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Traditional Ryokan Hotspring Hotel - Aso's Volcanic Onsen Village, Kurokawa!

I woke up early to have a bath before we checked out. Jives also went. The baths in OIta might have been my favourite thus far, as both the indoor and outdoor baths were huge! I could soak in the water all day, but that is probably not great for your health. We sat and enjoyed a coffee from the vending machine before packing up and heading to the train station at 7am ish for our 8am train to Aso. We got some snacks and sat in a little waiting area on the platform before our train arrived. We got on a Kyushu limited Express train bound for Aso. The train had lovely wooden floors and green and yellow check curtains. It was a pretty short ride and we arrived at Aso station at 10:03am. We then had until 2pm before our bus left for Kurokawa onsen. We looked at quite a few bus timetables…. Which becomes relevant later… Harith wanted to take a bus to Aso volcano crater which sounded pretty neat, but it was raining and pretty foggy. We were all going to go to the crater, but the information about the bus was confusing. The bus ride was 50 minutes but also 5 minutes and cost 1800Yen and also 700Yen.. Also the line for the bus was so long with so many Chinese tourists (like a big tour group). I asked the ticket man which bus it was and he just said yes, dismissing the question. I had a panic attack and had to get out of line. I either needed 700Yen cash immediately or 1800 Yen on my suica card, both of which I did not have…so I exited the line as did Jives. Harith got on the bus and went to the volcano. Jives and myself decided to walk one hour to Aso Temple in the rain, which proved to be a very lovely walk. We walked through farmer fields (down the laneways) and local neighbourhoods with beautiful gardens. We saw so many cosmos and a lovely masterpiece garden that looked like it was someone’s life’s work, with rocks and tiny stone homes and buildings with bridges built into them, each handcrafted and with flowers growing throughout. I was in awe. We wandered down a lovely dense bamboo grove and came to a crossroads where literally every direction was gorgeous, rivers on one side, orange flowers, rice fields and misty mountain ranges. We walked by schools as they announced the lunch break. We also climbed the steps to a little shrine with a persimmon tree full to the max with fruit. The walk was lovely and just what we needed after spending so much time on buses and trains. Aso Temple itself was a huge wooden structure that strongly smelt of fresh Hinoki Japanese Cedar (probably my favourite smell in the world). There wasn’t a lot to see at the temple, but we stood and enjoyed some taiko drumming by a priest before walking back to Aso station. .. continued on our website https://bumblingtourist.com/ If you are thinking about booking a JR Rail Pass ---- https://click.jrpass.com/aff_c?offer_... instagram:   / bumblingtou.  . twitter:   / hollygabel   Music: https://jives-time.bandcamp.com/ 12 GO ASIA!! If you are looking for a cheap way to book train tickets in Asia we highly recommend 12goAsia https://12go.asia/?z=3535989 We have used this site many times and love it!!!!