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A torii standing in Lake Kinrin in thick morning mist, red maple leaves and a lakeside building at rightTwin-peaked Mt. Yufu above a stream and houses in spring greenA lake with houses on the far shore and white steam rising from the wooded hillside behindA cloud-capped mountain above a stream lined with bare trees and houses, yellow flowers on the near bank

Yufuin, Oita

Yufuin: What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Yufuin's town sights start at JR Yufuin Station: Yunotsubo Kaido runs about 800 m from Shirataki Bridge, Lake Kinrin can be wrapped in morning mist on cold mornings from autumn through winter, and the communal baths cost ¥200–¥300. The station building is closed for repairs until around winter 2026; trains use a temporary building beside it.

The pages below split the town the way a trip does: what to do, and which of three bases to sleep in: near the station, by Yunotsubo Kaido and Lake Kinrin, or on the hillsides facing Mt. Yufu.

Yufuin: things to do, where to stay