Day 2 of My Oita Prefecture Trip, Japan

February 2026 • Above the Steam, Beyond the City • Day 2 in Beppu, Oita Prefecture takes us from the summit of Mt. Tsurumi all the way down to a beach sand spa — with a geothermal village, a world-class resort, two boiling hell pools, an ancient shrine, and a bamboo cooling system that has been quietly outsmarting modern plumbing for centuries in between. This is Beppu at its fullest, and it did not disappoint.

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