
Japan: Kyushu
Kyushu is the southernmost of the big Japanese Islands. It is mountainous, and Japan’s most active volcano, 1,591-metre-high Mount Aso, is on Kyushu. There are many other signs of tectonic activity, including numerous areas of hot springs. The most famous of these are in Beppu, on Kyushu’s eastern shore. I arrive in Beppu after nightfall and meet a Japanese-Austrian guy and soon find myself heading with him […]