A side trip to Japan

After a week in Seoul, we headed to the Inchon airport for a little side trip to Japan.
The flight to the big city of Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu took just over an hour.

Kyushu was formed from many many uplifting volcanoes and still to this day this is a land of hot springs everywhere. Our plan was to first stay in Beppu on the Pacific coast and possibly visit Aso volcano. A gigantic active caldera over 80 miles in diameter, Aso is the largest in the world encompassing towns, cities and train lines. Our plan to visit was cancelled however due to poisonous gas emissions. We stayed the first three nights in Beppu on the Pacific coast and visited Yufuin, an art colony in the hills above.

Here's a few views of Yufuin including an unlikely car museum!