Destination
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Oita
Travel plans
Castle Towns & Stone Buddhas: Kitsuki & Usuki — 2 Days
The Oita most visitors never see
The Sacred Kunisaki Peninsula: Hachiman's Head Shrine & Cliff Buddhas — 2 Days
Japan-before-Japan, carved into the rock
The Carbonated Cure: Nagayu's Fizzing Springs & the Kuju Highlands — 2 Days
Hot water with bubbles, and the high moors above it
Yufuin Highland Retreat: Hot Springs, Art & Mt. Yufu — 2 Days
The gentle, arty side of the Onsen Prefecture
Beppu, Japan's Onsen Capital: The Hells, the Steam & the Sand — 2 Days
Steam you can watch, then stand in
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