Kokonoe
Built around mountain hamlets and hot-spring settlements, Kokonoe grew into a rural town in western Ōita Prefecture. Its broad territory extends from forested valleys of the Kusu River toward the Kuju Mountains, part of Aso-Kuju National Park. The town is known for Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi, a 390-metre pedestrian suspension bridge crossing the Naruko River gorge. Onsen culture remains central, notably at Hōsenji Onsen, where the settlement developed around thermal water. Inland Kyushu here is shaped less by a single urban centre than by scattered communities, river corridors and mountain roads linking the valleys.
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Among the towns of Oita Prefecture, Kokonoe stands out for its highland terrain beneath the Kuju Mountains, part of Kyushu’s Aso-Kuju volcanic region. Forests, valleys and hot-spring settlements extend across this large rural municipality, while the Yamanami Highway runs through the uplands towards the Kuju area. The 390-metre Kokonoe Yume Otsuribashi pedestrian suspension bridge, opened in 2006, crosses the Naruko River valley and faces Shindo Falls. Onsen communities including Hōsenji and Sujiyu give Kokonoe a quieter character than Oita’s larger resort centres. Move on to other webcams in Oita Prefecture to compare mountain country and hot-spring settings around Kokonoe.
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