{"id":66839,"date":"2020-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=66839"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:21:02","slug":"kitsuki-futagoji-japanese-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/kitsuki-futagoji-japanese-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Kitsuki and Futagoji, a Japanese temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After visiting <strong>Hita, Tensui <em>ryokan<\/em>, and Oita city,<\/strong> I said goodbye to Oita Prefecture with my last visit to its <strong>sacred mountains of Kunisaki,<\/strong> the impressive <strong>Japanese temple of Futagoji<\/strong> hidden in nature, and <strong>the samurai city of Kitsuki.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05201959\/peninsula_kunisaki1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji at the sacred mountains of Kunisaki\" data-id=\"66843\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05201959\/peninsula_kunisaki1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki1\/\" class=\"wp-image-66843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05201959\/peninsula_kunisaki1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05201959\/peninsula_kunisaki1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05201959\/peninsula_kunisaki1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The sacred mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kitsuki &#8211; The Samurai Town of Oita<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My first destination was<a class=\"ek-link ek-link ek-link ek-link ek-link ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/oita-kitsuki-samurai-residences-cafe\/\"> <strong>Kitsuki.<\/strong><\/a> I made a brief visit to <strong>this impressive but relatively unknown former samurai town<\/strong> It is a <strong>40 minutes walk<\/strong> from its small train station<strong> <\/strong>to the samurai town. If you have an entire day to spend in the area, you can walk it but if you are short on time,<strong> you can take a taxi <\/strong>from the station for about 1,500 yen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I began my tour with the <strong><a class=\"ek-link ek-link ek-link ek-link ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/oita-kitsuki-castle\/\">Kitsuki castle<\/a>,<\/strong> originally built in 1394. Inside, there is a museum and some nice views of the sea from the upper floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202002\/peninsula_kunisaki2-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kitsuki castle in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66844\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202002\/peninsula_kunisaki2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki2\/\" class=\"wp-image-66844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202002\/peninsula_kunisaki2-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202002\/peninsula_kunisaki2-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202002\/peninsula_kunisaki2.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202005\/peninsula_kunisaki3-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kitsuki castle in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66845\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202005\/peninsula_kunisaki3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki3\/\" class=\"wp-image-66845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202005\/peninsula_kunisaki3-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202005\/peninsula_kunisaki3-341x500.jpg 341w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202005\/peninsula_kunisaki3.jpg 873w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202124\/peninsula_kunisaki5596-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"views from the top of the Kitsuki castle in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66870\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202124\/peninsula_kunisaki5596.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki5596\/\" class=\"wp-image-66870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202124\/peninsula_kunisaki5596-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202124\/peninsula_kunisaki5596-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202124\/peninsula_kunisaki5596.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Kitsuki castle and its surroundings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting your tour around Kitsuki, <strong>I recommend that you buy the 800 yen ticket,<\/strong> which includes admission to a number of interesting buildings in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to say that it is an incredible city which has not been overrun by tourism. From my point of view,<strong> this is the reason why its traditional essence remains. &nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ohara&nbsp;Samurai Residence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the many samurai residences in the area, I only had time to visit one or two. One of the best is <strong>Ohara Residence<\/strong>, as it is one of the best-preserved. The men at the entrance were really nice and they were totally surprised to have a Westerner like me visiting them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202018\/peninsula_kunisaki9-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Impressive streets of the Samurai Town, Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66849\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202018\/peninsula_kunisaki9.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki9\/\" class=\"wp-image-66849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202018\/peninsula_kunisaki9-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202018\/peninsula_kunisaki9-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202018\/peninsula_kunisaki9.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202021\/peninsula_kunisaki10-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Impressive streets of the Samurai Town, Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66850\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202021\/peninsula_kunisaki10.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki10\/\" class=\"wp-image-66850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202021\/peninsula_kunisaki10-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202021\/peninsula_kunisaki10-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202021\/peninsula_kunisaki10.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202008\/peninsula_kunisaki5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66846\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202008\/peninsula_kunisaki5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki5\/\" class=\"wp-image-66846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202008\/peninsula_kunisaki5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202008\/peninsula_kunisaki5-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202008\/peninsula_kunisaki5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The impressive old streets of Kunisaki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Going to the Ohara Residence was the right choice. This<strong> impressive samurai house has several rooms<\/strong> (with and without tatami), where you can see the old arrangement of the houses. There is a back-house area with a well, some samurai period toilets located outside the house, and a magnificent and majestic Japanese garden with a plaza atop a small hill where you can enjoy the views of the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that moment,<strong> I was the only visitor<\/strong> so I also could enjoy the silence of the place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202015\/peninsula_kunisaki8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66848\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202015\/peninsula_kunisaki8.