Beppu and the Rugby World Cup

A Shout Out to the World Cup of Rugby
On our recent trip to Japan, we found hints of the Rugby World Cup to come in Beppu

A large depiction of a rugby ball to commemorate the World Cup of Rugby coming to Oita.

During our trip to Japan, we spent time in Beppu, near the city of Oita, on the most southern main island of Kyushu.

Beppu was paying tribute to the upcoming World Cup of Rugby, which was schedule less than a year after we were there.

Beppu is a veritable hotbed of geothermal activity. We walked from our AirBnB to the Hoyo Land hot springs for a mud bath onsen. Along the way, we saw pipes inserted into the ground to relieve pressure, all of which were steaming into the air.

Beppu is somewhere we would definitely visit again. It was an absolutely delightful location.

A large, sylized statue of a rugby ball (about twenty feet in height) to commemorate the 2019 Rugby World Cup being played in Japan and nearby in Oita.

A shop window display with an autographed Japan rugby jersey in the centre. On each side is a mannequin. The mannequin on the left is cradling a rugby ball in its left arm and is dressed as a New Zealand All Black. The mannequin on the right is dressed in the national rugby uniform of Japan.

A promotional poster for the Rugby World Cup, featuring the New Zealand All Blacks doing their pre-game hakka.

A stylized storm sewer cover with a yellow background and a stylized fire truck featured.

Houses in the foreground and a mountain in the background. In the middle of the frame is a pipe, embedded in the ground, from which a significant amount of steam is rising.

Shot of a hill in the background with steam rising from a dozen or more locations, evidence of geothermal activity beneath the surface.

Photo on a sidewalk block showing a streetcar from the early 20th century. The inscription says that in Meiji 33 (about 1901), a streetcar line opened between Hamanwaki and Oita.

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A Shout Out to the World Cup of Rugby On our recent trip to Japan, we found hints of the Rugby World Cup to come in Beppu

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A Shout Out to the World Cup of Rugby
On our recent trip to Japan, we found hints of the Rugby World Cup to come in Beppu