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Ōita Prefectural Museum of History

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Ōita Prefectural Museum of History
Ōita Prefectural Museum of History. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Ōita Prefectural Museum of History (Ōita kenritsu rekishi hakubutsukan) opened in Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan in 1998, replacing the Usa Fudoki-no-Oka (の) of 1981. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.

The collection is organised around themes including life and ancient Buddhism in Toyo no kuni and the Kunisaki peninsula, and the culture of Usa Hachiman-gū and Fuki-ji.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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