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Kunisaki City
Oita Prefecture · City
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Kunisaki City, on the eastern Kunisaki Peninsula, is a "land of Buddhas" with many temples, stone Buddhas, and stone pagodas of Rokugo Manzan (the peninsula's Buddhist culture). Futago-ji Temple in the mountains and Monjusen-ji Temple among rocky peaks are well known. The city has Oita Airport, the prefecture's air gateway, and its naked barley harvest 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
Buddhist templeFutago-ji Templebuilding in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, Japan%20Main%20Temple%20Building.jpg?width=240)
Buddhist templeAnkoku-ji TempleBuddhist temple of the Myōshin-ji sect sect in Kunisaki, Japan
Buddhist templeMonjusen-ji Templetemple in Kunisaki, Ōita
PortPort of Taketazu
PortKunisaki Port- Shinto shrineImibetsugu ShrineShinto shrine in Oita Prefecture, Japan
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Burial mound (kofun)Onizuka Kofunkofun in Ōita, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kunisakiroadside station in Kunisaki, Oita prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kunimiroadside station in Kunisaki, Oita prefecture, Japan
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National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
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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