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Oita, Japan · Asia
Takedamachi is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Bungo-ōno, 29km from Mount Aso Caldera.
Takedamachi is in Oita, Japan, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bungo-ōno, about 12 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Takedamachi: Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine (26 km), Kurokawa Onsen (27 km), Mount Aso Caldera (29 km), Takachiho Gorge (31 km).
Takedamachi is in Oita, Japan, about 12 km from Bungo-ōno.
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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 Japan8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
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.
26 km · about 30 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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
One of the world's largest volcanic calderas in Kyushu with an active smoking crater and vast green grasslands.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
A narrow chasm of columnar basalt cliffs cut by the Gokase River, with the Manai Falls dropping 17 m directly into the water. Rowing boats can be hired to reach the base of the falls.
31 km · about 35 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.
39 km · about 45 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
racetrack
A hillside circuit on the island of Kyushu in Japan, known for dramatic elevation changes and hosting Super GT and Super Formula.
40 km · about 45 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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