Say Kyushu and onsen in the same sentence and everyone thinks Beppu. Beppu is a sprawling onsen town located on Japan’s southernmost island. It is famous as one of the country’s best spa towns. Beppu ...

After six previous trips exploring Japan’s more well-trodden regions like Kansai and Kanto, I was ready to see a different side of the country. During my latest visit, I finally made my way to Kyushu, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel by train (and ferry) around Kyushu, a center of onsen culture. Courtesy of Hoshino Resorts Guest cabins at Kai Yufuin, a ...

Up until this moment, our day has been unfolding in an exquisitely Japanese fashion. Our train – not a bullet train but the Yufuin na Mori, one of Kyushu's excellent sightseeing trains, their ...

Set your travel planning to autopilot and — if you are in northern Kyushu in need of the thermal succor only a hot-spring bath can lend — you are sure to be drawn by the gravitational pull of Beppu, ...

7 minutes by taxi from JR Yufuin Station.

Built around a cascading valley of rice terraces that reflect the horizon’s endless play of colours, the Kai Yufuin hot spring ryokan by Hoshino Resorts, is one of Kengo Kuma & Associates' latest ...

Yufuin’s famous “Yufuin Burger”, worth a visit for a delicious burger made from Kyushu’s wagyu beef and fresh local salad. I stopped for a Japanese croquette, a deep fried, crisp-on-the-outside, juicy ...