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Hyotan Onsen

We went here after braving Beppu’s seven hells, and it was a good way to wash off all the kitsch. The baths are straightforward but well-designed, particularly the 打たせ waterfall baths on the men’s side (with narrow streams falling 20 feet or so for extra pressure)


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