OitaArchitectureTaketa
Taketa Castle Town
A town in a tuff-walled basin, where tunnels bored through the cliffs serve as ordinary streets.
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OitaArchitectureUsuki
Breweries of Usuki
A castle town built on brewing; its black-boarded warehouses still line the lanes and still ferment.
Bungo-Ōno
Kagura of Bungo
Each hamlet has its own troupe, repairing and reusing masks whose carving betrays which troupe they belong to.
OitaContemporary ArtBungo-Ōno
Harajiri Falls
A 120-metre-wide falls opening abruptly in flat farmland, cut by the river into a plateau of Aso's own ash.
OitaArt & CraftsBungo-Ōno
Cliff Buddhas of Bungo Ono
Cliff carvings across the province; with Usuki, Oita has the densest concentration of them in Japan.
OitaArchitectureNakatsu
Nakatsu Castle
A sea-water castle where two lords' stonework meets in one wall - and the difference in how they laid it is visible.
OitaContemporary ArtBeppu
The Hells of Beppu
Pools of hot water divided into blue, red and white by their chemistry - geology showing its colours directly.
OitaContemporary Art
OitaContemporary ArtHita
Rivers of Hita
A town in a basin ringed by rivers, grown on boat traffic and still viewed from the water.
Beppu
Bamboo Artists of Oita
Artists here moved from weaving into free sculpture in bamboo - a craft district that crossed into contemporary art.
Usa
Votive Plaques of Usa
As head shrine it drew offerings from all Japan; the pictures on its votive plaques show what each era prayed for.
Kunisaki
Villages of Kunisaki
A dry peninsula riddled with reservoirs, its stone-walled homesteads set between them.
OitaArchitectureOita
Funai and its Christian Past
The town of a Christian daimyo, with a church and hospital - among the first Japanese cities to take in European culture.
Beppu
Communal Bathhouses of Oita
Over a hundred bathhouses in Beppu are run by neighbourhood associations - plain buildings whose form follows who manages them.
Usuki
Takeyoi Festival, Usuki
Twenty thousand bamboo lanterns cut and lit along the streets, so the town's plan appears as lines of light.
Bungotakada
Sculptors of Bungo
A peninsula far from the capital that kept many Heian and Kamakura images - enough to compare provincial hands.
Beppu
Beppu City Bamboo Craft Traditional Industry Hall
A hall in Beppu showing Beppu bamboo craft, a designated traditional craft, with sessions to try it.
Oita
Oita Prefectural Bamboo Craft Training Center
The prefectural bamboo craft training center in Beppu. It trains artisans over two years.
Oita
Bamboo Artist Kojima Chikukoen
Kojima Chikara in Beppu. It is a workshop that weaves bamboo.
OitaCraft ExperiencesOita
Onta Ware Pottery Museum
The Onta ware pottery museum in Hita. It presents the production area.
Oita
Onta Ware Village Karausu
The karausu of Onta. River water moves the pestles to pound the potter's clay. The sound is included in the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.