Oita Airport 25 min
Roadside Station Kunisaki (15 min) Cycling Kitsuki Castle (42 min) Originally built in 1394 this reconstructed 3-tier castle houses a museum with local artifacts. Himejima Island (1 hr 54) Butterflies Tenneji Temple (22 min) Autumn leaf color and temple Monjusenji (25 min) Serene Buddhist temple in wooded environs with ancient trees rustic wooden gates & stone statues. Futagoji (10 min) 8th-century Buddhist temple & former Edo-era hospital surrounded by maple forest on a peninsula. Monjuyama (16 min) Mountain Iyo-Nada Sea (32 min) Cycling Kumano Magaibutsu (29 min) These Buddhist relief sculptures were carved on rock during the late Heian or early Kamakura period. Fukiji (24 min) Pagoda-style temple from the 8th century set in a forest with a seated Buddha & meditation. Cape Nagasaki (40 min) Common sunflower camping and art Mt. Futago (13 min) Mountain autumn leaf color volcano and mountaineering Sentodake (23 min) Mountaineering and mountain |