Skip to content
Mixroutes
Prefecture capital and Core city in Kyushu, Japan · Oita

Ōita

Ōita is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Ōita
Ōita · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
The place

Ōita is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of 30 November 2023, the city had an estimated population of 474,804 in 230,867 households, and a population density of 950 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 502.38 km2 (193.97 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ōita

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Funai Castle

    Funai Castle is a 16th-century castle, located in Ōita city, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Ōtomo Sōrin in 1562, who owned much of the surrounding Kyūshū island.

    900 m · Japanese castle in Ōita city · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sasamuta Shrine

    Sasamuta Jinja is a Shinto shrine in the Soda neighborhood of the city of Ōita in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the shrines claiming to be the ichinomiya of former Bungo Province.

    6.8 km · Shinto shrine in Oita Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Oita Marine Palace Aquarium

    The Oita Marine Palace Aquarium is located on the Takasaki Yamashita Coast in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Its common name is Umitamago.

    7.2 km · aquarium in Oita, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Yusuhara Hachimangū

    Yusuhara Hachiman-gū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Bungo Province, the other being the Sasamuta Jinja, also in Ōita.

    5.2 km · Shinto shrine in Oita Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden

    Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden, also called Takasakiyama Monkey Park, is a park located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture on Mount Takasaki known for its many wild Japanese macaques.

    8 km · monkey park in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ōita Art Museum

    Oita Art Museum opened in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, in 1999. The collection includes Nihonga, Yōga, Bungo Nanga, crafts, modern art, and the Important Cultural Property Materials relating to Tanomura Chikuden.

    1.2 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ōita Prefectural Art Museum

    The Ōita Prefectural Art Museum, also known informally as OpAm, is an art museum and community exhibition venue in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The museum is located in the center of the prefectural capital Ōita-shi, a 15-minute walk north-west of Ōita Station.

    800 m · museum in Oita city, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Oita Athletic Stadium

    Oita Athletic Stadium is an athletics stadium located in Tsuru Sports Park in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The facility is owned by Oita City and is operated and managed by the Oita River Stadium Consortium.

    2.1 km · building in Oita Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ōita City Historical Museum

    Ōita City Historical Museum opened in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, in 1987. The collection comprises materials relating to Ōita.

    6.6 km · museum in Ōita, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Oasis Hiroba 21

    The Oasis Hiroba 21 is a skyscraper located in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Construction of the 102-metre, 21-storey skyscraper was finished in 1998.

    700 m · skyscraper in Ōita, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ōita

Airports
Kumamoto (KMJ), 83 km · Kitakyushu (KKJ), 86 km · Fukuoka (FUK), 114 km
Stations
Ōita Station, 100 m · Bungo-Kokubu Station, 6.7 km · Higashi-Beppu Station, 9.7 km · Kaku Station, 4.7 km · Furugō Station, 1.4 km
  • Kumamoto → Ōita
    97 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · ¥1,490–2,030
  • Kitakyushu → Ōita
    98 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥1,300–1,770
  • Fukuoka → Ōita
    117 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ¥1,720–2,340
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
    Plan a trip

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ōita

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ōita. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerry Sunflower runs a daily ferry between Oita and Kobe.

From Wikivoyage: Oita, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    660 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    883 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,231 km
  4. 04
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,369 km
  5. 05
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,588 km

If you know how people move in Ōita – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ōita

  • Ōita-shicapital city of Oita Prefecture, Japan700 m
  • Hasamadissolved municipality in Ōita district, Ōita prefecture, Japan9.5 km