On the stage of the famous song "Moon over the Deserted Castle Enjoy an adult overnight trip in a car.
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Castle with strong and solid stone walls Walking around the castle town with samurai residences
Oka Castle was built in 1594 by Hidenari Nakagawa, the first lord of the Oka domain. It is a solid and impregnable castle standing on a precipitous cliff. It is a designated national historic site, and the stonewalls are still being preserved. The tour course is a 40-minute round trip from the tollgate to the Otemon gate, up the slope to the castle, and then to San-no-maru, Ninomaru, and Honmaru, with the ruins of the castle office and the residence of the castle's retainers by your side. From the Honmaru, you can see the Kujyu mountain range, and from the Nishinomaru, you can see Mt. Aso and the castle town. In the Ninomaru, there is a statue of Taki Rentaro, the composer of "The Moon Over the Deserted Castle," created by Asakura Fumio, a sculptor from Oita Prefecture. In the old castle town, samurai residences still remain, which are reminiscent of the days of the Oka domain. The Takeda Soseikan, located at the entrance of the samurai residences, is the former residence of a middle-class feudal lord and is used as a rental space. The only Christian cave chapel in Japan is located behind the Buke Yashiki Dori. It is assumed that the Nakagawa family secretly hid Christians in the area after the ban on Christianity was lifted, as Chikaji Shiga, a feudal lord before joining the Nakagawa family, was a Christian feudal lord. In addition, the old Takeda-so, the residence of Tanomura Chikuden, a literati painter of the Edo period, Entsukaku, a cultural salon of the Oka clan, Aizen-do, a National Important Cultural Property, and Gokaku-yashiki, a reception center of the Oka clan, are all available for your tour as much as time permits.
address (e.g. of house)
2889 Oaza-Takeda, Takeda City, Oita Prefecture (Ruins of Oka Castle) Takeda-Donmachi, Takeda City, Oita Prefecture (Castle Town)
Wish of 20,000 Bamboo Lanterns to Preserve Beautiful Satoyama Scenery for the Future
Japan's beautiful bamboo forests are actually landscapes because they are satoyama managed by people. Abandonment of satoyama is increasing due to the decline of forestry and other factors, and the proliferation of vigorous bamboos is destroying the satoyama landscape. Local residents with a sense of crisis started the "Tataketa Bamboo Lanterns: Chikuraku" event in 2000 to utilize the bamboo cut down in the area. The number of bamboo lanterns has grown from 3,000 at the beginning to 20,000 at present, and the festival is one of the "three major bamboo festivals in Oita" along with "Usuki Take-Yoi" in Usuki City and "Sennen Akari" in Hita City. For three days on a weekend in mid-November every year, bamboo lanterns are lit in the castle town of Takeda at night, and live performances of light music and food stalls selling local dishes are held.
The white lace "Queen of Dams" is the result of weir design technology.
Built in 1938, this stone dam is approximately 14 m high and 87 m wide. Its official name is Hakusui Tameike Entei (White Water Reservoir Weir). Under Japan's River Law, a dam is considered to be a dam if the height of its embankment is 15 m or higher, so it is not exactly a dam, but it is known by its common name, Hakusui Dam. Because the ground is originally weak, the dam was designed to allow water to flow down in a gentle curve in order to reduce the pressure of water release and prevent the dam from breaking. The left bank (right when looking at the levee in front of the embankment) is stair-stepped, and the right bank is warped upward to reduce the speed of the water. As a result, the flowing water falls beautifully like a white robe and looks as if it were white lace. It has been called "the most beautiful dam in Japan," "the queen of dams," and "the lady of the forest. Designated as a National Important Cultural Property. Currently, until 2025, the overflow of the reservoir will be suspended during the period from late October to early June of the following year, when excavation work is scheduled to be carried out in the reservoir. The best time to see the white racing dam is from July to mid-October.
address (e.g. of house)
Right bank/3732-2, 3732-5 Tsugura, Taketa-shi, Oita Left bank/6225-3, 6225-4 Shigita, Ogimachi, Taketa-shi, Oita
Looks white, but not enough for a hundred? But plenty of negative ions.
