Hello… We’ve travelled a lot since I was last here. We left Kyushu, went to Shikoku and as of yesterday, we are in Nikko… North of Tokyo!! I am seriously going to need to sleep for a week when we get home.
until then… The adventures continue.
So, Rachel trotted off to Hiroshima and Jeff and I went to Beppu, a town renowned for its numerous hot springs!
Dunno who the guy is but… He is outside the station. Speaking of the train station… Cracked me up every time we got to the station. The town is pronounced ‘Be’ (short vowel as in bed) then ‘poo’
but the train platform announcement did it in a hilarious way… The ‘poo’ was done at a much higher pitch. I wish I had a recording.
Anyway, we found our hotel and settled in. (Which in our case means…. Made a big mess of the room)
Before mess.
We booked in to a private bath, popped on our provided yukatas, toddled over the road and scrubbed up!
The first night we had the mosaic bath
There is a spot for your clothes etc
Then there is the spot for you to sit and soap up and wash
Then there you hope in the scalding hot volcano heated waters and relax!!
It flows out of the corner here.
Jeff did well to stay in as long as he did. I cope with the hot water better. But I do jump out and get under the cold shower and go back in again.
The second night we went to the cedar bath tub
Washing spot had two showers…
Nice but seemed hotter than the first one!
Then on the last night I went off down the street with my bath bag…
Posting pic again because I love it…
To the oldest bath house in Beppu
Takegawara Onsen.
and damn that water is HOT!! It was such a fabulous building. But I was pink by the time I got out!!!
Hotel view
Local street view. Er… We might have been in a red light district. There were some… Interesting sights 😂😂
And we found Tengu down one of the arcades!
ok… Better sleep. Hiking plans tomorrow!
xxx
