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Kyushu 九州
Japan's warm south: tonkotsu ramen and yatai stalls, the steaming hells of Beppu, active volcanoes, Nagasaki's harbour and hot-spring towns everywhere you look.
Itineraries in Kyushu
16–21 days · by trainKyushu · Tokyo
From tonkotsu to Tokyo: three weeks of hells, volcanoes & hot springs
Fukuoka's yatai food stalls, a ryokan night in Yufuin, the steaming hells of Beppu, Mount Aso and Nagasaki's night view. Kyushu by train and bus, with Tokyo as the finale.
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18 days · by trainFukuoka · Beppu · Kagoshima · Yakushima · Nagasaki
Ramen to rainforest: Kyushu by rail, all the way to Yakushima's ancient cedars
The whole of Kyushu without a car: yatai in Fukuoka, a ryokan night in Yufuin, Beppu's hells, the smoking volcano of Sakurajima, three nights in the ancient cedar forests of Yakushima, a hot-sand bath in Ibusuki and Nagasaki's night view.
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15 days · road tripSaga · Unzen · Kirishima · Miyazaki · Aso · Oita
Back roads of the fire island: hidden gorges, smoking volcanoes & lantern-lit onsen
A loop from Fukuoka through the Kyushu most visitors never see: a sea-torii beach, steaming Unzen, the volcano plateau of Kirishima, a shrine in a sea cave, Takachiho at dawn, Kurokawa's lantern-lit onsen village and a tunnel a monk dug by hand.
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