Cheap Flights to Oita-shi

Oita-shi is the capital city of Oita Prefecture in Kyushu. You can book cheap flights to Oita-shi going to Oita Airport, and travel the city either by car or by three main JR train lines traversing through Oita. Unlike other cities, Oita-shi is not as famous or as talked about. Most foreign tourists barely know Oita-shi. In fact, this city is only included in pre-arranged tours, and not many foreign tourists are in the city. However, they have sights and experiences that people may want to try out. You can get cheap flights to Oita-shi online.

The Japanese have a particular affinity to protect their culture, which explains the number of old Buddhist temples around their city, like the Sasamuta Shrine and the Oita mo Motomachi Stone Buddha. Another culturally important landmark in Oita-shi is the Kamezuka Mound, an excavated tomb site of an old, native kingdom controlling the area around Oita Prefecture. Today, it is a park with Haniwa burial figurines that reminisce the hidden past of the Kamezuka Mound.

Arata Izosaki is a famous architect in Japan, and a native of Oita. His works are of the Metabolist architecture movement. His enduring work includes the Oita Medical Center, converted into the Oita Prefectural Library, until it was renovated yet again to establish the Oita Art Plaza. Many art students interested in Izosaki’s art can view the scale models of his works inside the Art Plaza.

For a more dynamic tour of Oita-shi, tourists can either come to the Sekizaki Ocean and Astronomical Observatory Hall or the Oita Marine Palace Aquarium Umitamago. They host dolphin shows, besides the brilliant aquarium display of different fish species. The Astronomical Observatory is not a very common view in any city, so it is a must try in Oita-shi.

Accommodations are not a problem because there are many hotels in Oita-shi. Most of these hotels are mid-range though there are classy 5-star hotels, too. If you don’t mind staying in a Rembrandt Hotel, there’s one in Oita. Most businessmen doing business within the prefecture may find the business access to these hotels to their liking. For tourists, there are budget hotels like the Inn-Platz Shirosaki, just near the train station, that charge as low as $32.