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki8\/\" class=\"wp-image-66848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202015\/peninsula_kunisaki8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202015\/peninsula_kunisaki8-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202015\/peninsula_kunisaki8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202027\/peninsula_kunisaki12-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66852\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202027\/peninsula_kunisaki12.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki12\/\" class=\"wp-image-66852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202027\/peninsula_kunisaki12-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202027\/peninsula_kunisaki12-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202027\/peninsula_kunisaki12.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202024\/peninsula_kunisaki11-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66851\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202024\/peninsula_kunisaki11.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki11\/\" class=\"wp-image-66851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202024\/peninsula_kunisaki11-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202024\/peninsula_kunisaki11-330x500.jpg 330w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202024\/peninsula_kunisaki11.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202120\/peninsula_kunisaki123-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66869\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202120\/peninsula_kunisaki123.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki123\/\" class=\"wp-image-66869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202120\/peninsula_kunisaki123-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202120\/peninsula_kunisaki123-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202120\/peninsula_kunisaki123.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operating Hours:<\/strong> 9:00am until 17:00pm (last entrance 16:30pm)<br><strong>Admission Fee:<\/strong> 200 yen (or admission included in the 800 yen ticket)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202035\/peninsula_kunisaki15-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66855\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202035\/peninsula_kunisaki15.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki15\/\" class=\"wp-image-66855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202035\/peninsula_kunisaki15-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202035\/peninsula_kunisaki15-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202035\/peninsula_kunisaki15.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202117\/peninsula_kunisaki29-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ohara residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66868\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202117\/peninsula_kunisaki29.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki29\/\" class=\"wp-image-66868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202117\/peninsula_kunisaki29-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202117\/peninsula_kunisaki29-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202117\/peninsula_kunisaki29.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nomi <\/strong>Samurai Residence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just next to the Ohara Residence there is another samurai house, <strong>Nomi Residence<\/strong>, which is free to enter. <strong>One of the rooms was renovated into a bar<\/strong> where you can have drinks or eat traditional Japanese sweets or udon (\u3046\u3069\u3093 &#8211; a type of Japanese noodles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202032\/peninsula_kunisaki14-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nomi residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66854\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202032\/peninsula_kunisaki14.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki14\/\" class=\"wp-image-66854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202032\/peninsula_kunisaki14-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202032\/peninsula_kunisaki14-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202032\/peninsula_kunisaki14.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202030\/peninsula_kunisaki13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nomi residence at the Samurai town in Kitsuki, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66853\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202030\/peninsula_kunisaki13.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki13\/\" class=\"wp-image-66853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202030\/peninsula_kunisaki13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202030\/peninsula_kunisaki13-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202030\/peninsula_kunisaki13.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operating Hours: <\/strong>9:00am until 17:00pm (last entry at 16:30pm)<br><strong>Closed: <\/strong>from December 29th till January 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kunisaki Peninsula and the Japanese Temple Futagoji <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past few years, some of our Voyapon writers visited<strong> Kunisaki Peninsula. <\/strong>They had the chance to <a class=\"ek-link ek-link ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/oita-kunisaki-farm-stay\/\"><strong>experience a farm stay<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a class=\"ek-link ek-link ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/oita-kunisaki-buddhist-culture\/\">also a bus tour which took us to various shrines and temples.<\/a><\/strong> This time, I decided to visit the Japanese temple <strong><a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"ek-link ek-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futagoji.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Futagoji<\/a>.<\/strong> From Kitsuki Station, you can take a bus or a taxi (with a reservation), as it is a 30-minute ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202040\/peninsula_kunisaki16-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66856\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202040\/peninsula_kunisaki16.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki16\/\" class=\"wp-image-66856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202040\/peninsula_kunisaki16-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202040\/peninsula_kunisaki16-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202040\/peninsula_kunisaki16.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202044\/peninsula_kunisaki17-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66857\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202044\/peninsula_kunisaki17.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki17\/\" class=\"wp-image-66857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202044\/peninsula_kunisaki17-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202044\/peninsula_kunisaki17-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202044\/peninsula_kunisaki17.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The landscape on the way to Futagoji is already magnificent<strong> with much of the scenery nearly unchanged for centuries:<\/strong> mountains, rivers, and small villages. The Kunisaki area has been influenced by the Rokugo-Manzan religion, a mixture of Shintoism, Taoism, and Buddhism. <strong>This area has a huge importance for the Japanese Buddhist religion<\/strong> for obvious reasons; it is a mystical place with savage but beautiful nature. Throughout the centuries, Japanese people constructed <strong>Japanese temples<\/strong> that were protected by nature itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202046\/peninsula_kunisaki18-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66858\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202046\/peninsula_kunisaki18.