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I woke before the sun on November 25th, 2012, the second day of my walk around the Kunisaki Peninula. It promnised to be a glorious day. I had slept out on the bank of the reservoir be… Read More

The ninth day was rainy. Not showery, but dark and overcast and incessant. Devoid of color. and while not a downpour it rained enough and was cold enough for the dampness to penetrate. M… Read More

Located against a cliff below one of the samurai districts in the old castle town of Kitsuki, just south of the Kunisaki Peninsula is Komyo-in, number 23 on the Shingon Kyushu Pilgrimage… Read More

While not as impressive nor numerous as the stone Buddhas to the south of Oita City in Usuki or to the north in the Kunisaki Penisula, There are some example of stone buddhas, ie relief carv… Read More

Founded in the 14th Century as a training monastery for Zen monks, Senpukuji is located on the west side of the Kunisaki peninsula. With advance bookings it is possible to take zazen cla… Read More

(October 2017) Known for the freshest ingredients, subtle combination of flavors and exquisite presentation, the food of Japan plays a distinctive and central role in the country’s cul… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita Kunisaki Peninsula (国東半島) is a beautiful rural area centred around Mount Futago in northern Oita Pre… Read More

Sponsored by Oita Tourism Located in the North-East of the Kyushu island and in Oita prefecture, Kunisaki Peninsula should be on any itinerary when traveling into the South of Japan. T… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita Kunisaki Peninsula is located in the North-East of Kyushu island, in Oita prefecture. It well-known as a place of temples, landscapes and of course for i… Read More

Sponsored by Oita Tourism Kunisaki Peninsula (Oita prefecture, Kyushu island) and its Futago-ji is best known as one of the birthplaces of a particular form of worship. It was here in… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita Throughout History Bungotakada has grown until becoming the most attractive city of the Kunisaki Peninsula. Therefore it cannot be overlooked if one is planni… Read More

As I wander around Japan I notice that some areas seem to have a lot of shrines, and in some areas they are far less common. In the areas with a lot of shrines they usually seem to be well v… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita Nakayamaga is a mountainous region northwest of Kitsuki City (杵 築), in the Kunisaki Peninsula, Kyushu Island. It promotes "green tourism" or ecotou… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita [caption id="attachment_32416" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The view of Kitsuki Castle from Hitotsumatsu house.[/caption] Kitsuki (杵 築) is a… Read More

Sponsored by Tourism Oita Oita Prefecture on Kyushu Island is known for its hot springs. But several cities in the region are also worth visiting if you have a little more time after gett… Read More

The first seven temples of the Kyushu Fudo Myo Pilgrimage are located on the Kunisaki Peninsula. Rather than visit them in numerical order I decided instead to walk most of the Kunisaki Mine… Read More

Top 10 Anime From Kyoto Animation Studios You might have heard of Kyoto Animation Studios before. They’ve created some amazing shows for anime fans all over the world. From sequels suc… Read More

Approaching Kunisaki Town from the west, a few kilometers inland was a reconstruction of a Yayoi Period village. Across the road was a small museum. Yayoi period dwellings and structures… Read More

Late afternoon on Sunday 25th of November, 2012, I arrived in the small port town of Kunisaki on the East coast of the Kunisaki Peninsula. Yesterday I started my walk at Usa Hachimangu… Read More

The Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita remains one of my favorite places in Japan. Taizoji Temple is the starting point of the Kunisaki Minemichi Long Trail, a 135 kilometer trail that roughly follo… Read More

It had taken me two days to walk across the Kunisaki Peninsula from west to east. For this third day my route would be south and then southwest down the coastline. There were a lot of shrine… Read More

On my first day walking the Kyushu Fudo Myo Pilgrimage I left Taizoji Temple and the Kumano Magabutsu and started north along the road. The first few days of the pilgrimage I was going to be… Read More

For the 4th day of my walk around the Kunisaki Peninsula in northern Kyushu, I spent all day exploring the castle town of Kitsuki. I spent the night on the south bank of the Yasaka River, an… Read More

The Treasure Hall at Makiodo Temple in the Hunisaki area. Makiodo was built on the site of Makisan Denjo-ji, a large temple in the Kunisaki Peninsula area of Oita. The temple burned down i… Read More

The Motomiya Magaibutsu are a set of Buddhist cliff carvings in the Kunisaki Peninsula. I had started the day at what are believed to be the biggest cliff carvings in Japan, the Kumano Maiga… Read More

After visiting Hita, Tensui ryokan, and Oita city, I said goodbye to Oita Prefecture with my last visit to its sacred mountains of Kunisaki, the impressive Japanese temple of Futagoji hidde… Read More

Have you ever experienced staying in a ryokan with a private onsen? In my point of view, this is one of the best accommodation options when traveling to Japan. And, without a doubt, spendin… Read More

Oita city (大分市) is the main city of Oita Prefecture (大分県), located on Kyushu Island (九州) in southern Japan. It is a convenient base f… Read More

Kyushu (九州) is a largely unexplored island for Western tourists. Unsurprisingly, most of them won't know about a true hidden gem of this area, the old town of Hita, Japan, loc… Read More

After my relaxing stay in a ryokan in Hita, I continued my hot springs tour of southern Japan. I was on my way to a well-known onsen town in Oita Prefecture: Beppu, Japan. There are so many… Read More

 The Kunisaki Peninsula is one of my most favorite places, one reason being that some of the cultural revolution that took place at the end of the 19th Century was somewhat ignored here… Read More

