The Hells Beppu

I tend to travel hard. It's an all day, every day activity. There are just so many sights to see and things to experience. But that doesn’t mean that every once in a while there’s not room for a day of relaxation and rejuvenation.

We ended up staying in Hiroshima a lot longer than we intended, so by the time we were heading to …

... for warming their homes, cooking food and they have the largest hot water system you can think of flowing right under their house! The 'Hells' is what they call some of the pools of extremely hot springs that sit bubbling away at around 100oC. Some ...

... sounding operation where they bury you in hot sand, till you can stand no more. We went for a look at some other baths called the Hells (Jigoku), not suitable for a dip, because they are far too hot, hellishly so. I had long been saying to Anita "Go ...

Welcome to Heaven or Hell   Beppu the Hells of Japan.   As our cramped. Made for Japanese, stopping for three hours so everyone can get a, little rest, overnight bus from Hiroshima to the island of Kyushu approached Beppu...You could see ...

... it is a common vacation spot for Japanese tourists.  On Sunday, we took a bus to the Kannawa area to check out the hells (jigoku) which are spots where hot spring pools have been turned into mini amusement parks.  We went into the White Pool ...

... me. It seemed a lot of these houses had their own private backyard onsens (hot baths). We found some bamboo forests as well. After the hells, Mike went off and did his own thing (an ongoing trend), while Dave and I took a trip to the supposedly No.1 ...

... form.  Once we arrived in Beppu, we checked in, checked out our ocean view, and our Western/Japanese style accommodation and headed to the hells of Beppu.  The hells of Beppu is a number of Jigoku, hot springs that you can't bathe in as they ...

... Japan that has become a bit of a spa town, renowned for its numerous onsens, aka hot springs.  I was incredibly unimpressed with the hells, essentially onsens that you look at but can't touch.  What fun are hot springs if you can't soak in ...

... in, and I went for a lovely walk by the beach while Mom got ready.  After lunch we went out to the "hells" area.  Beppu is known for its hot springs.  In fact there are some places where the geothermal activity is so forceful; it creates ...

... your towel with you but it ended up being quite good fun and only costs 50p. Nicer than the hostels showers anyway. Going to see the hells tomorrow which are springs which you cant bathe in as far too hot there is one that has bright red water one that ...

... lovely in it's own right. At this point, N. had to go off, and I wanted to see one of the main attractions of Beppu, the 'hells' which are hotsprings that are too hot for human use.  There are about 20 in the city of all colours and types (even a ...