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Our guide
Yabakei is a gorge spanning the town of Kusu and the city of Nakatsu in Ōita, a Place of Scenic Beauty within Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park, chosen in the Shōwa era as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan. Yabakei was also the name of a town, merged into Nakatsu in 2005.
Please note that on 11 April 2018 a landslide struck a mountain slope here without any rain; three houses were buried and six people died. We have not checked current conditions, roads or a public-transport route, so look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Yamakunigawa River and Mount Kyoshuho from Zenkaibashi Bridge 2 — そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Yabakei Hitome-Hakkei panoramic photography 2014 — PekePON · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Tatehata no Kei02 — STA 3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Ryumon-no-taki Falls - 01 — JKT-c · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Panorama of Mount Kyoshuho from Rest House Domon — そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Ao no Domon tunnel 2 — Uploaded to wikipedia by UE-PON on 03 May 2007 and upload to commons by STA3816 on 12 June 2010. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yabakei-2783-r1 — 河川一等兵 · Public domain · source · resized
- Farmland in Shin-Yabakei Valley — そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Yabakei Eboshi-iwa 2014 — PekePON · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Yabakei Senninn-ga-iwa 2014 — PekePON · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The gorge of Yabakei (耶馬渓) is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty spanning the municipalities of Kusu and Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Located within Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park, it was selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan during the Shōwa era. Yabakei was formerly the name of a town, but was merged into Nakatsu Municipality in 2005. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, official confirmed report, in despite the absence of rain, suddenly landslides occurred on the mountain slope, three houses were buried in the place and six people lost their lives on 11 April 2018.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Lakes & falls
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