Beppu

This was the last day of my rail pass, and I squeezed the heck out of it. I got an early train for the mountains and enjoyed the morning reading and looking out the window.

In beppu there isn’t much to do but relax and see some tourist stuff. Apparently, there’s some kind of animal park.

I have questions

The main attraction is the “hells of beppu.”

Instead of onsen hotels, they took the hot water and created this string of hot water pools. It’s super touristy, but why not?

The shtick here is that you eat the eggs and steamed pork buns cooked with geothermal heat
An egg-cooking basket
Looks neat but I suspect that the effect of the steam is a bit contrived
The gardens are beautiful, and the flowers bloom out of season because of warm water
It tastes like an egg
Some kind of clay, I guess
The water tasted salty
Don’t mind if I do!
Bacteria makes the red color?
As you go down the hill, the steam pools get crappier and more tourist attraction-y.

I skipped the last 2. Instead, I walked around the little town, and it’s pretty charming.

Apparatus for capturing the heat?
There’s many free public footbaths
You can get a nice steaming just walking down the street lol

After a coffee i headed back to town.

Nice day, but 5.5 hours on the train was too much.

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