Toyotsune Honten

The experience

A no-frills Beppu institution near the Kitahama waterfront frying colossal, grease-free prawn tendon and Oita's signature toriten chicken tempura, ranked the city's #1 restaurant by reviewers. Big portions, tatami seats and an English menu, at prices that feel like a typo.

An onsen-town lunch counter locals queue at — it markets nothing and sells out on turnover, not hype

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.