Kyushu is an area which is located in the westernmost of JApan. Kyushu means that there used to be 9 states in Edo era. There are many active volcano, so you can go to good hot springs anywhere. I can say that Kyushu is the closest to the world because there is ship lines to Korea, China or Taiwan from Kyushu. (3/89, 8/91, 1/94, 1/97, 8/97, 4/04, 3/07, 5/13)