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Japan's Crazy Hotspring Town, Beppu! The Seven Hells of Beppu, Oita, Kyushu Japan!

The plan was to wake up at 3:15am and have a bath, as my experience the night before in the hotspring hadn’t been great, but when I woke up it was 5:15am, oh no! So I went up to the top floor to have a bath anyway. Three ladies were in the bath, one was older and storming about the bath…the other two were in the outdoor bath sort of. They ladies were sitting on the edge of the bath having a loud conversation and blocking all the ways into that particular bath. I think I understand why the older woman was so upset. I had heard numerous times that sitting on the edge of the bath is taboo, as that is where a lot of people rest their heads when they are soaking in the water. I washed and went to sit in the indoor bath for quite awhile, as the ladies outside talked. When the ladies finally left, I went and sat in the outdoor bath which was much warmer. Both the indoor and outdoor baths were much larger than at the last hotel in Miyazaki. So far the baths in OIta have been my favourite of the trip. I then tried out the small barrel bath which was filled with milk mineral rich water. As you get into the barrel the mass of your body displaces so much of the water over the top of the barrel. The water was lovely and warm. After soaking in there I rinsed off, dried and went to sit in the manga room with the vending machines for post onsen milk drinks. I caught up quite a bit on my journal writing and waited for the boys to wake up. Jives joined me at around 7:30am. We set out on our day’s adventure at 8:30am. First we headed to Detour restaurant nearby for breakfast. I got coffee and a hot tuna melt. We then headed to the JR station to reserve seats on the train to Aso the following morning. We put some more money on our Suica cards and then headed to the platform to catch the Sonic Express train to Beppu. The train ride was only 8 minutes long!! The train was old-timey, maybe early 60’s? With metal seats and wooden floors. We arrived at Beppu station at 9am and headed to the JR booth to get our station stamps in our books. We then headed to the tourism office, as I assumed they would have stamps as well, and they had MANY stamps! All the stamps were handmade as well! The most popular thing in the tourism office was the stamps, as we had to que to get them. The one guy working behind the counter there said “ I will have to make more stamps” . We then purchased our pass to enter the seven hells of Beppu. For 2000 Yen you get a voucher to give in at the first hell you visit, they then give you a little ticket book containing a ticket for each of the seven hells. I should probably clarify what a “hell” is… each hell is a different type of hot spring or natural hot water phenomenon. Each hell sort of had it’s one speciality ie. “the white one” “the crocodile one” etc… We exited the tourism office and went to check out a hand bath nearby. There was a blonde girl in the hand bath, maybe 6 years old. An older Japanese man came up to Jives and I and told us that our daughter was beautiful…. I told him she wasn’t our child, but he didn’t seem to understand and I didn’t see her parents nearby. Eventually a blonde German lady came up and said “don’t worry that girl isn’t unaccompanied”..we laughed. The lady said she was from Germany and her husband was from Italy, but they lived in Holland. We then walked to an odd Tengu shrine nearby, only an eight minute walk away. There was a HUGE tengu head in a small shrine, which gets paraded out during special events. A tengu is a character from Japanese folklore, better known as “yokai”. They have bright red faces and very large noses, some have wings, but others don’t. We then walked to our first hell, Oniyama Jigoku. We handed in our vouchers from the tourism office and received a little ticket booklet each. You remove the ticket portion at each hell and hand it in to get entrance. Oniyama Jigoku is the “Crocodile Hell”. The hotspring here is literally a breeding ground for crocodiles, as it is the ideal temperature for them. The hotspring was super steamy with not too much to see, so we walked around the crocodile pens. I felt weird about the crocodiles being in captivity, but if the environment is ideal for them… I had conflicting feelings. This was probably my least favourite of the seven hells. We then walked to a small foot bath and soaked our feet up before climbing a tiny staircase to a mystery temple, deep in a bamboo grove. .. 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!!!!