Ōita
Ōita is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
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).
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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.
- 01Funai 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 - 02Sasamuta 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 - 03Oita 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 - 04Yusuhara 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 - 05Takasakiyama 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 - 06Ōita 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 - 07Ōita 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 - 08Oita 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 - 09Ōita 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 - 10Oasis 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
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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 → Ōita97 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · ¥1,490–2,030
- Kitakyushu → Ōita98 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥1,300–1,770
- Fukuoka → Ōita117 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · ¥1,720–2,340
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- Get inFerry Sunflower runs a daily ferry between Oita and Kobe.
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