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Hita City
Oita Prefecture · City
Official websiteOita Prefecture page
Hita City, in a mountain-ringed basin in northwestern Oita Prefecture, is called a "water town" because many rivers meet there. In the Edo period it prospered as land ruled directly by the shogunate, and merchant houses remain in Mameda-machi. The city is also known for the site of Kangien, Hirose Tanso's private school, summer cormorant fishing, and Hita cedar forestry.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Historic townscapeMameda-machihuman settlement in Japan
Historic siteKangienformer Japanese private school
Hot spring (onsen)Amagase Onsenbuilding in Oita Prefecture, Japan
CastleNagayama CastleJapanese castle in Hita, Oita prefecture
CastleHinokuma Castle
Important Cultural PropertyKusano Honkehouse in Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Garandoya Kofunkofun in Ōita, Japan
Shinto shrineOhara-hachimanguShinto shrine in Oita Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Taio-kinzanroadside station in Hita, Oita prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mizube-no-sato Oyamaroadside station in Hita, Oita prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Seseragikyo Kamitsueroadside station in Hita, Oita prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Oita Prefecture
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