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Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway
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Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway

Kokubu is Kirishima city's hub — gateway to the great vermilion shrine, the volcanic highland trails and some…

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Best Hotels Near Beppu Station | The Steaming Capital of Onsen Japan
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Best Hotels Near Beppu Station | The Steaming Capital of Onsen Japan

Beppu produces more hot-spring water than anywhere in Japan — hells to tour, sand to be buried in,…

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Best Hotels Near Okaido Station | The Castle Ropeway Crossing
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Best Hotels Near Okaido Station | The Castle Ropeway Crossing

Okaido is Matsuyama's downtown crossing — castle ropeway up the street, arcades in both directions, izakaya lanes behind,…

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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama Station | The JR Gateway to Ehime
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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama Station | The JR Gateway to Ehime

JR Matsuyama Station is Ehime's rail gateway — newly rebuilt, tram-connected to the castle and Dogo Onsen, and…

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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama City Station | The Iyotetsu Hub of the Castle Town
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Best Hotels Near Matsuyama City Station | The Iyotetsu Hub of the Castle Town

Matsuyama City Station is the busiest station in Shikoku's biggest city — the Iyotetsu hub where trams leave…

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Best Hotels Near Matsue-Shinjiko-Onsen Station | The Lakeside Terminus
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Best Hotels Near Matsue-Shinjiko-Onsen Station | The Lakeside Terminus

A terminus with its own footbath — lakeside onsen rooms, sunset water, and the beloved little line to…

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Best Hotels Near Kurayoshi Station | White Walls & Radium Baths
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Best Hotels Near Kurayoshi Station | White Walls & Radium Baths

White-walled storehouses along a carp stream — and the world-famous radium baths of Misasa up the valley.

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Best Hotels Near Yonago Station | Daisen’s Port City & the Ghost Platform
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Best Hotels Near Yonago Station | Daisen’s Port City & the Ghost Platform

Mt. Daisen above, seaside onsen beside, and a ghost-numbered platform where yokai trains depart for Kitaro's town.

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Best Hotels Near Unazuki-Onsen Station | The Kurobe Gorge’s Hot-Spring Door
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Best Hotels Near Unazuki-Onsen Station | The Kurobe Gorge’s Hot-Spring Door

Where the gorge railway leaves civilization — emerald-river baths, canyon maples, and ryokan that have hosted a century…

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Best Hotels Near Kofu Station | Shingen’s Capital, Wine & Crystal Gorges
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Best Hotels Near Kofu Station | Shingen’s Capital, Wine & Crystal Gorges

Takeda Shingen's basin capital — hoto noodles, a hilltop castle, Japan's prettiest gorge and wine country on the…

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