A popular destination for those looking for love or trying to start a family, but you’ll want to check the tide schedule before you visit.
Kyushu (Page 4)
Travelers have been visiting Beppu for its natural baths for years, but now the onsen is coming to them instead.
For the price of a couple beers in a Tokyo bar, you can go all the way from the eastern capital to the southwestern island of Kyushu.
The Mayor of Beppu is delivering on his promise of a hot spring amusement park with tickets, fireworks and home-delivered onsen water for patrons.
The mayor who pledged to create an onsen amusement park if his video received a million views now has another message for the public.
The clip shows a number of jaw-dropping ideas for the spa-filled amusement park, including onsen carousels and roller coasters filled with spring water.
Following days of around-the-clock work by construction workers, all eyes are on the city again following reports that the road will be fit to drive on by today.
Our Japanese correspondent in Fukuoka brings us the latest images from the scene of the road collapse that occurred on the island of Kyushu.
Have your pet feeling rejuvenated both physically and spiritually after a getaway in Japan.
We fly down to Yufuin Floral Village to try the Ghibli-inspired bakery’s goods for ourselves.
Most people get restless on flights over three or four hours long, but one Oregonian man has been living on an airliner for 15 years, and says he now has eyes on Miyazaki, Japan for his next destination.
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