Beppu
6 posts
- 310 Places Japanese Locals Actually Named: The Index
We translated 1,110 comments from 75 Japanese YouTube comment sections — 873,324 likes between them. Every place locals named, indexed by city.
- How to Sleep Cheap in Japan: Locals' Verdict
Japanese business travellers argue it out: which hotel chain is actually best, when a capsule beats a business hotel, and what to avoid outright.
- Japanese visitors say goMost Overrated Places in Japan: Kyushu, Fact-Checked707 likes
Most overrated places in Kyushu? 728 comments sided with Kyushu: wanting easy access to natural scenery is the traveler's mistake, not the place's.
includes “where locals go instead”
- Japanese visitors say goFamous Onsen Towns in Japan: Overrated? Bathers Answer98 likes
Japan's "worst onsen towns" list is really its most famous ones, regulars say — you'd get the same list titled "top 10 most popular" (98 likes).
includes “where locals go instead”
- Onsen in Japan, According to the People Who Go Monthly
Japanese onsen regulars name the baths they actually use, correct the listicles, flag what's closed and hand over their booking tricks.
- Solo Onsen Trips in Japan: How Japanese Regulars Do It166 likes
Japanese onsen regulars' playbook for going alone: the mental hurdle collapses after a single trip (166 likes), and they point solo men at Beppu.
includes “where locals go instead”