Overdose of hot springs.....

We spent the whole morning (nearly 3 hours over) on a train, travelling up from Miyazaki to Beppu, also called the capital of hot springs. Beppu is the 2nd city in the world with the most amount of hot spring water gushing up from the ground (after US yellowstone park), and Yufuin (which I would stay over tonight) was the 3rd. But, Beppu is however the No. 1 city in the world with the most hot spring water available for bathing. We went to a highly ulu and localised place for lunch. At JPY1,300, it comes with a free hot spring bath and a set lunch.

The fried chicken was superb. They called the bowl of soup with
some mee hoon kuey, dumpling soup. Not sure why. But it was nice
and comforting for the stomach.

After a bath and lunch, we went to visit the several famous hot springs in Beppu. Let the pictures do the talking and u be the judge. I thought they were not as impressive as I thought.

Bubbling mud at 98deg

Clear blue hot spring water at nearly 100deg. Suplur smell filled
the air. Unbearable.

Same hot hot spring but this one has copper. Hence, red. Not
the most pleasant sight.

Steamed mini tau sar bao, steamed using the hot spring steam.
I hope it is ok to eat. But it is really yummy.

We also tried the eggs boiled using the hot spring water, hopefully
with no added "ingredients". The egg yolk was good...slightly watery still.

We continued the day travelling to Yufuin, where we would stay for a night. Yufuin is a little hot spring town at the valley of this mountainous region. In fact, it would be my 2nd time back to Yadoya at Yufuin. I really enjoyed the food and the private hot spring there, which overlooks the mountains. Breath-taking.