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A lauded Japanese architect with several projects in Oita Prefecture.
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The island where William Adams, the British sailor who became confident of Japan's greatest shogun, was shipwrecked in 1600.
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One of Japan's earliest Christians and a martyr, who is still celebrated in his hometown on the Kunisaki Peninsula.
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A Japanese patriot whose last action quelled a rebellion against the Japanese surrender in 1945.
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One of Japan's post-war Jazz greats.
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A fascinating long-term project recreating the villa of Otomo Sorin.
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Architect who studied under Fumiko Maki.
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The 16th Century Christian samurai who ruled northern Kyushu from his base in Funai, modern-day Oita City.
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The architect who designed Tokyo Station and Oita Bank's headquarters, both elegant buildings from the early 20th Century.
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The architect of the Oita City Art Museum.
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Hirose Tanso and the Kangien school in Hita.
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The boyhood home made into a memorial for a Japanese statesman who served his country through the turbulent years before, during and after the Second World War.
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A famed architect whose one work is the temporarily closed Marine Culture Center in Kamae, Saiki.
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A charming boutique craft beer brewery producing award-winning craft beers.
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Another of Japan's top architects.
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Japan's father of sculptural realism.
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A charming museum to the 'Rodin' of Japan.
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Accommodation, onsen hot spring baths and a giant telescope combine in a tribute to a local son who became one of Japan's Edo Period polymaths.
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One of Japan's earliest polymath who studied medicine, philosophy, economics and science.
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Local hero and father of Japan's modern tourism industry.
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One of Japan's architectural elite.
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The humble home of one of Japan's leading modernisers of Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
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The boyhood home of Japan's greatest ever sumo wrestler.
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A leading exponent of modern Japanese architecture since the mid-20th Century.