 Fukiji Temple on the Kunisaki Peninsula is certainly an elegant structure and is the oldest wooden building still standing in all of Kyushu, and is therefore registered as a National T… Read More

 After leaving Fuki-ji temple, the oldest wooden building in Kyushu and a fairly major tourists site, I carried on up the narrow, mountain road upon which vehicular traffic had ceased p… Read More

Kyushu’s northeastern Oita prefecture is a region rich with travel opportunities, from the retro bathing destination of Beppu to the deep nature of the adjacent Kunisaki peninsula… Read More

The spring season is upon us in Oita, and we’re sure there are many of you out there looking for ways to get out of the city and exploring the natural bounty of this prefecture!Lucky f… Read More

There are two majority religions in Japan, Shinto and Buddhism, which are part of Japanese people’s daily lives. Religion and spirituality having a significant place in Japanese socie… Read More

 Early evening on the 2nd may, 2017, and I arrived at the place I would spend the night. A wide roof with a wooden bench overlooking the small reservoir behind Nameshi Dam on the Togo R… Read More

Dua hal yang berbeda dan saling kontradiktif, namun sebenarnya berkorelasi dalam sebuah cerita anime yang diadopsi dari sebuah genre Video Game. Dua hal antara Anime dan video game merupakan… Read More

KAGINADO es el primer proyecto de anime crossover de Key con los personajes principales de su popular serie de juegos / anime, como Kanon, AIRE, CLANNAD, ¡Pequeños Busters !… Read More

 I was excited to start day 2 of my walk along the Kyushu Fudo Myoo pilgrimage. A good chunk of the days walking would be along mountain trails. After waking early at my stopover at Nam… Read More

It’s no secret that I love Oita. Of course, I might be a little biased, but as a resident here for the past three years, I can’t get over its seemingly endless treasures hidden i… Read More

 Choanji is a mountain temple in the Kunisaki area that is known locally as a flower temple because of its extensive gardens.In ancient times it was the most important temple in the reg… Read More

 The gardens at Choanji Temple in the Kunisaki peninsula  spread up the hillside from the main buildings towards the biggish shrine above.As I cam over the mountain I encountered t… Read More

 I first visited Kitsuki in the second week of my marathon walk around Kyushu on the Kyushu Pikgrimgae, incidentally the longest pilgrimage in Japan. Komyoin is temple number 23 on that… Read More

When you think of Japan, you might picture Mt Fuji, temples and shrines, sushi, and countless other cultural and gastronomical icons for which the country is so well known. Every year, milli… Read More

Explore the local buddhist culture, well-preserved samurai districts, and magnificent castle of Oita Prefecture's Kunisaki Peninsula.The Rokugo Manzan is a sacred area that is home to many t… Read More

 The Fudo Myo statue at Mudoji Temple on the Western slope of the Kunisaki peninsula is calmer and much less fierce than most, and this is said to be indicative of the style of the Heia… Read More

 The Kitsuki Castle Town Museum is a spacious and modern three storey structure on one of the high bluffs in the small coastal town of Kitsuki on the southern coast of the Kunisaki Peni… Read More

 Heading down the valley after visiting Mudo-ji Temple in the Kunisaki area of Oita, Kyushu, I stopped at a small roadside shrine with a large Fudo Myo-o statue.This was Kaiun Fudo Myoo… Read More

Shunkoji Temple Kyushu Shunko-ji is one of a group of three temples adjacent to each other and all known individually as Tsubakidera, or Camelia Temple. They are located in the Kunisaki are… Read More

 28 November, 2012, I started the fifth, and final, day of my Autumn walk exploring the Kunisaki peninsula are of Oita in Kyushu.I was heading directly north out of Kitsuki and was… Read More

 Tsubakido Henjoin is the collective name for a couple of adjacent temples, Tsubaki Kannon, and Tsubaki Daishi located in the mountains of the remote Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita, Kyushu… Read More

 Route 34 runs roughly East-West along the lower slopes of the southern side of the conically-shaped Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita, Kyushu.At the end of November, 2012, I was walking along… Read More

 There is a cluster of three related temples called Tsubakido in a small side valley in the mountains of the Kunisaki Peninsula, and they are very popular for the practice of a fundamen… Read More

 Itonaga is located in a narrow valley that runs up to Mount Futago in the middle of the Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita. It is one of 28 valleys that radiate out from the centre. It is now… Read More

 There are many Misosogi shrines in the Kunisaki Peninsula area, and I recently learned that it was a name given to Rokusho shrines in early Meiji when Buddhism and Shinto were artifici… Read More

 Mount Futago lies in the middle of the Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita, and Futago-ji Temple is situated about halfway up the 720 meter high volcanic peak.From Mount Futago 28 valleys radia… Read More

Helmed by Aya Hirakawa, Mikadono Sanshimai Wa Angai, Choroi is a rom-com manga that’s generating thousands of views monthly. Hirakawa has instilled his decade-long experience in conjur… Read More

 Oreki-ji is a small, Tendai temple in the mountains of the Kunisaki Peninsula, and is temple number 7 on the Kyushu Fudo Myo Pilgrimage.It is less than 3 kilometers from Mudo-ji, templ… Read More

 At 720 mteres, 2,364 ft, above sea level, Mount Futago is the highest point of the Kunisaki Peninsula in northern Oita, Kyushu.On clear days, looking north past Homeshima Island, the c… Read More