Mount Yufu
The Twin-Peaked Cone Above Yufuin, About 2.5 Hours to the Top
A 1,583-meter volcano with two summits that fills the skyline behind Yufuin, known locally as Bun...
Kuju Mountains
Kyushu's Highest Mainland Peak, Pink With Azaleas in Early Summer
A cluster of volcanic peaks on the Oita highlands whose top, Nakadake at 1,791 meters, is the hig...
Michi-no-Eki Kamae
Yellowtail and dried fish at Oita's southern tip
A fishing-port station on Route 388 in Kamae, at the southern tip of Oita next to the Miyazaki bo...
Kokonoe Yume Suspension Bridge
Japan's Tallest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, 173 Meters Over a Gorge in Oita
A pedestrian-only suspension bridge 173 meters above the Naruko River gorge and 390 meters long, ...
Michi-no-Eki Taio Kinzan
A mountain stop beside an old gold mine
A roadside station deep in the Nakatsue mountains, next to the Taio gold mine museum. Walk the ol...
Takegawara Onsen
Beppu's 1938 Public Bathhouse, Where Staff Bury You in Hot Sand
A city-run bathhouse a 10-minute walk from Beppu Station, in a 1938 wooden building with a curved...
Beppu Rakutenchi
A 1929 hillside amusement park reached by cable car, with duck races
A small, old-fashioned amusement park on the slope above Beppu, opened in 1929. You ride a steep ...
Kijima Kogen Park
Japan's first wooden roller coaster, on a plateau above Beppu
A highland amusement park on the road from Beppu to Yufuin, best known for Jupiter, the wooden co...
Kyushu Natural Animal Park African Safari
Feeding lions from a caged bus on a plateau near Beppu
A large drive-through safari park with about 70 species and 1,400 animals along a 6 km road. Driv...