Oita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan on Kyushu Island. The prefectural capital is the city of Oita. Around the 6th century Kyushu consisted of four regions: Tsukushi Province, Hi Province, Kumaso Province and Toyo Province. Toyo Province was later divided into two regions, upper and lower Toyo Province, called Bungo Province and Buzen Province. After the Meiji Restoration, districts from Bungo and Buzen provinces were combined to form Oita Prefecture. These provinces were divided among many local daimyo and thus a large castle town never formed in Oita. From this time that whole area became known as "Toyo-no-kuni", which means "Land of Abundance".