Originally Posted by
Taipei
I am not sure you will visit Beppu? I was there two weeks ago, liked the hot springs and the Monkey Park (even though there are like Monkeys in Kaoshiung Taiwan here, the ones here are not so tame) and chance to ride the special trains was a thrill for me (JR Kyushu has some interesting trains).
If we go to Beppu, we will struggle with enough time for the islands , which I'm very keen on. As we will (hopefully) stay at Kurokawa Onsen and Unzen Onsen, we should get to enjoy plenty of nice baths
Originally Posted by
evergrn
I noticed that myself. stylish both inside and out. Feel like they could install a lot more seats per train if they wanted to. here's a pic i took of the train's interior (was a train from Oita)
OP said the 3 days in Sage were for festivals. I'm personally not a huge fan of Beepu. It's okay, but there are onsen places with much better ambiance. Same goes for Beppu.
The train is super cool!
I think Saga will be 3 nights/2 days. 2 nights would probably be enough but it would now cost more to change to 2 nights than stick with 3 as hotel costs have risen. The Karatsu Kunchi festival looks unmissable, the
definitely seems like it's worth half a day, wouldn't you agree?
Originally Posted by
xychromosome
we just got back from a trip to Japan that included a few days in southern Kyushu. I recommend spending some time on the Miyazaki coast. Heading south there are the Easter island replica statutes at Sunmesse, the cliff-side Udo cave shrine and the castle ruins at Obi. The island shrine off Aoshima is also worth a stop and there are some nice beachside bars in the area as well. We also spent a day at the natural hot spring onsen in Kirishima. You can actually see jets of steam shooting out of the ground. If we had more time we would have explored Kagoshima and the sakurajima volcano.
Enjoy your trip!
Thanks a lot, I've planned a day or two for the Miyazaki coast, realistic?