Bungo Province facts for kids
Bungo Province (豊後国 (Bungo no kuni)) was an important old region in Japan. It was located in the area that is now Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.
Sometimes, Bungo Province and its neighbor, Buzen Province, were together called Hōshū (豊州). Bungo shared its borders with several other provinces. These included Buzen, Hyūga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen.
History of Bungo Province
In the late 1800s, Japan went through big changes during the Meiji period. The old provinces, like Bungo, were changed into new areas called prefectures. This change happened in the 1870s. During this time, maps of Japan were also updated to show these new prefectures.
Important Shrines and Temples
In old Japan, each province had special Shinto shrines. These were called ichinomiya, which means "first shrine." They were the most important shrines in that area. For Bungo Province, the main Shinto shrines were Sasamuta-jinja and Yusuhara Hachiman-gū.
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