Adventure in Oita Prefecture - part 4

Time for a bath. A nice muddy bath. We're going to the famous Beppu Onsen "Hoyo Land"

This is the entrance. It doesn't look very impressive from the outside.  This was originally an elementary school and the guest rooms are the old classrooms.  

This is the front desk. Still not very impressive. 

Per the internet: Old-school spa with 25 guestrooms, plus indoor & outdoor bathing in hot springs & mineral mud.

We bought tickets for day-time use only. Now we're headed for the baths! We follow the signs to the baths, the floor looks pretty shabby.

There's a covered walkway to the baths.

It's a long walk...

It seems like this walkway goes on forever.

We're still walking.

At last we arrived in the Muddy Hot Spring Bath Spa! All we have to do is give the man at the counter out ticket and we can go in.

I can't take my camera inside and take pictures but if you click this link you can see what all the excitement is about: Hoyo Land and this link too Hoyo Land Onsen

This is Jon after returning from the muddy hot baths. He's well cooked! And, fully refreshed from soaking in the hot muddy mineral water. I think there's some miracle power in the mud, I'm feeling really great too! The main facility may be a bit run down but this is a great place to visit.

Last day: It's raining.

While waiting for everyone to check out I took some pictures of the street in front of the Inn.

The entrance.

Time for a group picture before we get in the step van and head for the Castle town of Kitsuki.

Welcome to Kitsuki. It's still raining.

This is the Kitsuki website

Because it's raining pretty hard we're just going for a short walk around the town.

It's very scenic.

It's very comfortable too! This is a nice rest area next to a public toilet. 

A rainy morning in a tourist town and we're the only people here!

This is the way back to the parking lot.

The last of the group is heading up the hill.

Wow! One other person is walking around the town. 

After this we returned to the van and drove to the airport for our flight home. This is the end of our fantastic 6 day adventure.  I'm already looking forward to our next trip.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mike

Bonus shots from Miura Beach!