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.