Bungo-Ono City, which is the only city in Kyushu that has been recognized as both a "Japan Geopark" and a "UNESCO Eco Park", has a vast Nature landscape Unfolds where you can enjoy Seasonal Nature.
In recent years, the Sauna facilities has been enriched and it is the perfect place to spend a relaxing moment.
Please spend a healing time in the Sauna in the Nature of Bungo-Ono City.
In addition, Sauna Events that take advantage of the characteristics of the region are regularly Held in, making it an attractive Spot for Sauna lovers.
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In recent years, the Sauna facilities has been enriched and it is the perfect place to spend a relaxing moment.
Please spend a healing time in the Sauna in the Nature of Bungo-Ono City.
In addition, Sauna Events that take advantage of the characteristics of the region are regularly Held in, making it an attractive Spot for Sauna lovers.
We will send out recommendations for Bungo-Ono City, Oita Prefecture, so please follow us!
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The 33rd Bungoono City Amateur Art Exhibition
An amateur art exhibition is being held at the Fumio Asakura Memorial Museum in Asaji, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu.
The show displays works by art enthusiasts aged high school and above who live in the prefecture and enjoy art as a hobby, either individually or in circles.
In addition to prize-winning pieces, all submitted works are on display at the venue, so please take a look.
[Period] Saturday, September 20, 2025 – Sunday, October 19, 2025
[Venue] Fumio Asakura Memorial Cultural Hall (Asaji, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture)
[Opening Hours] 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30)
*On October 19, open until 12:00
[Closed] Mondays (when Monday is a public holiday, closed the next weekday)
[Admission] Adults 200 yen, elementary/middle/high school students free
*Free for visitors to the Fumio Asakura Memorial Museum
*Free for people with physical disability certificates, rehabilitation certificates, or mental disability health and welfare certificates and one caregiver each
[Organizer] Bungoono City (Fumio Asakura Memorial Museum)
[Inquiries]
Fumio Asakura Memorial Museum (direct) 0974-72-1300
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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(The 38th Ontake-style Kagura Tournament) ❚ Held on October 26, 2025
The 38th Ontake-style Kagura Tournament will be held at Kagura no Sato Nobaba Park in Kiyokawa-cho, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture.
Food and drink stalls will be available at the venue.
Come and see the brave and splendid Kagura dances.
[Date and Time] Sunday, October 26, 2025, performances start at 8:30 AM (scheduled)
[Venue] Kagura no Sato Nobaba Park (Udae, Kiyokawa-cho, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture)
[Performing Groups]
Ogata Sansha Kagura Preservation Society (Ogata, Bungoono City)
Takenaka Kagura Preservation Society (Shonai, Yufu City)
Miyama-style Asaji Kagura Preservation Society (Asaji, Bungoono City)
Yokobori Iwato Kagura Preservation Society (Namino, Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Kiyokawa Children's Kagura Preservation Society (Kiyokawa-cho, Bungoono City)
Ontake Kagura (Kiyokawa-cho, Bungoono City)
[Admission Fee]
Please pay at the venue entrance on the day.
▶ Junior high school students and older: 500 yen (unreserved seating)
※ Please refrain from reserving spots before the day of the event.
[Access to the Venue]
Parking near the venue is limited.
A shuttle bus will run from JR Bungoo-Kiyokawa Station on the day, so please use it.
[Shuttle Bus (Free)] Runs round-trip between JR Bungoo-Kiyokawa Station and the venue
JR Bungoo-Kiyokawa Station → via Kagura Hall (parking available) → Nobaba Park
❚ What is the Ontake-style Kagura Tournament?
The "Ontake Kagura" passed down in Kiyokawa is said to have begun in Houtoku 1 (1449), at the same time as the founding of Ontake Shrine.
This tradition has been handed down for many years, and Kagura in this lineage has spread across Ono, Nyu, the southern part of the prefecture, and as far as the Aso region. In 2007 it was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
We have held the Ontake-style Kagura Tournament since 1988 to reexamine this regional culture of Kagura born from Kiyokawa's local environment and to promote regional revitalization through Kagura.
This event brings together the traditional cultures of each area. Centered on Ontake Kagura, the brave and splendid dances and the elegant performances by the Kiyokawa Children's Kagura Preservation Society, which carries the Ontake tradition forward, captivate many Kagura fans.
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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Updated September 22, 2025
The Gosenkoku Festival has been canceled due to a high likelihood of severe weather on the day of the event.
We sincerely apologize to everyone who was looking forward to it and ask for your understanding.
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Bat Waterfall
Bat Waterfall in Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture, spans about 120 meters in width and about 10 meters in height. When viewed from above, the shape of the cliff is said to resemble a bat spreading its wings, which is how the waterfall got its name.
You can see the whole waterfall from the Bat Waterfall Observation Deck.
