Kyushu Island, Japan

To the south of the Japanese main island Honshu the island Kyushu provides both city life and nice countryside places. Apart from the port town Kitakyushu, a major city is Fukuoka where the Shinkansen trains from Osaka-Tokyo terminate. The local spa town of Beppu attracts many Japanese tourists as has natural hot springs for looking at (Jigoku) and for bathing (Onsen). For looking only are the hot mud pools.

Fukuoka (Hakata)

Naka-gawa river and the Canal City shopping centre

bridging Nakasu island with Haruyoshibashi

waterfall in Canal City shopping centre

city lights

Shinkansen arriving at Hakata station

here we are

Beppu

By the Sonic Superexpress railway I visited Beppu to see the hot springs (Hells) and boiling mud pools. In the evening, I took a hot bath at the Takegawara Onsen and to finish, a hot sand bath (only 10 minutes !). After that, I was ready for a fine Sashimi dinner and an evening at a 50's Rock'n'Roll club (all Japanese).

Umi Jigoku in the Kannawa hells	gateway to hell with a pond

Bozu Jigoku (monk's hell)	well protected mud pool

no pizza

Links

City of Fukuoka

City of Beppu

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