natural wonder
Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri)
A collection of spectacular hot spring vents in Beppu producing steaming pools of vivid blue, red, and milky-white water.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Ōita
Oita, Japan · Asia
About Ōita
Ōita is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Tsurusaki, 15km from Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri).
Ōita is in Oita, Japan, with about 480,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Tsurusaki, about 9 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Ōita?
Within an hour or so of Ōita: Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri) (15 km), Kurokawa Onsen (46 km), Aonodōmon (50 km), Tsuetate Onsen (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Ōita?
The nearest famous roads are Shikoku Karst.
Where is Ōita?
Ōita is in Oita, Japan, about 9 km from Tsurusaki.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 477,715
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Oita
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 33.2333, 131.6000
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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.
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Worth the detour from Ōita
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Kurokawa Onsen
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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
tunnel
Aonodōmon
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.
50 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Tsuetate Onsen
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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
waterfall
Nabegataki Falls
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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
photogenic
Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine
A moss-covered stone stairway of roughly 100 steps climbing through cedar forest to a shrine below a rock face pierced by a huge natural window. Reached by a short walk from a small car park in the Aso caldera.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Ōita
- 50 kmAonodōmonA 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.
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