Yunotsubo Avenue
Main street in Yufuin located at the foot of mount Yufu. The avenue is started near JR Yufuin
Station and connected to Kinrinko lake. Through Yunotsubo Avenue, it takes about 30 minutes
on foot from JR Yufuin Station to Kinrinko lake.
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There are 70 shops, gift shop, galleries, curiosity item shops as well as cafes.
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Along the Oita River, which is one street away, it is a recommended walking spot where
you can enjoy the seasonal scenery, and you can find a tranquil atmosphere of Yufuin.
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General information
| Address | Yunotsubo, Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
10 minutes walk from JR Yufuin Station to the entrance of Yunotsubo Avenue |
Kinrinko lake
Kinrinko lake is the landmark in Yufuin. Hot water gushes from the bottom of the lake, and
hot steam rises from its surface on a cold day. The lake is located at the end of the town’s
main walking route, about a kilometer and a half from the Yufuin station.
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Shitan-yu |
Floral Village |
Coffee restaurant |
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Shopping Street |
Kamenoi Besso |
Rickshaw |
General information
| Address | 1561-1 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
5 minutes by a vehicle from JR Yufuin Station 20 minutes walk from JR Yufuin Station |
Shitan-yu
Shitan-yu is the old public outdoor bath with a thatched roof beside Kinrinko lake. The bathing
here is mixed, as baths often were before the arrival, during the Meiji period (1869 – 1912),
of American and Europeans who shames the Japanese into segregating their baths.
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Around Shitan-yu
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Kinrinko lake |
Coffee restaurant |
Floral Village |
General information
| Address | 1585 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
5 minutes by a vehicle from JR Yufuin Station 20 minutes walk from JR Yufuin Station |
| Open hours | 10:00 to 21:00 |
| Admission fee |
JPY 200 |
| Days closed | No closing days |
Yufuin Floral Village
Floral Village is the amusement facility that recreated the street of the Cotswolds region in
England, which was also used as the location for Harry Potter. Cute owls welcome you in
OWL’s FORESR.
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You can enjoy strolling, gourmet and shopping with beautiful flowers in the Village, and there
is Alice in Wonderland shop here.
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General information
| Address | 1503-3 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
5 minutes by a vehicle from JR Yufuin Station 20 minutes walk from JR Yufuin Station |
| Open hours |
9:30 to 17:30 |
| Admission fee | No fee is required |
| Days closed | No regular closing days |
Seiro-mushi, Yufuin Kagura
Seiro-mushi refers to a cooking technique in which food ingredients are put into a bamboo
basket used for steaming through water vapor from below
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At Yufuin Kagura, Seiro-mushi is prepared with large bamboo baskets in front of diners.
Featured by the enriched flavor with warmth and fragrance of the cypress basket (seiro).
Live the lively, hot spring steam-like, “Jigoku steams” (literally hell’s steams) dishes right in
front of you with the traditional local taste of Beppu, Oita-prefecture.
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General information
| Address | Kawakami 1520-1, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
15 minutes walk from JR Yufuin Station |