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吉富町巡回バス(福岡県)のバス停
Yoshitomi town hall,Fukuoka prefecture,Japan
Yoshitomi Shibata 6R paddock / Japan cup day
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Yoshitomi

Fukuoka, Japan · Asia

About Yoshitomi

Yoshitomi is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Buzen, 42km from Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri).

Yoshitomi is in Fukuoka, Japan, with about 6,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Buzen, about 4 km away.

Yoshitomi (吉富町, Yoshitomi-machi) is a town located in Chikujō District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2 December 2023, the town had an estimated population of 6,617 in 3075 households, and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the town is 5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi).

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Within an hour or so of Yoshitomi: Aonodōmon (11 km), Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri) (42 km), Kawachi Wisteria Garden (44 km), Tsuetate Onsen (49 km).

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Yoshitomi is in Fukuoka, Japan, about 4 km from Buzen.

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Quick Information

Population
6,875
Continent
Asia
Country
Japan
Region
Fukuoka
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
33.6025, 131.1760

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Japan

Police
110
Ambulance
119
Fire
119
Driving side
left

Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.

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Worth the detour from Yoshitomi

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

tunnel

Aonodōmon

A tunnel hand-cut through a cliff on the Yamakuni River, begun by the monk Zenkai in 1735 and reputedly dug over three decades to spare travellers a lethal chain path. Sections of the original chiselled bore survive alongside the road.

11 km · about 20 min drive

natural wonder

Beppu Hells (Jigoku Meguri)

A collection of spectacular hot spring vents in Beppu producing steaming pools of vivid blue, red, and milky-white water.

42 km · about 50 min drive

photogenic

Kawachi Wisteria Garden

A private hillside garden near Kitakyushu with two long tunnels of trained wisteria in some twenty colours, flowering for a few weeks in late April and early May. Entry is by advance dated ticket.

44 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Tsuetate Onsen

A narrow ravine village straddling the Kumamoto–Oita border where steam vents rise between old wooden inns and footbridges. In spring hundreds of carp streamers are strung across the gorge.

49 km · about 55 min drive

waterfall

Nabegataki Falls

A broad, low curtain of water falling from an overhanging ledge, allowing visitors to walk along a path behind the entire span of the fall. A short descent from the car park in northern Kumamoto.

53 km · about 60 min drive

landmark

Kurokawa Onsen

A hot-spring village in the Aso highlands that banned neon and concrete facades, so wooden inns and stone-walled riverside baths dominate. A single wooden pass grants entry to three open-air baths of your choice.

58 km · about 65 min drive

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  • Right hereAonodōmonA tunnel hand-cut through a cliff on the Yamakuni River, begun by the monk Zenkai in 1735 and reputedly dug over three decades to spare travellers a lethal chain path. Sections of the original chiselled bore survive alongside the road.

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