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Oita

1 quiet, car-free day trip in Oita — no rental car needed.

Steam drifting across the red-ochre water of Chinoike Jigoku in Beppu, ringed by dense green hillside and a wooden viewing rail. — © そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Steam rising from the milky turquoise pool of Umi Jigoku in Kannawa, Beppu, with a stone-walled bank and a vertical signboard behind it. — © そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Kannawa, Beppu: Where the Steam Does the Cooking

Beppu is known for the sheer volume of hot water beneath it, but the quarter that repays a slow visit is Kannawa, on the slope above the town.

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