Myoban onsen, in Beppu, Oita-prefecture

 

Myoban onsen located in Beppu, where the Yunohana or Alum have been collected

since more than 200 years ago.  Myoban means Alum in Japanese.

Myoban is a geothermal area located at an altitude of 400 metre at the middle

Garan mountain and a little away from the center of Beppu.

Yunohana koya or Alum hut with the straw roof which is the Alum collecting facility

can be visited.