Beppu, Kurokawa onsen (stay)

 22Apr~6May2023 Around Kyushu in 2 weeks - day 6 

Woke up 530am to catch the misty lake Kirin.

Beautiful...

She wanna show the shoes provided by the hotel

The glowing fish

Sumptuous breakfast from Lawson

On the way again.

The initial plan was to visit a sand bath. However, we checked online the night before and realised that the sand bath had closed down since beginning of April 2023. 😢

The good thing was we would have more time to come back for Yunotsubo street.

The nearby Mount Yufu

Visiting a "hell" in Beppu - Umi Jigoku 海地獄

We only visited one hell since Umi Jigoku has 2 different colored hells and a footbath,

so we think it is more than enough to visit one.

To read more about the hells: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4702.html

We checked out the steamed food upon entry (left side)

We see a water lily pond on the right side

Then we arrived at the orange hell

Next, pass through a souvenir shop before getting to the blue hell

From the top

Shopping time!

While visiting the washroom, I stumbled upon this green house and found something beautiful inside.

Brought the people over.

Realised dragonflies seemed to love this place

Footbath next

Had some snacks

Steamed pudding and ice cream

Heading back to Yufuin

Stopping by Aso-Kuju National Park Sagiridai Overlook along the Yamanami highway

Yufuin village

Yufuin next, going to walk along Yunotsubo street.

It's shopping time!

And this was what we were also here for -

Yufuin Floral Village

Look at all the snacks we bought before even eating our lunch

Large size Tako ball, forgot to take a photo of the ball, only the box ya.

The street seems famous for selling croquettes

And B-Speak

Heading to beside lake Kirin for lunch

Look at someone enjoying the juice 😅

We were back!

Cafe La Ruche is famous for its croissant, but by this time, it was already sold out.

Many other things on the menu was also sold out.

In the end, the confused service people served us 6 plates of bread for 5 of us 🤣

We tried telling the gal who served us but she did not seem to understand.

We also took the chance to eat our cake.

It's the most delicious cake we have ever tasted, soft smooth and not over sweet. 😋

Going to head to Kurokawa onsen, where we will stay for the night

Arriving at Ryokan Sanga 山河.

Sanga is not located near the town centre of Kurokawa onsen,

but as the room comes with private hot bath. With the same price we cannot find a ryokan with private hot spring in the town centre. As it was easy for us to drive from Sanga to the town centre, I decided to book Sanga.

Sanga is a very beautiful ryokan. It is located in a secluded forest along a mountain stream.

Welcome tea

To change into the slippers when we come to the main lobby

Our ryokan was in the east building on level 2

えごのき Ego no Ki

Drove to the Kurokawa onsen town centre as it was a long walk.

Going to take a walk along the shopping street.

Eating again

Heading back for dinner and hot bath.

Getting ready to explore

We found a footbath

Here's the way to the public outdoor path

Booked dinner slot for 7pm

Going to enjoy our kaiseiki ryori

Starting off with the seasonal appetiser

Next up,

our most memorable dish - the raw basashi (horse meat) 🤣

Dessert - Green tea and strawberry cake was very delicious

Hot bath after dinner.