Kunisaki Facts

How to get here
The airport, on the coast

By air
  • 1 hr 30 mins by air from Tokyo Haneda airport to Oita airport
  • 55 mins by air from Osaka Itami airport/Kansai International Airport to Oita airport
  • 1 hr 10 mins from Nagoya Chubu International Airport to Oita airport
The Details

Fact Description
Country Japan
Region 九州地方 or Kyushu Island
Government Code 44214-3 (Oita = 44)
Name 国東 or Kunisaki
Official title 国東市 (市 = Shi or city)
Prefecture 大分県 or Ōita-ken
Population (30 Sept 2011)32,057
Area 318 km2
Density 101 persons per km2
City flower Field Mustard (Nanohana)
City Tree Cinnamomum camphora
or Camphor tree
City Bird Japanese pheasant

Kunisaki Peninsula Topography (cross wires on Kunisaki-shi)




Kunisaki Peninsula Geology

Kunisaki Peninsula is formed by large conical volcanoes, including the 721m high Mount Futago. Twenty-eight ravines radiate outward from the peninsula’s center.