Ajimu (Usa City, Oita Pref.)

Visitors can take up lodgings in a farmhouse and experience life in a farming village. Participating farming households are prepared to welcome you as a member of the family to give you the chance to truly appreciate the agrarian charms of the Ajimu region.

Kote-e is a type of plaster relief created for decorative purposes by a plasterer who uses a plastering trowel to draw pictures. In the Ajimu area, the relief sculpture work contains prayers by builders for protection from disasters. Even now, more than a hundred years after the work was performed, vivid kote-e illustrations can still be found on the eaves of residences in about 100 locations throughout the area.

Turtle is known as a luxury food item in Japan. Turtle meat is used in soups, hot pot dishes, and the like and it is highly acclaimed as a wonderful delectable ingredient. Turtle meat has a low fat content, and it has a high concentration of vitamins and collagen, so it is a food substance popular among the ladies as a type of beauty treatment.