Life between trips

12-13 Ekimaecho, Beppu, Oita 874-0935, Japan   This is a bakery place with 3 small tables on the side.  They also serve coffee which can be ordered after you selected the meals. Most importantly this is near to our hotel and located within the beppu main station. It also opens real early at 7 am. 

Umi-Jigoku (海地獄 Sea Hell) 559-1 Kannawa, Beppu, Oita 874-0000, Japan I had great plans for Beppu. There are jigoku aplenty here. And i had shortlist at least 5 of them to visit.  But i experience what you call 水土不服 and ended up throwing up endlessly throughout the day. I ended up only visiting Umi-jigoku and went back to the hotel to rest up for the day.  Famous with hot spring with bright blue color due to the large amount of iron sulfate.  The cafe beside the hot spring serves onsen cooked hard boiled eggs.  You can also do a foot soak here as well.   At the main entrance there is shop selling mini mantou which is worth a try. Its small and cute and tasty. .   Yukemuri observatory 湯けむり展望台 Japan, 〒874-0042 Oita, Beppu, 鉄輪東８組 Nestled in a residential area, its a view of the Beppu with all the little chimney smoke of the city.  Did a quick pit stop here. The observatory was en-route to Yufuin so its not much of a detour to come here. It was qu...

5-17 Chuomachi, Beppu, Oita 874-0936, Japan  The best part of this hotel is its close proximity to Beppu station. Merely a 3 mins walk but with the luggages its still pose a bit of challenge. I remembered us pulling our luggages from beppu station to hotel at 10.30 pm. So glad we made it to the Beppu and the hotel.   The lobby is big and grand. Most importantly, it houses a bath which has both outdoor and indoor with sauna. Great place is soak out the tiredness from the day's activities. It has restaurants in-house. And where the bath is there is electric massage chairs and comic library. Also a floor selling interesting japanese snacks. Great for kids and adults alike.  I booked a 3 room but i think i got a family room with 4 beds. So its very spacious.  Aburaya Kumahachi Tei We had a meal for a night at their japanese restaurant within the hotel.  The food is quite decent and i think my family enjoyed the meal while i had chawamushi with rice 😢.