Usuki City

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Usuki City, facing the beautiful open ocean of the Bungo Channel, is an emotional and beautiful castle town where deep history, tangible heritage, and traditional culture breath strongly. The national treasure "Usuki Stone Buddhas," majestically carved directly onto grand rocky walls within deep forests, radiate absolute majesty, wrapping you in sacred air that beautifully cleanses your mind upon entry. Walking through the streets lined with white-walled samurai residences and ancient sake breweries from the Edo period invites travelers into Japan's good old days. Designated as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, fresh marine blessings and traditional local food culture richly color your stay. Touch the warm hospitality of local people while thinking back to deep history romance for a heart-realigning travel time.

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Usuki City

Address: 100-2 Usuki, Usuki City, Oita Prefecture (inside Usuki City Tourism & Exchange Plaza)
Website: https://www.usuki-kanko.com/
Operator: Usuki City Tourism Association

Usuki City Spots List

Fugenji Temple
Inaba Family Villa / Former Hirai Residence
Usuki Sarayama
Fugu Restaurant Fukumasa
Usuki Country Club
Usuki Yunosato
Usuki Stone Buddhas

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Fugenji Temple

Fugenji Temple, quietly standing within the lush, green, beautiful mountain valley of Usuki City, is a prestigious ancient sanctuary filled with long history stories and deep silence. Especially in autumn, over 200 magnificent maple trees bloom in full glory, painting the area in vivid, brilliant red leaves, showing the perfect traditional Japanese contrast with historic shrine structures and mossy stone pavements, serving as one of Oita's top-class "Autumn Leaf Destinations" that fascinates global travelers. The fantastic illumination held at night is also breathtaking, and the moment you step inside, urban speed and noises completely vanish. Quietly pray and deeply realign...

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Inaba Family Villa / Former Hirai Residence

Inabaya Shimo-yashiki and Former Hirai Residence are exceptionally prestigious historical building complexes standing in the center of the Usuki City castle town, gathering the essence of Japan's pinnacle of Edo-period architecture and traditional samurai residence aesthetics. The sophisticated, beautiful Japanese-style guest rooms and the dignified wooden architectural appearances holding detailed intentional design are masterful, allowing you to feel the lifestyle of those days and samurai pride from the moment you step inside. Gazing at the beautiful Japanese garden showing perfect harmony with the buildings, spending quiet time appreciating traditional designs away from urban noise deeply stimulates travelers' sensitivity and brings...

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Usuki Sarayama

Usuki Sarayama is a sophisticated hideaway craft spot located in Usuki City, where you can deeply learn the history story of the traditional craft "Usuki-yaki" (Usuki Pottery) that flourished here since the Edo period, along with modern artisans' careful craftsman identity. Within the quiet, beautiful mountain green-wrapped venue, pottery-producing kilns, beautiful galleries, and sophisticated cafes are dotted, letting you feel completely cut off from urban noise and digital society's busyness the moment you enter. Exquisite white porcelain vessels created by artisans with reliable craftsman identity are truly artworks, and exploring the kilns to find your favorite vessels is the ultimate...

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Fugu Restaurant Fukumasa

Fugu Cuisine Specialist Fukumasa, located within Usuki City, is an exceptionally high-grade traditional restaurant where you can deeply experience the true core essence of Japan's pinnacle of prestigious gourmet cultural legacy, "Fugu" (blowfish) gastronomy, with all five senses. Masterfully utilizing fresh, high-quality premium blowfish raised by the dynamic rough ocean waves of the Bungo Channel, the gorgeous Sashimi slices, crispy fried pieces, and hot pot dishes styled by skilled artisans with reliable craftsman identity hold an extraordinary, ultimate delicacy that fascinates food-loving global travelers. Within the beautiful Japanese aesthetics breathing strongly through high-end space, tasting masterpieces paired with fine local...

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Usuki Country Club

Usuki Country Club is a premium golf resort beautifully designed by masterfully utilizing the rich natural terrain of Usuki City, looking out over the gorgeous blue ocean of Beppu Bay, allowing you to fully enjoy high-grade play while surrounded by a vast panoramic landscape. The layout presents an extraordinary contrast between the lush green turf fairways, magnificent mountain lines, and the far-spreading calm sea, showing a perfect traditional Japanese harmony. It features the best location to focus on activities while comfortably feeling the refreshing sea breeze during your walking stroll. Completely step away from urban city speed to take a...

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Usuki Yunosato

Usuki Yu no Sato, quietly standing in the historical city of Usuki with its white-walled old castle town scenery, is a luxury refined hot spring wellness park where great nature and high-quality natural onsen fuse comfortably to deeply heal your mind and body. Surrounded by peaceful, green mountain views, the high-quality natural hot spring water features smooth premium elements to hydrate your skin, perfectly melting away travel fatigue and daily stress while soaking in wide open-air baths. Tasting exquisite local gourmet meals cooked luxuriously with fresh marine blessings and local crops also becomes a highly attractive element. Surrender your body...

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Usuki Stone Buddhas

Usuki Stone Buddhas, majestically carved directly onto grand rocky walls within deep forests since the Heian and Kamakura periods, are a magnificent, grand cliff-carved Buddha cluster designated as a Japanese national treasure. Stepping inside the sacred sanctuary wrapped in peaceful silence completely clears away urban noise and digital busy schedules, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart from the core. Presenting highly精緻 (exquisite) and sophisticated sculptural technology, the deep compassionate, beautiful facial expressions of over 60 stone statues grant words-defying emotion and history's true weight to global travelers. It is a premier power spot to fully...

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