{"id":44749,"date":"2019-03-03T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=44749"},"modified":"2024-11-25T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:21:00","slug":"kyushu-oita-yunohira-onsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/kyushu-oita-yunohira-onsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaceful Relaxation in Charming Yunohira Onsen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsored by Tourism Oita<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we approached the main street of <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yunohira-onsen.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Yunohira Onsen<\/strong><\/a> (\u6e6f\u5e73\u6e29\u6cc9), I was a bit surprised. Thirty minutes earlier, I had been in <a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/oita-mount-yufu-nature\/\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Yufuin<\/strong>, one of the most popular <strong>hot springs<\/strong> towns in <strong>Oita Prefecture<\/strong><\/a>. With its trendy shops and restaurants and upscale ryokan, Yufuin is filled with tourists year-round, but here in nearby <strong>Yunohira Onsen<\/strong>, a solitary couple walked arm-in-arm down <strong>the main cobblestone street<\/strong>. This too was a lovely little town filled with <strong><em>onsen<\/em><\/strong>, but where were the people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44618\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204713\/DSC4796-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Yunohira Onsen, Yufu City, Oita, Kyushu\" class=\"wp-image-44618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204713\/DSC4796-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204713\/DSC4796-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204713\/DSC4796.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44608\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205515\/DSC4717-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Yunohira Onsen, Yufu City, Oita, Kyushu\" class=\"wp-image-44608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205515\/DSC4717-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205515\/DSC4717-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205515\/DSC4717.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For most of the 20th century and for centuries before that, the roles of Yufuin and Yunohira had been reversed. Established 800 years ago as a location for bathing, mainly for the medicinal qualities of the hot springs waters, <strong>Yunohira Onsen<\/strong> became a sort of resort area for the wealthy during the Edo period starting in the late 1600s. When the feudal system came to an end, Yunohira&#8217;s famous <em>onsen<\/em> became accessible to the middle class and its popularity soared. Though it was ravaged by fire in 1912, the buildings were quickly\u00a0rebuilt and business was thriving again within a few years. <strong>It remained the most popular resort town in the area until the 1970&#8217;s<\/strong> when Yufuin began an aggressive reinvention of its image through its sponsorship of a film festival, music festival, and some high profile competitions and eventually surpassed Yunohira as <strong>the trendy hot springs town<\/strong> of central Oita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204759\/DSC4754-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Yunohira Onsen, Yufu City, Oita, Kyushu\" class=\"wp-image-44615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204759\/DSC4754-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204759\/DSC4754-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204759\/DSC4754.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of tourists on this cold February day belies the fact that <strong>Yunohira is an absolute charmer<\/strong>. A briskly flowing stream slices through a ravine, along which over twenty<em> ryokan<\/em> still operate, with lovely views of the natural surroundings and, of course, their own <strong>private <em>onsen<\/em><\/strong>. During the day, strings of <strong>red lanterns<\/strong> line the narrow main street, at night, bathing everything in a warm nostalgic glow. Cute shops and restaurants inhabit the Showa era buildings that are elsewhere quickly disappearing from modern Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"44610\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205446\/DSC4727-357x500.jpg\" alt=\"river with bridge in Japanese hot spring town\" class=\"wp-image-44610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205446\/DSC4727-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205446\/DSC4727-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14205446\/DSC4727.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"44619\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204650\/DSC4817-357x500.jpg\" alt=\"Main traditional  street of Yunohira Onsen, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu\" class=\"wp-image-44619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204650\/DSC4817-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204650\/DSC4817-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204650\/DSC4817.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" data-id=\"44617\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204728\/DSC4761-500x357.jpg\" alt=\"outdoor patio in hot spring town in Japan\" class=\"wp-image-44617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204728\/DSC4761-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204728\/DSC4761-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204728\/DSC4761.