Buy Souvenirs
Purchase or order local tastes and products to enjoy the flavor of Oita again at home.
Introduced here are Oita Prefectureﾕs specialties/souvenirs of choice. Local specialties can be purchased or ordered from local shops.
[Local Dishes Perfect for Souvenirs]
Most popular are "Dangojiru" (noodle) and "Yaseuma" (noodle powdered with sweetened soybean flour); both are ideal for enjoying Oita's local dishes at home. Shitake mushrooms are also a perfect gift, since they are of good keeping quality. Shitake mushrooms, renowned as a national brand, are best with a grilled steak if it is fleshy; thin-walled mushrooms are ideal for soup stock or as an ingredient for food boiled and seasoned.
Available at: local department stores, JR station kiosks, etc.
[Confectionery and Dry Food Perfect for Souvenirs]
Representative confectionery of Oita Prefecture includes "Xavier","Bondia" and fish-shaped, bean-jam-filled wafers named "Seki Aji/Seki Saba Monaka" Laver and other processed food are also very popular. These traditional flavors are perfect souvenirs.
Available at: local department stores, JR station kiosks, etc.
[Original Oita Product "Oita Necktie"]
Neckties with patterns representing Oita Prefecture are perfect gifts for your father, husband, relatives and friends.
Patterns: 4 types (Seki Aji/Seki Saba (horse mackerel/ mackerel), monkey, stone pavement of Nanase, and fireflies of Nanase River)
Colors: Red, dark blue and yellow for each pattern
Available a: Oita City Tourist Association (2-31 Niage-machi, Oita City)
Tel: 097-537-5764
[Original Goods from Oita City Museum]
Neckties and scarves featuring paintings by Tatsuo TAKAYAMA, a painter from Oita; postcards and T-shirts featuring architecture designed by Arata ISOZAKI; goods based on the Oita City Museumﾕs original character "O-chan" etc.
Available at: Oita City Museum Shop, 865 Ueno, Oita City
Tel: 097-554-5800
