Taketa is lucky enough to boast that its Nagayu Onsen is ranked number one in the annual Kyushu Onsen Contest. Oita is known to be the prefecture of Onsen, so maybe, just maybe, Nagayu Onsen can be considered the best Onsen of all! You can sit back and relax in a unique carbonated onsen known for its medicinal properties. “Medicine for the heart and stomach” a phrased coined by those in the Showa period (1926).