Tatsumaki Jigoku tours

Today's tour was really fun. I was worried because the weather was cloudy in the morning, but it gradually cleared up, so I took a lot of great pictures. First, I went to the Umi Jigoku (sea hell), then the safari, and finally to Kawakami in Yufuin-cho. Kodama Rikuto's explanation was perfect, and the English explanation was easy to understand. He explained Umi Jigoku in detail, and at the safari, I was even able to see the cheetah, which is usually inside its enclosure. I was also very grateful that he sent Korean explanations of the origin and disasters of Kawakami in Yufuin-cho separately via KakaoTalk to the Koreans. He was a really great guide. Thank you. Thank you for sending me the restaurant you know via KakaoTalk at the end. I won't spread the word. 😆😆😆😆

My wife and I had a wonderful day of Yufuin and Beppu day trip. We explored the beautiful scenery, sampled local delicacies and soaked feet in the hot springs, very relaxed. Our tour guide is Hedy. She is friendly and helpful. She was really beneficial to us. She gave historical background and suggested a good selection of delicious foods to try. At every stop, She would remind us to use the restroom.

Booking through Klook eliminates the hassle of trying to snag tickets online for the Yufuin no Mori scenic train. Plus, taking a tour bus directly to Kyushu Natural Animal Park is much easier than renting a car. Our tour guide, Lily, was fantastic – attentive, providing insightful commentary, and sharing travel tips for Japan. Highly recommended!

kudos to our tour guide Kevin of JRT Roaming Japan. He’s very accommodating and very helpful. We had a memorable experience.

Joined a day tour in Kyushu today, covering four attractions. I thought the pace would be rushed, but it wasn't tiring at all because the driver and tour guide arranged everything so well. Our guide, Jin, was practically a walking encyclopedia! His explanations were interesting and funny, even the elders and kids listened attentively to his stories. **First stop: Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell) Bicolor Hot Spring Spectacle ♨️** The blue and red hot spring pools are actually two different mineral compositions. Our guide, Jin, explained very carefully why two pools so close together would have different colors. **Second stop: Kyushu Animal Forest 🦁** I thought the elders and teenagers would find watching animals boring, but they all turned into "wow wow wow" while constantly taking pictures of the animals. Although we couldn't ride the cage car to feed the animals, we still took many beautiful animal photos while riding in the air-conditioned bus. My family was most happy about feeding the ponies and touching the kangaroos. **Third stop: Yufuin Street Food Guide 🍡** Before getting off the bus, our guide, Jin, provided each family with a Yufuin food map. We took the elders and youngsters to explore the street food, trying different local delicacies, but the weather was really hot! **Fourth stop: Mt. Yufu Trailhead ⛰️** The last stop of the trip was the Mt. Yufu trailhead. I thought it would be ordinary, planning to take a photo in 10 minutes after getting off the bus, but it turned out to be a super-sized mountain view IMAX theater! The lush green mountains stretched to the horizon, making me feel refreshed!

The vehicle is clean and spacious. The guide, while not particularly chatty or didn’t offer to help load the luggages when picking us up, he was helpful to look for my son’s airpod that fell out of his ear. I did find it costly and puzzling to pay extra 14000 yen for extra hours and driving an empty car back to Fukuoka since we changed accomodation to the last destination of that day’s itinerary (nagabetaki fall, kokonoe yume suspension bridge, tadawara wetland, beppu ropeway, Yufuin), so not going back to Fukuoka. I’m unsure if I’m being charged for the time spent by the driver-guide driving back to Fukuoka alone.

Very good care, from chatting with the company, until the time to pick up as scheduled, the driver took very good care of me, was attentive to details, and gave advice all the way, was on time, very impressive. I will have the opportunity to use the service again.

yufuin is really beautiful! We had the most amazing pork katsu udon all thanks to guide Jing’s recommendation. just get a queue number from the restaurant and use that time to explore yufuin. We purposely chose a weekday mid dec (strangely almost all shops were closed) to go to the safari, unfortunately they had lesser jungle buses in operation so we toured the safari in our coach. remember to go to the petting zoo at the safari. they let you hold the guinea pig on your lap!