Ooita Area

I should like to introduce Beppu city in Ooita pref.

Beppu is a very historical city of sightseeing and hot spa.



This city has the largest ammount of hot spa in Japan.

This is Beppu sta.

There is a free footbath in front of this.

This is Beppu bay.

There are old inns along the bay.

The seaside is beautiful.

This is Takegawara-Kohji (meaning Bamboo Tile Alley).

This alley is the oldest arcade in Japan.

There are many old bars and restaurants along this alley.

We can hear somebody singing at night.

This is Back Street. There are so many cabaret clubs and sexual clubs.


This is Takegawara hot spring.

This building was built in 1938.

Settled atmosphere.





This is Koutou (meaning High-Class)hot spring.

This building is so beautiful.

This is Beppu Tower.

It's built in 1957.

This tower is built for the third time as a high tower in Japan.

And this is one of " 6 Tower Brothers ".

cf. [6 Tower Brothers] ...

(1) Nagoya TV Tower (Nagoya)

(2) Tsu Ten Kaku (Osaka)
(3) Sapporo TV Tower (Sapporo)
(4) Tokyo Tower (Tokyo)

(5) Beppu Tower (Beppu)
(6)Hakata Port Tower (Hakata)


Beppu city has many ZIGOKUs.

(ZIGOKU means hell. Thanks to strong acid soil, it is impossible to grow crops in this area. That's why this area is called so. )

This is Blood-Pond-Hell (chi no ike zigoku).

The reason why this pond is red is that this hot spa contains iron oxide.

This is Sea-Hell (umi zigoku).


This beautiful blue color comes from sulphate of iron.

Nagasaki Area

Nagasaki city is so beautiful a city.

This city has old-side and new-side.

Both of 'em are so attractive.

Nagasaki sta. side is the new side.

There are big shopping malls and a ferris wheel.

And its night-view is one of the three great night-views of Japan. The view from Mt.Inasa is so great.

And there are lots of spots for sightseeing.

This is Glasses-Bridge.

This is one of the three great China-Town of Japan.

Nagasaki has a deep relationship between China for many years.


Chinese style festivals are held in this town.

The lanterns are so great.

Confucius mausoleum.

It was built in 1893.

There are cultual assets of China here.

There are European-style houses at the mountain side.

They makes me feel that I'm in foreign town.

There are old buildings concerning trade at the sea-side.

This is Hongkong-Shanghai bank.

This is Glover garden.

The Glover's house is the oldest European style building in Japan.

Glover is the man who contributed to making the base of the shipbuilding town , Nagasaki.

And there are many churches in Nagasaki prefecture.

The Christianity has widely spread in Nagasaki.

This is Dejima wharf.

At the era of isolation, Japanese government permitted trading only in this Dejima wharf.








Dejima used to be an island, but it's a wharf now. Some buildings are restored.

We can feel the atmosphere of Edo era.

The port side is awesome.












Nagasaki is the city of port.

The function of the port is so fine.

Amusements like lighting up is also great.

Sometimes we can see very very big ships.













Urakami area in Nagasaki was destroyed with an atomic bomb by U.S army on August 9th, 1945.

Many people died by the atomic bomb which is much stronger than the one of Hiroshima but fortunatelly, less people died compared to Hiroshima because this area is enclosed by mountains.

This is the museum.

Nagasaki city became Hell on Earth.

We won't blame the States

but we never forget.

May Peace Be With Everyone.