Kyushu One-Day Tour: Yufuin no Mori Train & Yufuin Town & Nyoirin-ji Temple & Dazaifu & Hell Hot Springs (Departing from Fukuoka)

What to expect

A Line | Literary Healing & Railway Hot Spring Cultural Tour Key Highlight: A Line offers the best value-for-money Yufuin no Mori experience on the entire network. Please note that the Yufuin no Mori train will not operate on the following dates and will be replaced by the retro red train [Limited Express Yufu]: June 1st-June 5th, June 22nd-June 26th, July 21st-July 24th, August 31st, September 1st-September 4th. Please note the distinction.

• Yufuin Town (150 minutes): Ample time to explore, freely wander along Yunotsubo Street, visit the inspiration source for Studio Ghibli, browse handmade shops, taste B-speak Swiss rolls and milk desserts; encounter Lake Kinrin shrouded in morning mist. • Yufuin no Mori Train (Yufuin Station to Oita Station): Kyushu's top sightseeing train, with a dark green retro body and warm all-wood interior. Panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows frame the forests, valleys, and pastoral scenery along the way, as if traveling through a wonderland. It's a must-experience moving landscape for railway enthusiasts and photographers. • Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell) (30 minutes): The first of Beppu's eight Hells, where iron sulfate creates a Tiffany blue clear pool. 98℃ high-temperature steam rises like a fairyland on the sea. You can taste hot spring steamed eggs and experience the unique charm of geothermal wonders. • Dazaifu (60 minutes): The head shrine of Japan's god of learning, with a vermilion main hall complemented by 6,000 plum trees. The Heart-shaped Pond and Taikobashi Bridge offer a profound artistic conception. Pray for academic success, taste Umegae Mochi, and immerse yourself in traditional Japanese culture and the beauty of ancient architecture.

B Line | Natural Fun & Hot Spring Mountain Climbing Prayer Tour Key Highlight: Visit Beppu's Six Sceneries – Nyoirin-ji Temple + Umi Jigoku + Kamado Jigoku + Mount Yufu Trailhead + Yufuin Town + Lake Kinrin. • Mount Yufu Trailhead: Unlock "Bungo Fuji" Mount Yufu, with its beautiful conical volcanic outline at an altitude of 1584 meters. The trailhead path is gentle, making it easy for beginners to hike, breathe fresh mountain air, overlook the Kuju mountain range and Beppu Bay, and embrace the natural wilderness. • Kamado Jigoku (Cooking Pot Hell): Beppu Hell's "miniature museum," gathering 6 unique hot spring pools in one garden. The water changes color with light and shadow. You can experience drinking hot spring water, steaming your face with hot spring steam, tasting hot spring century eggs and Jigoku Mushi (hell-steamed) cuisine, offering plenty of interaction and fun. • Nyoirin-ji Temple: A thousand-year-old ancient temple hidden in the mountains, home to over 5,000 frog statues with various expressions, symbolizing "safe return." Ancient trees reach to the sky, and the Zen atmosphere is serene. Pray, make wishes, experience Japanese Buddhist culture, and heal your soul away from the hustle and bustle.