Fukuoka, Japan · Asia
Harai is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Nakatsu, 36km from Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri).
Harai is in Fukuoka, Japan, with about 7,300 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Nakatsu, about 7 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Harai: Aonodōmon (3 km), Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri) (36 km), Tsuetate Onsen (40 km), Nabegataki Falls (45 km).
Harai is in Fukuoka, Japan, about 7 km from Nakatsu.
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Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
Full driving guide for Japan7 notable places within an hour's drive.
tunnel
A tunnel hand-cut through a cliff on the Yamakuni River, begun by the monk Zenkai in 1735 and reputedly dug over three decades to spare travellers a lethal chain path. Sections of the original chiselled bore survive alongside the road.
3 km · about 5 min drive
natural wonder
A collection of spectacular hot spring vents in Beppu producing steaming pools of vivid blue, red, and milky-white water.
36 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A narrow ravine village straddling the Kumamoto–Oita border where steam vents rise between old wooden inns and footbridges. In spring hundreds of carp streamers are strung across the gorge.
40 km · about 45 min drive
waterfall
A broad, low curtain of water falling from an overhanging ledge, allowing visitors to walk along a path behind the entire span of the fall. A short descent from the car park in northern Kumamoto.
45 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
A private hillside garden near Kitakyushu with two long tunnels of trained wisteria in some twenty colours, flowering for a few weeks in late April and early May. Entry is by advance dated ticket.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A hot-spring village in the Aso highlands that banned neon and concrete facades, so wooden inns and stone-walled riverside baths dominate. A single wooden pass grants entry to three open-air baths of your choice.
50 km · about 55 min drive
racetrack
A hillside circuit on the island of Kyushu in Japan, known for dramatic elevation changes and hosting Super GT and Super Formula.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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