- Bathing temperature
- 42°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Yufuin lies in a broad basin below Mount Yufu, and is known for a soft, simple alkaline hot spring water and a townscape of small ryokan, galleries and craft shops rather than high-rise hotels. Morning mist over Lake Kinrin is part of the local ritual, along with private open-air baths at the inns.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Yufuin springs
- Mineralisation
- Simple alkaline hot spring
- Character
- Soft, low-mineral water distributed to ryokan across the basin.
Practical information
Most bathing is at ryokan, many of which admit day visitors; the town is easily reached by train from Ōita and Beppu.
Location
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