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Architect Successful in both Japan and France
Japanese architect Ban Shigeru is known around the world as the designer of the Centre Pompidou-Metz in the French city of Metz and of La Seine Musical, a music complex in the suburbs of Paris, among many other structures. For the outer wall of the Oita Prefectural Art Museum, which opened in 2015, he used an impressive design based on the image of bamboo lattice, a traditional handicraft. The Yufu City Tourist Information Center (TIC), which Ban also designed, opened for business in April 2018.
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Yufu City Tourist Information Center
This facility aims to be a hub of Kyushu tourism, disseminating tourism information on not just Yufuin Onsen, a hot spring area famous throughout Japan, but on all of Kyushu.
Location: 8-5 Kawakita,Yufuin-cho, Yufu-shi, Oita (inside Yufuin Station)
PH: 0977-84-2446
(Yufu City Tourist Information Center)
Website: Yufu City Tourism Bureau (Japanese Only)
http://yufu-tic.jp/tic
Closed: Open year-round
Transportation: Approx. 10 min from Kyushu Odan Expressway Nagasaki-Oita Line Yufuin Interchange
Oita Prefectural Art Museum
This museum based on the concepts of “a museum of the five senses” and “a museum of encounters” holds appealing exhibitions, and also has many spaces that can be used on a daily basis even by people who are not interested in exhibitions.
Location: 2-1 Kotobukimachi, Oita-shi, Oita
PH: 097-533-4500 (Oita Prefectural Art Museum)
Website: Oita Prefectural Art Museum
https://www.opam.jp/en/
Closed: Open year-round as a general rule
(Facility may not be open on some days due to the maintenance, etc.)
Transportation: 15 min walk from JR Oita Station Funai-chuo Exit (North Exit)
Right next to “Oasis Hiroba-mae” bus stop
10 min from Higashi-Kyushu Expressway Oita Interchange by car
Parking: Available