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Myoban Yunosato (Yunohana Huts) みょうばん湯の里

Thatched yunohana huts where Myoban's famous bath-salt crystals are still grown by an Edo-period technique, plus a big milky-blue outdoor bath with views down the valley to Beppu Bay.

Hours10:00-19:00 (last entry 18:00, approx.)

ClosedOpen daily

PriceBath (adult): ¥600
Bath (age 4-elementary): ¥300
Hut viewing: Free

Getting thereJizo-yu-mae bus stop (Kamenoi Bus), 2 min walk

Time needed1-1.5 hours

Best timeLate morning

AddressMyoban, Beppu, Oita

About

Myoban is the steamiest corner of Beppu, and Yunosato is where you see why: rows of low thatched sheds (yunohana-goya) in which volcanic gas seeps up through a bed of blue clay to grow yunohana, natural bath-salt crystals, using a method dating to the 1700s and recognised as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan. You can peer into the demonstration hut for free and buy the crystals to take home. The day-bath building has a large rock-lined outdoor pool of cloudy, sulphur-scented water facing down the valley, plus bookable private baths. The shop and cafe sell yunohana products, jigoku-mushi pudding and dango-jiru.

Highlights

Thatched yunohana huts using an Edo-period crystal-making technique
Free look inside the demonstration hut
Large milky-blue outdoor bath with a view down to Beppu Bay
Yunohana bath salts, the classic Beppu souvenir

Tips

Pair it with Okamotoya's jigoku-mushi pudding a few minutes uphill
Smell of sulphur clings to clothes: bring a spare shirt
Private family baths are bookable by the hour
Hours vary by source: arrive before 18:00 to be safe

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Myoban Yunosato (Yunohana Huts) みょうばん湯の里

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