Tag: Beppu
Beppu: To the hells and back
Hell is not somewhere you plan on visiting. But when in Beppu, you should do just that. All eight of them!
From Tokyo, get on a Shinkanshen (Japan’s famous Bullet Train) to Kokura. While a direct train will take you there within five hours, you need to change once at Shin Osaka if you don’t find a direct one. From Kokura, Beppu is less than one-and-a-half hours by a limited express train.
From the station, you can buy tickets that let you enter all the “hells”. Get it and take a bus to the starting point! If you don’t want to spend a day here, you can use lockers at the station to store your luggage for the day. Continue reading Beppu: To the hells and back
What happened at the onsen
I seriously considered turning back as I stood in front of the grand Meiji-era building. This was the Takegawara onsen and if I managed to do it, it would be my first ever onsen experience.
After walking back and forth by the entrance a couple of times, I decided my Japan experience wouldn’t be complete if I did not get into an onsen. I slowly counted to five in an effort to calm myself and went in. Continue reading What happened at the onsen