sports facility located in a place that reflects Oita Prefecture's rich natural environment and advanced sports culture. Within the grand dome space utilizing the latest superior architectural technology, various sports competitions and rich regional culture events are held regularly, comfortably stimulating travelers' intellectual curiosity. The surrounding area is beautifully maintained with lush green turf and nature, perfectly set up to immerse yourself in activities or events while feeling comfortable winds away from city noise. It is a brilliant junction place where industrial vitality and traditional land intersect, promising a comfortable and...

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Nanasegawa Nature Park

Nanasegawa Nature Park

Nanasegawa Nature Park, spreading within the rich, beautiful nature environment south of Oita City, is a premier waterfront park where the clear stream of the Nanase River and beautiful greenery comfortably harmonize, allowing you to feel Earth's dynamic life force with your entire body. The vast site is fully equipped with beautiful lawn plazas, well-maintained walking paths, and aquatic areas where you can feel the river's touch, full of amusement that captures both adults and children. Completely cut off from busy city schedules and digital society's busyness, spending time walking while feeling the refreshing breeze and enjoying forest bathing is...

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Michi-no-Eki Tanourara

Michi-no-Eki Tanourara

Michi-no-Eki Tanourara, located along the beautiful Beppu Bay coastal line connecting Oita City and Beppu City, is a highly stylish, sophisticated, and vast master information-delivery hub that delivers latest, rich regional historical culture and premium specialty information to global travelers. The venue is fully equipped with sophisticated restaurants where you can taste fresh, delicious seasonal ingredients and local delicacies nurtured by Oita's fertile earth and rich ocean, alongside refined souvenir items shining with artisans' craftsman identity, helping you complete a much more fulfilling travel plan. It also retains nostalgic historical stories, such as exhibiting actual retro, beautiful tram cars that...

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Sekizaki Mirai Kaiseikan

Sekizaki Mirai Kaiseikan

Sekizaki Mirai Kaiseikan, built on a high hill at the easternmost edge of Saganoseki Peninsula, is a latest, sophisticated observatory and environmental center where you can experience the mysteries of the universe with all five senses while looking out over a grand panorama view of the vast blue ocean and wide open sky of the Bungo Channel. Inside the venue, a large astronomical telescope boasting Kyushu's premier scale is fully equipped, allowing you to observe the mystery of shining stars in the daytime or the starry sky at night closely, richly stimulating travelers' intellectual curiosity. From the observation deck, you...

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