Journey to the East: Day 10 Beppu

We had a good night rest in the tatami room.  Breakfast was included, so we had some Japanese breakfast, fish, rice and miso for the breakfast.

We left everything in the locker and took a train to Kamegawa to start out hot spring walk.  We were distracted by the sea, so we first walked to the beach, then to their new fish market.  We made a mistake on the direction, so it took us a long time before we get back to the right side of town.

We walked up to see the Tatsumaki Jigoku, which was quite impressive.  Followed by Chinoike Jigoku, which I took the opportunity of the foot bath.

We walked up and over the hill, stopped for some local dried citrus workshop for a sample.  We hiked up the hill for a castle.  Kifune Castle has a nice view and a lucky money snake, the entry fee included a money blessing service, so let see if it works.

We continue to walk to find food, and we gave in and ate at a 7-Eleven.  We continue, we decided I would not be able to have my mud bath.  We had a spring steamed egg and a pork bun at Umi's cafe.  We decided against the Umi Jigoku and Kamado Jigoku as they were both full of visitors, and went to Oniishi Bozu Jigoku instead.  I once again took the advantage of the foot bath.

We took a bus back to Beppu, had a coffee and chestnut cake and got on the next train to Kokura.

It as a night hotel, and we were in early, so we did more the laundry for the rest of the trip.  We went to a local chained restaurant and ticked off a lot of the food.  We ordered a botamochi, which is an inside out mochi, it was a little weird.