This waterfall lies on the main stream of the Ono River. In the Meiji era, workers built a bypass canal around the falls and a chute-like slide to move boats up and down so cargo could be transported by boat along the Ono River. The remains of this waterway construction are a highly valuable heritage site and have been designated an Oita Prefecture historic site as the "Bat Waterfall Boat Route Ruins."
Location: Between Kusabukano in Ogata Town and Kamiozuka in Asaji Town, Bungoono City
About a 50-minute drive from Oita Mera IC
About a 12-minute drive from JR Ogata Station
*The road to the Bat Waterfall Observation Deck includes some very narrow sections, so please drive with great care.*
Access to central Bungoono City
About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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The 57th Bungoono City Ogata Town Gosenkoku Festival
❚ Held on September 23, 2025
The Gosenkoku Festival will take place in Ogata Town, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture.
Gosenkoku Festival is the town’s autumn festival held at various shrines in Ogata to celebrate the harvest of crops.
The portable shrines from across Ogata gather in one place for this grand joint festival, held every year on the Autumnal Equinox.
At the venue, Ogata Elementary School ground, the town’s portable shrines line up while lion dances, white bear performances, and kagura dances are dedicated.
Come see the rare lion dances and white bear performances that are not often seen.
[Date and Time] Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (national holiday)
[Location] Ogata Elementary School Ground (Ogata Town, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture)
The event may be canceled or modified depending on the weather and other conditions.
[Program]
10:00 Lion dance, white bear performance, and placement of portable shrines
11:30 Miyuki-sai (procession festival)
12:00 Ogata Children’s Taiko Drums; Okudake-style Kamihata Lion Dance Club
12:30 Ogata Three-Shrine Kagura; Ogata Children’s Kagura
16:00 Kango-sai (returning shrine festival)
16:20 Lion dance and white bear performance
17:15 Return of the portable shrines
*Start times may vary depending on circumstances.
▶ Concurrent Event
13:30– Children’s portable shrine parade (elementary school students may join freely)
[Organizer / Inquiries]
Gosenkoku Festival Executive Committee Office, Ogata Branch Phone: 0974-42-2111
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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Hakusan Valley
❚ Oita Bungoono Geopark Geosite
Hakusan Valley is a clear stream selected among Japan’s Top 100 Waters, and it is also known for the mass emergence of fireflies around June. Along the river you can see columnar joints from the Aso pyroclastic flow, creating a varied and dramatic landscape. The area is also home to Inazumi Submerged Limestone Cave, a popular tourist attraction.
Location: Along the Nakatsu Bure River between Mie Town and Kiyokawa-cho in Bungoono City
The river’s official name is Nakatsu Bure River, but in the Hakusan area it is affectionately called the Hakusan River.
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station in Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture
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Kawakami Gorge
Kawakami Gorge in Ogata-machi, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture sits at the uppermost reaches of the Okudake River. It stays cool in summer and offers beautiful autumn foliage in fall.
A walk along the gorge lets you enjoy its rich natural forest.
The riverbed is slippery, so please be careful.
Location: Ohedaira Mine, Ogata-machi, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture
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About a three-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a two-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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On August 24, 2025, the Suga-o Stone Buddha Fire Festival took place in Mie-machi, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture.
At the “Rooster Crow Imitation Contest,” inspired by a local legend, participants imitated rooster calls in their own styles, filling the venue with smiles.
On stage, the bold drumming of Toyukai and the dances of Matsuo Kagura were performed.
In the latter half of the festival, a torch-throwing event called “Taima-nage” took place, in which flaming torches were thrown from below into a roughly 3-meter-high pine pillar to ignite it, and many children gave it a try.
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station, Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station, Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station, Oita Prefecture
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Summer Memories of Bungo-Ono, Oita Prefecture
On August 14, the Kodai Torch Fire Festival took place in Ogata Town, Bungoono City, Oita Prefecture.
At 7:30 p.m., torches were lit all at once, and the lights of the torches prepared by the local community rose up in a dreamlike display across the area around Harajiri Falls and the Ogata rice fields.
Flame sculptures made from torches that depict torii gates and stone bridges are also beautiful.
Upstream from Harajiri Falls stands the stone Harajiri Bridge, and the sight of torches glowing on the stone bridge is very beautiful.
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station in Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture
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Shinda Falls
Shinda Falls in Kyushu’s Oita Prefecture, located in Bungoono City, consists of the male waterfall on the main stream of the Ono River and the female waterfall on the Hirai River, a tributary.
The male waterfall is about 100 meters wide and 20 meters high.
The site is also famous for a visit by the Muromachi-period painter Sesshū, who created a work titled “Chinden Waterfall Painting” here.
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About a 3-hour drive from JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture
About a 2-hour drive from JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Beppu Station in Oita Prefecture
About a 1 hour 20 minute drive from JR Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture
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