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Feb 15, 2022 Event
Tenryo Hita Ohina Matsuri
During the Edo period, Hita was one of first towns in Kyushu to flourish, and this is reflected in the luxurious Edo-period hina dolls still being displayed today. Most of the venu...
Feb 15, 2022 Event
Usuki Hina Meguri
According to old manuscripts, during the revolution of the Tempo era (1841~43) the decoration of hina dolls was prohibited in the Usuki Domain in an attempt to enforce a frugal lif...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
International Drone Video Contest in Oita
The Drone Movie World Championship will be held in Kusu Town of Oita Prefecture between January and February 2022. The 52-day event gathers professionals and amateurs alike to let ...
Dec 14, 2021 Local News
First Kyushu-based J League Team in Emperor’s Cup
Oita Trinita, the professional soccer team based in Oita Prefecture, made it to the final of the Emperor's Cup as the first Kyushu-based J League team. On Dec. 12, the team defeate...
Nov 22, 2021 Local News
APU To Launch Sustainability Tourism Faculty
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) announced the establishment of the College of Sustainable Development and Tourism. Beginning in April 2023, the new faculty would accept 3...
Oct 12, 2021 Local News
Oita-based Soy Sauce Company Developed Product Made From Insects
An Oita-based soy sauce brewer developed a shoyu product made from crickets. The joint project between Marumata Shoyu and a local startup, Otogino, succeeded in turning traditional...
Oct 5, 2021 Local News
International Student Admissions for APU on Hold
Admissions of approximately 1,300 exchange students to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) to Japan have been suspended as of September 2022. The number makes up one-fourth o...
Jul 20, 2021 Local News
Souvenirs For Aliens Opens Inside Oita Airport
A souvenir shop for aliens visiting planet Earth opened in Oita Airport. Seizing the opportunity as the airport becomes the first spaceport in Asia, a local IT company developed a ...
Jul 19, 2021 Local News
Large-scale Robot Production Begins in Oita
An ANA-group startup company, Avatarin Inc., announced that it would produce about 500 units of ‘newme’ robot at Denken Co. Ltd. in Yufu City by the end of March 2022. Newme is a m...
Jun 16, 2021 Local News
New Tourist Brewery To Open in Oita in Spring 2022
Sanwa Shurui Co., Ltd., an Oita-based producer of popular shochu ‘iichiko,’ will open a tourist brewery in May 2022. Construction of the 700-square-meter facility has begun on a sp...