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki18\/\" class=\"wp-image-66858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202046\/peninsula_kunisaki18-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202046\/peninsula_kunisaki18-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202046\/peninsula_kunisaki18.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202050\/peninsula_kunisaki19-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66859\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202050\/peninsula_kunisaki19.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki19\/\" class=\"wp-image-66859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202050\/peninsula_kunisaki19-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202050\/peninsula_kunisaki19-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202050\/peninsula_kunisaki19.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Wonderful Hidden Japanese Temple<strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Near the sleepy volcano Mt. Futago was my final destination: <strong>the Japanese temple Futagoji, <\/strong>founded in 718. It is quite difficult to get there even by vehicle, so I could imagine a long time ago how monks made a stenuous pilgrimage to this point for a spiritual retreat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My visit was short but satisfying. To begin with, I was really impressed by the <strong>huge staircase <\/strong>with the Nio sculptures, Angyo and Ungyo, the temple guardians. We can differentiate them by the shapes of their mouths, as the first one seems to be saying &#8220;ah&#8221; and the second one &#8220;um&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202059\/peninsula_kunisaki23-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66862\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202059\/peninsula_kunisaki23.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki23\/\" class=\"wp-image-66862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202059\/peninsula_kunisaki23-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202059\/peninsula_kunisaki23-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202059\/peninsula_kunisaki23.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202056\/peninsula_kunisaki22-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Main entrance of the Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66861\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202056\/peninsula_kunisaki22.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki22\/\" class=\"wp-image-66861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202056\/peninsula_kunisaki22-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202056\/peninsula_kunisaki22-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202056\/peninsula_kunisaki22.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202053\/peninsula_kunisaki21-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66860\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202053\/peninsula_kunisaki21.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki21\/\" class=\"wp-image-66860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202053\/peninsula_kunisaki21-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202053\/peninsula_kunisaki21-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202053\/peninsula_kunisaki21.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The temple guardians at the entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After going up the stairs, I saw the buildings of this big temple. You have to <strong>pay the 300 yen admission fee<\/strong> in a little office at the entrance. Inside the buildings, there are important sculptures of the Buddist religion, and some of the structures were built into the mountain itself, using the rocks as a wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"One of the buildings of the Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66863\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki24\/\" class=\"wp-image-66863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202103\/peninsula_kunisaki24.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202106\/peninsula_kunisaki25-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ema in the Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66864\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202106\/peninsula_kunisaki25.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki25\/\" class=\"wp-image-66864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202106\/peninsula_kunisaki25-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202106\/peninsula_kunisaki25-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202106\/peninsula_kunisaki25.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202109\/peninsula_kunisaki26-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66865\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202109\/peninsula_kunisaki26.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki26\/\" class=\"wp-image-66865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202109\/peninsula_kunisaki26-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese temple Futagoji, Oita, Japan\" data-id=\"66866\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/peninsula_kunisaki27\/\" class=\"wp-image-66866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/05202112\/peninsula_kunisaki27.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" 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want to learn more about <strong>Oita Prefecture<\/strong>, please read these articles:<a class=\"ek-link ek-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voyapon.com\/kitsuki-and-futagoji-japanese-temple\"><br><\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/modern-traditional-oita-city\" class=\"ek-link\">Oita city<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/best-hot-springs-beppu-japan\" class=\"ek-link\">Beppu, the<em> onsen<\/em> city<br><\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/mameda-little-kyoto-hita-oita-japan\" class=\"ek-link\">Oita&#8217;s little Kyoto \u2013 Mameda Town in Hita<br><\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/tensui-ryokan-private-onsen-hita-oita-japan\" class=\"ek-link\">Tensui, the magnificent <em>ryokan<\/em> with <em>onsen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to get to Kitsuki<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you travel from <strong>Tokyo to Kitsuki,<\/strong> it is better to take a plane. The trip takes <strong>1 hour and 25 minutes<\/strong> from Haneda Airport to Oita Airport. From the airport, you will need<strong> 30 minutes <\/strong>to get to Kitsuki by bus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong>Osaka to Kitsuki<\/strong> you can take a plane or a train. The flight lasts about <strong>55 minutes<\/strong> from the Osaka Itami Airport to Oita Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also take the<em><strong> shinkansen<\/strong><\/em> from Shin-Osaka Station to Kokura Station and change to the Nippo Line. You will arrive at Kitsuki within <strong>3 hours and 30 minutes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When traveling around the Kunisaki Peninsula,<strong> <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"ek-link ek-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oitakotsu.co.jp\/1day\/\" target=\"_blank\">we recommend taking the bus from Oita&#8217;s Station. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1OzwcGBlmPSeSOYvImxAbZAoIwuBN-H1u&amp;hl=en\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Sponsored by Tourism Oita<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting Hita, Tensui ryokan, and Oita city, I 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