Kicking it in Oita

A Guide to the Onsen Prefecture

Welcome back to another installment of my area guide series. Lately, it seems like I’m pounding out these incredibly in-depth articles at a breakneck pace. Today, we’ll be exploring Oita Prefecture in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s main islands. Often hailed as the “onsen prefecture,” Oita and its mountainous terrain is home to many natural hot spring. Of course, chief…