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Oita

Japan's hot spring paradise

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  1. Bungo Takada Showa Street
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    Bungo Takada Showa Street

    Culture
  2. Hiking the Kuju Mountain Range
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    Hiking the Kuju Mountain Range

    Activities
  3. Beppu Fireworks Festival
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    Beppu Fireworks Festival

    Beppu
  4. Putting Train Lovers on the Right Track 3/3
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    Putting Train Lovers on the Right Track 3/3

    Yufuin
  5. Climbing Mount Yufu, Kyushu
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    Climbing Mount Yufu, Kyushu

    Yufuin
  6. Beppu Park Cherry Blossoms
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    Beppu Park Cherry Blossoms

    Beppu
  7. Sanrio's Harmony Land
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    Sanrio's Harmony Land

    Activities
  8. African Safari Park
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    African Safari Park

    Activities
  9. Beppu Beach Sand Bath
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    Beppu Beach Sand Bath

    Beppu
  10. Beppu Kamado Jigoku
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    Beppu Kamado Jigoku

    Beppu

Where to eat in Oita

Othello Coffee Roasters 8
Food

Othello Coffee Roasters

Kim B

If you're a coffee lover, Othello Coffee Roasters in Beppu is a must. Excellent coffee, home baked sweet treats, and a trendy..

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Places to stay in Oita

Staying at BBC Nagayu
Bed & Breakfast

Staying at BBC Nagayu

Tristan Scholze

Rejuvenating B&B in a mountainside grove along a river. On the edge of Aso-Kuju National Park, the cabins have a library, mini-mountaineering..

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Spring Charms of Usa 14
Culture

Spring Charms of Usa

Bonson Lam

It is said that pink is the colour of romance, so why not have a flutter from the scrolls from the love shrine, a 1950's contraption..

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Old Hamawaki Station 8
Transportation

Old Hamawaki Station

Scott Brause

The hot spring town of Hamawaki no longer exists, but the little train station that served it in its days of glory is still there,..

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About Oita

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kyushu
Island Kyushu
Capital Oita
Population 1,196,529
Area 6,340.61 sq. km

Though a bit far from many of Japan’s big cities, a trip to Oita Prefecture (大分県, Ōita-ken) is well worth it for the hot springs alone. Oita boasts the most onsens in Japan (over 4,500), including Beppu and Yufuin, the country’s two largest hot springs areas.

When you're not bathing and relaxing, experience a bit of Japanese culture first-hand by visiting Usa Jingu Shrine and the unique Usuki Stone Buddhas. Hikers will enjoy the nice views from Mount Yufu and Mount Kuju, while children are in for quite an adventure at the African Safari Park and Umi-Tamago (literally "sea egg") aquarium.

Tourists can also participate in "green tourism" and "blue tourism," short-term homestays at farms and fishing villages respectively. Don't forget to have some tori-ten, or chicken tempura, while you're in Oita too.

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