Uploads from rangaku1976, tagged onsen, with geodata

Breakfast at Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:15 -0700

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Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Kagaonsen station

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:31:05 -0700

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Kagaonsen station in Kagaonsen, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Dinner at Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:29:40 -0700

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Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Dinner at Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:29:23 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:28:02 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Dinner at Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:29:06 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:28:42 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Kamado-Jigoku (Boiling Hell) in Beppu

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:41:54 -0700

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Beppu is a city in Ooita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Famous for its visually stunning hot springs (The Hells of Beppu), Beppu is one of Japan's Three Great Hot Springs.

Beppu's top sight are the eight hells, multicolored volcanic pits of boiling water and mud, and one geyser. The hells are too hot to be diluted into onsen, and they emerge at temperatures ranging from 50 to 99.5 °C (122 to 210 °F). Some of the hells have a natural smell of sulfur, which comes out a bit like rotten eggs.

Source: Wikipedia

Kagaonsen

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:22 -0700

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Kagaonsen in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

73 meter high Kannon

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:30 -0700

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Before going back to Kobe we visited this 73 meter high Kannon statue in Kagaonsen. You can see it from miles away as it pretty much dominates the skyline of Kagaonsen. The whole site was a bit derelict, but still open to the public. Apparently it used to be some kind of religious themepark called "Utopia Kaga no Go" run by a Japanese religious cult. From what I have heard there it was financed by a wealthy businessman in the days of the bubble economy. You can go inside the Kannon and climb a large staircase all the way to the top, from where you have a nice view of the surroundings. The walls of the staircase are covered with metal plaques with the names of people who donated money to this temple/amusement park. This is by far one of the weirdest and most eerie places I have visited. We were the only ones there, apart from some cult members/caretakers and it felt a bit strange walking around the dilapidated buildings. The whole theme of this Buddhist cult amusementpark was more or less that they had "the largest" of everyting, like for example the largest Kannon, the largest temple bell, etc. While we were there all buildings were still open to the public, but from what I have read on the internet, only the Kannon is still accessible these days. Next to the themepark was a really huge abandoned hotel/convention center (anfd by huge I mean HUGE). I wondered why someone built such a huge complex in a small rural area like Kagaonsen.

73 meter high Kannon

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:36 -0700

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73 meter high Kannon

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:48 -0700

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Sea of Japan from 73 meter high Kannon

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:30:55 -0700

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Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:28:24 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Dinner at Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:29:59 -0700

rangaku1976 posted a photo:

Ryokan Yoshidaya Sannoukaku in Yamashiro Onsen, Japan. See also:

www.sannoukaku.com/

Oniishibozu-Jigoku (Shaven Monk's Head Hell) in Beppu

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:42:11 -0700

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Yama-Jigoku (Mountain Hell) in Beppu

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:40:04 -0700

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Yama-Jigoku (Mountain Hell) in Beppu

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:41:39 -0700

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Yama-Jigoku (Mountain Hell) in Beppu

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:40:21 -0700

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Baby crocodiles

nobody@flickr.com (rangaku1976) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:42:26 -0700

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