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Usuki City
Oita Prefecture · City
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Usuki City is a castle town (a town built around a lord's castle) on the east coast along Usuki Bay. The Usuki Stone Buddhas, carved into rock, were the first stone Buddhas designated as National Treasures. Brewing of soy sauce and miso thrives, and the stone-paved streets of Niouza remain. Its harvest of summer-autumn green peppers ranks 2nd in Japan.
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
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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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