Yamanami Highway(the Transkyushu Road)

• Mt.Tsurumi
  

  from a ropeway station

  
  Beppu city and Beppu Bay from the top of Mt. Tsurumi

  
  You can go up to the top of this mountain 1375m above the sea level by
  ropeway in 10 minutes.
  It's 10 centigrade cooler than the sea level area in summer and you can see
  ice on the trees in winter.
  And you can see a panoramic scale view of Beppu city and Beppu Bay under your feet.
  

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• Mt.Yufu
  

  
  from a skating rink of Kijima Amusement Park
  

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• Yufuin town
  

  This is the neighboring town of Beppu city. These days this town is popular among young people.
  Mt.Yufu (1500m)is right behind this town.
  

  I'll show you a couple of restaurants.
  
  • Yunotakean(restaurant)
    

    This restaurant is one of shops of the Kamenoi Hotel in Yufuin.
    The restaurant is straw-thatched. Yakiniku(barbecued of beef) and onigiri
    (rice ball) are good.
    

  • Tenjyosajiki(coffee shop)
    

    This coffee shop is also one of shops of the Kamenoi Hotel in Yufuin.
    on the first floor they sell many types of crft
    and some foods made in Yufuin.
    Second floor is a coffee shop in the style of a loft.
    You can listen to classical music of a kind of a pipe organ.
    It has an old-fashioned of atmosphere.
    On the third floor there are old diaries written by visitors. They have several kinds of stories but mostly about love ,such as broken hearts and so on. Those writers would like to find relief in Yufuin.
    

    There are many other good museums ,coffee shops and restaurants. This town is a nice size to take a walk .Please walk around this town while you are looking for other good shops.
    

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• Kujhu Mountains and Mt. Aso volcano
  

  You go on the Transkyushu Road from Yufuin in 20 minutes and you'll see
  kujyu high land. Now Mt.Io(sulphur) volcano is a little active .
  Mountaineering might be limited.A mountaineer said "KujhuˇˇMountains
  are good for both beginners and veterans."
  In Kujyu moutains threr is a greenfield ,a volcano ,a crater lake and a little desert.
  So while climbing up these mountains ,you enjoy a vareity of views.
  I hear Kujyu will have a ski slope this year.

  
  by the crater of Mt. Aso

  If you go on the Trancekyushu Road from Kujyu Mountains ,you'll go through the Makinoto Pass and you'll see a vast caldera of Mt. Aso.
  You'll see a vast caldera of Mt.Aso.
  

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  TOˇˇKAWANOJUKU HOMEPAGE