Oita, Japan · Asia
Nakatsu is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Buzen, 40km from Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri).
Nakatsu is in Oita, Japan, with about 85,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Buzen, about 6 km away.
Nakatsu (中津市, Nakatsu-shi) is a city on the northern border of Ōita Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. As of 31 October 2023, the city had an estimated population of 82,301 in 41,222 households, and a population density of 96 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 491.53 km2 (189.78 sq mi).
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Within an hour or so of Nakatsu: Aonodōmon (11 km), Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri) (40 km), Kawachi Wisteria Garden (45 km), Tsuetate Onsen (48 km).
Nakatsu is in Oita, Japan, about 6 km from Buzen.
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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 Japan6 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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A collection of spectacular hot spring vents in Beppu producing steaming pools of vivid blue, red, and milky-white water.
40 km · about 45 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 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.
53 km · about 60 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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