Yufuin Kenko Onsenkan

Insider tip — Kenko Onsenkan serves the Yufuin highland basin of Yufu City at the foot of Mount Yufu (1,584m), the perfectly conical active volcano visible from every point in this celebrated Ōita resort district. Yufuin has developed one of Japan most sophisticated thermal resort cultures — the Kinrinko lake at the valley center produces photogenic morning mists each winter as warm spring-fed water evaporates in the cold mountain air — and the village has maintained a human-scale aesthetic of traditional inns, boutique galleries, and craft shops that has made it Japan most visited onsen destination outside Beppu.