The water from the Aso Mountains gushes out from the bedrock and flows down as a waterfall with many threads, which is why it is called "Hakusui no Taki" (White Waterfall). There is also a theory that the name "Hakusui no Taki" was derived from the Chinese character for "100" by removing the horizontal bar "1" from the character for "100" because there were 99 waterfalls, one short of 100. The downstream Youme Valley is an outdoor recreation area where visitors can enjoy the fresh greenery in spring, camping in summer, and the autumn leaves in fall. Nearby "Meisui Teahouse" used to be a teahouse of the feudal lord of the Oka Clan, where you can have meals such as dengaku, grilled enoha (landlocked salmon), udon noodles, and meisui somen noodles.
Taketa City is a village overflowing with spring water.
Taketa City, a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, is blessed with an abundance of spring water. It is said that there are more than 50 spring sites in total, and the large quantity of water is a characteristic of this famous water. In recognition of the quality and quantity of the water, the waters of the Takeda springs have been selected as one of the "100 best waters" by the Ministry of the Environment. The springs have long been used by local residents as water for daily life, not only for drinking, but also for freshwater fish cultivation, waterways, and other purposes. In particular, it is used for cultivating landlocked salmon, and there are many restaurants that serve enoha (landlocked salmon). The mineral-rich spring water is used for making tea, coffee, cooking rice, and other dishes, making them even more delicious. Get a "spring water map" at a tourist information center and tour around the springs. Major springs include "Kawauda Spring," "Izumizu Spring," "Yabaru Spring," and "Naga Ono Spring.
Red Blooming Tomb-Sweeping Flowers of the Ancient Ones 200,000 higanbana sway in the wind
From downtown Takeda, take National Route 57 in the direction of Aso. In mid-September, the area around the burial mounds is covered with bright red higanbana (cluster amaryllis). The wild cluster amaryllis gradually spread around the Nanatsumori tumulus cluster after its construction began around 1954. The Nanatsumori tumulus cluster is estimated to be the oldest Kinai-type tumulus in the Toyohi area, built in the early Kofun period (tumulus period), and was designated a national historic site in 1959, but is now more famous for its higanbana. The Nanakkamori Higanbana Festival is held every year in mid-September, and the higanbana are usually at their best around September 20. Kitsune-no-Kamisori, which is similar to higanbana, is usually at its best around the Bon Festival in August.
Fukouji Magaibutsu (Buddha figure carved on a rock face)
Gazing down the millennia of time: Polarized Buddha and hydrangea
Chikushiyama Fukouji Temple, a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism, is commonly known as "Hydrangea Temple. About 2,000 hydrangeas are planted on the temple grounds and bloom simultaneously every year in mid-June. The temple is also famous for the Buddha carved into the fused tuff in the temple grounds. It is said to have been built in the Kamakura period (1185-1333), and at 11.4 m high, it is the largest in Oita Prefecture. Together with the Kumano Magaibutsu in Kunitachi Peninsula, it is one of the largest Magaibutsu in Japan. The statue depicts Fudo Myoo accompanied by Seitaka Doji on the left and Kogara Doji on the right.
Autumn leaves at Shinji Pond and Tanji Pond, which dye the remains of the Nakagawa family's residence
This is one of Oita Prefecture's most famous autumn foliage viewing spots. It is the site of a villa that was given to Nakagawa Heienemon Naganobu, a retainer of the Oka clan, by the feudal lord of Oka during the Edo period (1603-1868). Heiemon Nakagawa built a shoin-style mansion here and maintained a garden. Located along the Oka Domain's route for the daimyo (feudal lord), Nakagawa often stopped by the villa on his way to and from work, and many writers and artists, such as Tanomura Takeda and Rai Sanyo, also visited the villa. It is said to have served as the entrance to the Oka domain and as a place to receive guests. The two ponds, Shinji-ike Pond on the north side and Tanji-ike Pond on the south side, are planted with over 500 maple trees and other foliage trees.
address (e.g. of house)
3914 Kamiotsuka, Asaji-cho, Bungo-Ono City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
