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Beppu
Day trip to Beppu on the eastern coast of Kyushu. A resort town full of fantastic views, mountains, hot springs and slot machine parlours.

Sex Museum
Sex Museum  |  Total images: 10  |  Date added: 30.04.2007
The girl who organised the previous Ninja Village trip was searching in vain for a sex museum. I found it in Beppu instead, so decided to take a few snaps for her sake.
Jigoku Meguri, or burning hell. This is the name given to the springs. I visited 8 The first hell - Umi-Jigoku Eggs are boiled in this basket The first hell - Umi-Jigoku The first hell - Umi-Jigoku The eggs were heated in the spring, only milk and sugar were added to make this desert. Some gates leading to a small shrine. Some gates leading to a small shrine. A brown pool, still in the first Apparently these things grow so large that kids can walk on them. Since it was early in the season, they were just growing in a nursery I think they meant to say View leaving or entering the first hell. Spring can be seen in the distance This type of thing seems to be popular with the Japanese - at major places they have one of these sign boards with the date on it. The idea is that you get yourself photographed with the signboard. They even had a girl walking up and down on the shinkansen with a board with a picture of the train on it and the date. Hot mud bubbling at the second hell - Oniishibozu-jigoku. Named after shaved monks' heads - the appearance given by the bubbling mud. Big pile of hot rocks with smelly steam coming out below them Oniishibozu-jigoku (2) Big pile of hot rocks with smelly steam coming out below them. Oniishibozu-jigoku (2) More bubbling mud - Oniishibozu-jigoku (2) Walking around in Oniishibozu-jigoku - different pools of mud can be found around the place. Bubbling mud - Oniishibozu-jigoku (2) Foot baths where very popular Hell number 3 - Yama-Jigoku - this one also contained a small zoo for children. Steaming hot water can be seen gushing forth from this one. Yama-jigoku (3) This spring supported a whole lot of animals in a kind of zoo. The hot spring water provides a tropical habitat for them. Hungry hungry hippo... Sure there might be a hot spring to keep this elephant warm, but I did think the enclosure could have been a lot bigger! Lamas This demon character is supposed to guard the spring... Hell number 4 - Kamado-Jigoku This demon character is supposed to guard the spring... Kamado-Jigoku (4) Pool of heated water. Kamado-Jigoku (4) Bubbling mud - Kamado-Jigoku (4) Kamado-Jigoku (4) - large light blue spring Kamado-Jigoku (4) - large light blue spring Kamado-Jigoku (4) - large light blue spring Yet another foot bath... Hell number 5 - Oniyama-Jigoku. This sign explains that the spring makes it a suitable location for breeding crocodiles. How lucky! I bet someone was searching all over Japan for a way to breed crocodiles, and they found the solution here! Oniyama-Jigoku (5). I didn't find the object mentioned in the sign Yes they were indeed breeding crocodiles at this spring. Yes they were indeed breeding crocodiles at this spring. Hell number 6 - Shiraike-Jigoku. Shiraike-Jigoku (6) Hell number 7 - Chinoike-Jigoku Hell number 7 - Chinoike-Jigoku Hell number 8 - Tatsumaki-Jigoku. Apparently I was very lucky - this spring only shoots this water spout every 30 minutes... Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - view to the gardens. Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - visitors watching the spring Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - the gardens Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - the gardens Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - Some flowers Tatsumaki-Jigoku (8) - the gardens This was the front of some sort of strange hotel that I snapped from the taxi. The main entrance looked like it was supposed to be something out of Jurassic Park... Travelling up the Beppu Ropeway Travelling up the Beppu Ropeway Travelling up the Beppu Ropeway Near the top of Mount Tsurumi. Looking down on Beppu from Mt. Tsurumi View from the top of Mt. Tsurumi View from the top of Mt. Tsurumi. Beppu is in the foreground, Oita visible in the background. View from the top of Mt. Tsurumi - volcano crater visible View from the top of Mt. Tsurumi Huge slot machine parlours were found all over the beach front area.

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