Scenery of Kyushu

Kyushu is an island located in the southern west part of Japan. You can drive from Tokyo to Kyushu, but it will take many hours or you can fly from Haneda Aiport and arrive at the local airport, such as Kumamoto, Oita, or other cities in Kyushu.

This time, we took a four days trip down to Kyushu, by air then rented a car to enjoy the scenic drive of Yamanami Highway, to visit Japan's "hot springs" city, Beppu and Yufuin (Oita Province), then a walk along the famous Takachiho Gorge.

During the four days we managed to cover the best part of Oita, Kumamoto and Miyazaki. These places are popular spots for tourists from Korea, Taiwan and China, naturally since geographically they are near. There are only a few travelers from US and Europe, therefore at public places we see many signs translated into Chinese and Korean but not English.

For more information about the provinces:

http://www.pref.oita.jp/english/

http://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/english/list.html

http://www.kanko-miyazaki.jp/Language/english/index.htm