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Yufuin must see attractions

1. Kinrin Lake

When mist creates a cloud over the surface of the warm water, Kinrin Lake seems like a portal to another world, suffused with a potent magic. Fed by a volcanic spring at its base and other springs whose cooler streams pour in, the lake stays warm year round with the same geothermal energy that feeds the onsen baths throughout Yufuin. Knowing how it works doesn’t make it any less magical in early morning, when the contrast between hot water and cold air creates the lake’s signature fog. Start the day here to be full of the relaxing energy that makes Yufuin such a popular destination.
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Kinrin Lake

2. Yufuin Stained Glass Museum

Everything in the Yufuin Stained Glass Museum, from the bricks to the furniture, was imported from Europe. Japan’s first full-scale stained-glass museum is a celebration both of this distinctly European art form and of European culture more generally, perfect for a town modeled on the continent’s spa towns. Visit for the art and the pleasing cultural dissonance.
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Yufuin Stained Glass Museum

3. Showa Retro Park

Although the Showa Retro Park is a blast from the past, in many ways it celebrates change. It is seemingly dedicated to the entire Showa Period, during the reign of Emperor Hirohito, from 1926 to 1989. In particular it celebrates the Showa 30s (1955-1965), an era of radical shifts in Japanese history.
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Showa Retro Park

4. Yufuin Retro Motor Museum

The founder of Yufuin Retro Motor Museum, a town local, has amassed quite an impressive collection of motor vehicles. With a collection of 70 cars, 30 motorcycles, tricycles, small airplanes and retro buses, he is one of the region’s biggest amateurs and opened the museum in 1988. Get a sense both of his own idiosyncratic tastes and the history of Japan’s mechanized transport at a museum right off Yufuin’s main street.
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Yufuin Retro Motor Museum

5. Bussanji Temple

With its heavy thatched roof, Bussanji Temple announces its heritage at first glance. Though the history is hazy, legend says that a monk founded the shrine more than a thousand years ago after receiving an oracle at Kirishima Shrine, at the southern end of the island. He carved a statue of Kannon bodhisattva and placed it on Mount Yufu, where a monastery grew up around it. There it remained until the late 16th century, when an earthquake brought the statue down to the valley and the people of Yufuin built a temple where it fell. Sense the deep spirituality of the space, which has been a center of religious life in the village for a very long time.
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Bussanji Temple

6. Norman Rockwell Yufuin Museum

Yufuin may not be the most obvious place to celebrate midcentury American illustration, but the Normal Rockwell Yufuin Museum serves this role quite nicely. The art here is made up of private works owned by several Yufuin families, who saw captured in the illustrations a common sensibility.
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Norman Rockwell Yufuin Museum

7. Yufuin Trick Art Meikyukan Museum

Riding a flying carpet may be impossible in real life, but after a visit to Yufuin Trick Art Meikyukan Museum, you’ll have pictures proving you did. The museum was created by Masashi Hattori, a Japanese artist who specializes in optical illusion paintings. On a gloomy Yufuin day, when outdoor activities offer only sodden jeans, spend an hour going from painting to painting, letting the tricky techniques warp your understanding of space.
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Yufuin Trick Art Meikyukan Museum

What to do in Yufuin

Free Things to Do in Yufuin

Leave your wallet in the hotel. It's easy to have fun in Yufuin without surrendering a penny.

Kinrin Lake - Take things slow and enjoy a bit of time out beside the water.

Unagihime Shrine - Whatever your religious leanings, this place will invoke a sense of reverence.

Things to Do in Yufuin with Kids

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Frequently asked questions

What to do in Yufuin on a sunny day?
You won’t want to be lazing around in the hotel when you could be outdoors experiencing a Fukuoka to Oita: Dazaifu, Yufuin & Beppu Hell Tour.
Are there cheap things to do in Yufuin?
Sign up for a Showa Retro Park Yufuin Showakan -ALWAYS- Admission Ticket and put the money you save toward more fabulous adventures.
What can you do in Yufuin for free?
Give your bank account a well-deserved rest by visiting Kinrin Lake and Unagihime Shrine.

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