Here and there but not quite everywhere!
After enjoying the in-room onsen and breakfast at the アマネリゾート ガハマ Amane Resort Gahama, we took the train to 阿蘇 Aso in 熊本県 Kumamoto Prefecture. We checked into the フェアフィールド･バイ･マリオット･熊本阿蘇 Fairfield by Marriott Kumamoto Aso and took the あそぼーい Aso Boy one stop over to 宮地 Miyaji where we visited the 阿蘇神社 Aso-jinja. We returned to Aso for dinner and watched an illuminated fountain show near the station in the evening.
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We enjoyed breakfast and our in-room onsen at the アマネリゾート ガハマ Amane Resort Gahama before visiting nearby Oita in the afternoon. We didn’t do much, mainly visited AMU Plaza and its rooftop garden as well as the pop-up Super Mario x JR Kyushu shop, before returning to Beppu for an early dinner. And more onsen time, of course!
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After waking up at the Grand Hyatt Fukuoka, we walked around the Tenjin neighborhood for a bit and had a mentaiko lunch. We then checked out and took the JR Kyushu limited express Yufu over to Yunohira, a small rural onsen village in northeastern Kyushu near Beppu and Yufuin. Upon arrival, we checked in to the ゆのひら上柳屋 Yunohira Kamiyanagiya, a seven room onsen ryokan, and went out to explore the village before returning to enjoy the ryokan’s dinner and onsen.
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After checking out of the Courtyard in Kyoto, we took the Shinkansen to Hakata on the island of Kyushu. We visited the 櫛田神社 Kushida and 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi shrines and had some ramen before checking in to the グランド ハイアット 福岡 Grand Hyatt Fukuoka at キャナルシティ博多 Canal City Hakata. Later in the evening, we watched Canal City’s water and light shows behind the hotel.
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After arriving at Geneva, we took the train over to Lyon and checked into the InterContinental Hotel Dieu. We then walked around the Presqu’ile district of the city before having dinner in the evening.
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