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Works of two of Japan’s best-known modernist sculptors and artists fill this private museum, making it feel a bit like entering their home, full of an easy intimacy.

The picturesque emblem of Yufuin, this geothermal lake has a remarkable beauty that is best appreciated when the air is chilly.

Examples of some of the world’s best-known sports cars appear alongside motorcycles, a bus and even a few small planes in this private collection.

Soft light streaming through colored windows suggests the north of England, but this museum is in the thoroughly Japanese neighborhood of Yufuin.

Japan of the 1950s is reproduced in remarkable detail in a museum celebrating the daily life of a recently passed era.

Mind-bending optical illusions offer opportunities for photos, special events and good fun on rainy days right off Yufuin’s main tourist street.

If museums are on your list of things to see, you might want to browse the collections at Kyushu Yufuin Folk Village in Yufuin Onsen. If you want to see more of the museums in Yufuin, you can easily walk to Yufuin Trick Art Meikyukan Museum or Yufuin Stained Glass Museum.

If you want to give your credit card some exercise, head out to Yunotsubo Kaido in Yufuin Onsen.