Oita Prefecture
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Mar 1, 2017 Event
Music Festival Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu
The pianist Martha Argerich will hold the music festival Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu throughout the month of May.
Oct 27, 2016 Event
Happy Hikers Hokkein Gathering
Happy Hikers - a community for all Kyushu-based hiking lovers - invites beginners and experts to this event to learn more about hiking and to share their mountain experiences...
Sep 25, 2016 Now Reports
Honjo Kakashi Matsuri – Scarecrow Festival
Today we visited a small village inhabited by scarecrows! As this is the year of the monkey, many monkeys represented too. The festival runs until Oct. 22. The red flower is 彼岸花 “h...
Jul 27, 2016 Event
Hita Mikumagawa Ayu Festival
The Mikumagawa River is famous for yana, a traditional river fishing method involving wooden dam-like structures...
Jul 22, 2016 Event
Hita Gion Festival
Welcome in the summer with this 300-year-old festival, which is one of the three major Gion festivals in Kyushu. Men carry and pull huge elaborate floats around...
Mar 14, 2016 Event
Beppu Onsen Marathon
The Beppu Hattou Onsen Festival is now on in Beppu, Oita, and as part of it the very first Beppu Onsen Marathon. The title plays with the fact that “furo marathon” (bath marathon) ...
Sep 23, 2015 Now Reports
Scarecrow Festival in Amagase
Today we visited a village near Hita, Oita Prefecture that was inhabited by scarecrows! 案山子（かかし）祭り in 天ヶ瀬 The festival (display) continues until Nov. 8/ Japanese website: http://ww...
Sep 10, 2015 Event
Kyushu Moto Guzzi & Magni Rally 2015
Here we go again - the Kyushu Moto Guzzi & Magni Rally for 2015 is slated for Sunday, Oct. 18 - and in Kuju, Oita Prefecture. We’ve reserved a wide grass-covered parking area i...
Apr 27, 2015 Now Reports
Diary of a Kyushu Woofer
WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms and is a movement that was started in the UK in 1971 but has since expanded to provide opportunities for farming in over ...
Apr 17, 2015 Event
Kitsuki Castle Festival
This is the biggest festival of the year in Kitsuki, Oita Pref., a town which is referred to locally as little Kyoto. There will be several parades of samurai and princesses as wel...
