Unzen Miyazaki Ryokan
Unzen Miyazaki Ryokan - Inn with Steam Vents in Its Garden
A 1929 inn facing Unzen Jigoku, rebuilt in 2022. Its sulfur water comes from the Daikyokan hell i...
Hofu Tenmangu Shrine
A shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane on a hillside above Hofu, with a stone stairway and p...
Matabei-zakura
A Weeping Cherry Said to Be 300 Years Old, on a Stone Wall in Rural Uda, for About Two Weeks a Year
A single weeping cherry in the hamlet of Hongo, Uda, said to be about 300 years old, 13 metres ta...
Michi-no-Eki Jobon-no-Sato
A hot-spring bath on Route 45 outside Ishinomaki
A roadside station with its own hot-spring bath, a few minutes off the Sanriku Expressway at Kaho...
Unzen Kanko Hotel
Unzen Kanko Hotel - 1935 Mountain Hotel with a Domed Sulfur Bath
A half-timbered hotel from 1935 on the edge of Unzen Onsen, now a registered cultural property. W...
Shoryaku-ji
A Valley Temple Southeast of Nara Where Refined Sake Began, at Its Best in the November Maples
A mountain temple about 4 km up a valley road from Route 169, where medieval monks worked out the...
Tsukigase Plum Grove
About 10,000 Plum Trees on the Slopes of a River Gorge in Far-East Nara City
Around 10,000 red and white plum trees on both sides of the Nabari river gorge (called the Satsuk...
Unzen Iwaki Ryokan
Unzen Iwaki Ryokan - Inn by the Jigoku with Its Own Spring
A 35-room ryokan beside Unzen Jigoku that traces its roots to an 1887 resort for foreigners. Its ...
Unzen Kyushu Hotel
Unzen Kyushu Hotel - Small Resort Inside Unzen Jigoku
Founded in 1917 and rebuilt in 2018 as a 25-room hotel in the middle of Unzen Jigoku. Every room ...
Unzen Fukudaya
Unzen Fukudaya - Folk-Craft Modern Ryokan with Source-Fed Baths
A 34-room ryokan in Unzen Onsen with every bath fed straight from the source, saunas, two private...
Yuyado Unzen Shinyu
Yuyado Unzen Shinyu - Century-Old Inn with Four Springs of Its Own
A 49-room inn founded in 1908 with four private hot spring sources and three kinds of water, kais...
Meitoya Sou
Meitoya Sou - Ryokan with 24-Hour Source-Fed Baths
A Takamiya group ryokan in the centre of Zao Onsen, with a rock open-air bath and a wooden bath f...
Zao Onsen Dairotenburo
Zao Onsen's Big Open-Air Bath: Hours, Fees and Season
Zao Onsen's seasonal outdoor bath, fed straight from a strongly acidic sulfur spring. ¥850 for ad...
Hotel Lucent Takamiya
Hotel Lucent Takamiya - In Front of the Zao Chuo Ropeway
A resort hotel facing the Zao Chuo Ropeway, with rooms in three wings, every bath fed straight fr...
Yoshidaya (Zao Onsen)
Yoshidaya - Small Inn in Zao Onsen That Takes Small Dogs and Cats
A small Takamiya group inn in the middle of Zao Onsen, with Japanese rooms, two source-fed baths ...