Tag: hidden gems
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend things we’d genuinely suggest to a friend. Oita has more waterfalls than most visitors ever hear about, and almost none of them show…
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Short answer: mostly, no. We checked every place we’ve written up on this site against its actual public transit access, and the results are pretty one-sided. Here’s exactly what you can and can’t reach without a car — and why. This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one…
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How many days do you need in Kyushu? It’s the first question almost every first-time visitor asks, and the honest answer depends entirely on what you actually want out of the trip. If you’re skimming the highlights — a night in Fukuoka, a soak in Beppu, maybe a look at Kumamoto Castle — five days…
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Kyushu’s easternmost point isn’t a famous cape with tour buses lined up — it’s a narrow, winding mountain road out to the tip of the Tsurumi…
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Most visitors driving between Yufuin and Beppu never learn this gorge exists. There’s no big roadside sign pointing to it, no tour bus parking lot —…
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Tucked into the Yabakei uplands outside Usa, Fukino Falls (็ฆ่ฒด้ใฎๆป) drops about 65 meters through a narrow cleft in the rock, splitting partway down into two…
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend things we’d genuinely suggest to a friend. The Waterfall Almost No One Stops For Oita likes to claim it has two Niagaras. Harajiri…
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This post contains affiliate links. If you book a rental car or tour through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend things we’d genuinely suggest to a friend. A Buddha Carved Into the Cliff Itself Most people who’ve heard of Kyushu’s cliff-carved Buddhas know…
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Everyone who’s been to Nikko has heard of Kegon Falls โ the 97-meter curtain of water that draws crowds by the busload. Almost no one outside Japan has heard of its unofficial Kyushu counterpart: Higashi Shiiya Falls, an 85-meter drop tucked into the Yaba-kei gorge country of Usa City, Oita, that locals call “Kyushu Kegon”…