Originally Posted by
Sunnyhere
I bought the fourteen day Japan Rail Pass and didn't feel it deserved a new thread. I don't have much of an itinerary planned, though I suspect I'll be down to Beppu Onsen and up the Hokkaido. I'm intrigued by Obama-shi, so a stop there may be in order.
Skip Beppu, hit Yufuin instead... Beppu is definitely overbuilt. If you like pachinko, though, it's the place for you.