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The parking lot of <strong>Yunohira Onsen<\/strong> is at the bottom of the ravine and your walk takes you up a slight incline to the top of the town. Along the way, you cross a bridge to switch sides along the ravine, though there are several smaller footbridges you can take that lead to some of the <em>ryokan<\/em> or public <em>onsen<\/em>. Yes, one of the interesting features of Yunohira is <strong>the five public baths<\/strong>, which for many years were free to use, but now require a very modest fee of 200 yen which helps pay to maintain them. During my visit in the heart of the off-season, most public baths were actually undergoing maintenance, drained of their water but open to looking around. I checked out <strong>Sunayu<\/strong>, the third of the five baths, which literally sits on the bank of the river. The bath itself is lower than the level of the river, so sand would sometimes get into the bath, hence its name, meaning &#8220;Sand Bath&#8221;. Most of the public baths are gender separated but one, Nakanoyu, has only one bath and is designated to each gender on even or odd days of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"44614\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204819\/DSC4753-357x500.jpg\" alt=\"river and hot spring onsen in Oita\" class=\"wp-image-44614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204819\/DSC4753-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204819\/DSC4753-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204819\/DSC4753.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" data-id=\"44613\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204839\/DSC4738-500x357.jpg\" alt=\"Public bath in Oita, Japan\" class=\"wp-image-44613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204839\/DSC4738-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204839\/DSC4738-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204839\/DSC4738.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the public baths were closed and there was no way I was leaving this delightful little town without relaxing in an <em>onsen<\/em>, I decided to use a private bath at one of the ryokan. I chose Ryokan Shimizu which is known for its indoor <em>onsen<\/em> enclosed in a cave. I paid the 500 yen fee at the reception area and found no one else was using the bath at that time, which meant I could snap a few photos inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"44751\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202258\/20190209_135053-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Cave style onsen at Yunohira Onsen, Oita, Japan\" class=\"wp-image-44751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202258\/20190209_135053-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202258\/20190209_135053-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202258\/20190209_135053.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"44752\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202243\/20190209_140444-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor bath at Ryokan Shimizu, Yunohira Onsen.\" class=\"wp-image-44752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202243\/20190209_140444-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202243\/20190209_140444-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14202243\/20190209_140444.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the cave, which created a refreshing sauna-like environment, there was <strong>an outdoor bath<\/strong>, which did not present a temptation to me on a day that was a brisk -1 degrees C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryokan Shimizu also has a nostalgic-looking <strong>cafe<\/strong> that would have been a great place to relax after my bath, but my host was waiting in the car for me outside, so it would have to wait for another trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204551\/DSC4839-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryokan Shimizu at Yunohira Onsen, Oita Prefecture, Japan\" class=\"wp-image-44622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204551\/DSC4839-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204551\/DSC4839-357x500.jpg 357w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204551\/DSC4839.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting to Yunohira Onsen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to access Yunohira Onsen is by car; in fact, many of the sites around Yufu city are most convenient to access if you can drive yourself. <strong>Rental car facilities<\/strong> are available at any of the airports or major train stations in Oita or surrounding prefectures. If you do come by train, you may need to reserve a taxi in advance to pick you up from Yunohira station. Information is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yunohira-onsen.jp\/info-access.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"ek-link\">Yunohira webpage in Japanese<\/a> but you can use Google Translate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"44628\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"chimney in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu\" class=\"wp-image-44628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204412\/DSC4762.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44653\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"cobbled streets in an onsen town in Japan\" class=\"wp-image-44653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/14204320\/DSC4770.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by Tourism Oita As we approached the main street of Yunohira Onsen (\u6e6f\u5e73\u6e29\u6cc9), I was a bit surprised. Thirty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":44612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1415,1],"tags":[1298,1722,1324,1383],"class_list":{"0":"post-44749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-accommodation","8":"category-kyushu","9":"category-sponsored","10":"tag-oita","11":"tag-old-town","12":"tag-onsen","13":"tag-ryokan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yunohira Onsen: Peaceful Relaxation in Oita&#039;s Underrated Onsen Town<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The peaceful town of Yunohira Onsen has been a hot springs destination for over 800 years, open to anyone who comes to enjoy a day in Oita.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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