Hello! I’m Hitapapa and I love Beppu!
This time we came to “Kamado Jigoku” (Cooking Pot Hell) in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture!
“Kamado Jigoku” is one of the standard “Hell Tours” of Beppu tourism, and you can see several distinctive hells just at “Kamado Jigoku”, such as a huge hell that shines cobalt blue, a hell that erupts with red mud, and a hell that constantly erupts from the mud .
The giant blue hell is particularly impressive in scale!
The sulfur-scented hot spring steam gushes out all over the park, enhancing the hot spring atmosphere.
In addition to touring the hells, you can also enjoy foot baths, drinking the spring water, steam baths for the throat and skin, steam baths for the hands and legs, and bedrock baths for the feet.
Kamado Jigoku is located in Kannawa Onsen, one of the most popular tourist spots in Beppu, so you can also visit the other hells, stroll around the surrounding hot spring towns, enjoy steam baths, and try hell steam cuisine.
Now let’s introduce you to “Kamado Jigoku”!
You can enjoy a variety of hells at “Kamado Jigoku” ♪
Basic information about “Kamado Jigoku”
＜Kamado Jigoku＞
[Address] 621 Kannawa, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture
[Business hours] 8:00-17:00
[Closed days] Open all year round
[Parking] Free parking available (50 spaces)
[Telephone number] 0977-66-0178
[Official website] https://kamadojigoku.com/
Admission to just Kamado Jigoku costs 500 yen for adults. There is also a discount ticket for adults that includes a tour of all seven hells for 2,400 yen.
The exterior of “Kamado Jigoku”
Kamado Jigoku is located in Kannawa Onsen, the center of tourism in Beppu, and you can enjoy sightseeing within walking distance of other hells, as well as Kannawa’s quaint hot spring town, steam baths, and hell steam cuisine.
There is a very spacious free parking lot that can accommodate 50 cars, large enough to accommodate tourist buses.
It is located a little way off National Route 500.
The “big stove” is a famous feature of “Kamado Jigoku.”
Before entering the park, let’s take a commemorative photo here first ♪
It’s located in Kannawa Onsen, the center of Beppu tourism, so it’s easy to get to other sightseeing spots in the area.
Enter “Kamado Jigoku”
As soon as you enter, you will see a souvenir shop building.
There is a wide selection of Beppu souvenirs available!
“Kamado Jigoku” has six different types of hells located in the area from 1st to 6th chome.
Let’s go around the route in order starting from 1-chome ♪
Follow the route to visit Hell from 1st to 6th Street
Walk through “Kamado Jigoku”!
Kamado Jigoku 1st Street
“Kamado Jigoku 1-chome” is a mud hot spring hell ♨️
At first glance it looks like a muddy pond, but a muddy bath with a strong sulfur smell is gushing out of it.
The temperature of the hot spring is said to be as high as 90 degrees!
Hot spring water bubbles up constantly from the mud pool.
It reminds me of the nearby Monk’s Hell.
with the hot springs, and is said to contain plenty of hot spring ingredients.
It must be a very thick mud bath!
Hot spring steam is spewing out from the edge of hell!
The sulfur smell is so good!
It’s a hell of mud with a strong sulfur smell.
Kamado Jigoku 2nd Street
In “Kamado Jigoku 2-chome” there is a demon with a large iron club, a dragon, and a large stove.
Hot spring steam gushes out from under the stove!
This is the perfect spot to take a commemorative photo of Kamado Jigoku♪
Many tourists were taking commemorative photos here.
Hot spring steam gushes out from the hole underneath the stove!
The temperature is apparently as high as 100 degrees!
The hot spring steam is full of sulfur scent and is the best 😆
The hot spring steam gushes out with force!
Kamado Jigoku 3rd Street
“Kamado Jigoku 3-chome” is a beautiful, blue, shining hell ✨♨️
The hot springs appear blue because a substance called silica contained in them reflects light.
This is a truly beautiful hot spring, and the word “hell” does not suit it.
This makes me feel like diving into hell as an open-air bath 😆
However, the source temperature is 85℃!
The white lump that looks like the edge of hell is a deposit of silica, a component of the hot spring.
It has been piled up for about 70 years and has hardened into stone.
A place where hot springs gush out with force.
It makes a bubbling noise and steam comes out!
The pleasant smell of sulfur
↑This is a lump of silica deposited on the edge of hell.
It has turned into a rough stone!
Since all these hot spring ingredients have solidified, it must be a very concentrated hot spring 😆
It’s a beautiful cobalt blue hell, and the hot spring ingredients have solidified like stone.
Kamado Jigoku 4th Street
At “Kamado Jigoku 4-chome,” various types of clay underground bubble up along with hot springs.
Hot spring mud containing clay gushes out incessantly.
The temperature of the hot spring is 80℃!
Steam is also spewing out from the area where the hot springs are bubbling away and there is a strong smell of sulfur!
It looks like an antlion!
The mud, which is rich in hot spring ingredients, is also good for your skin.
Mud and hot springs are bubbling up together.
Kamado Jigoku 5th Street
“Kamado Jigoku 5th Street” is a huge, glowing blue-white hot spring hell!
The cobalt blue color is so pretty!
A beautiful, pale-white hot spring hell♨️
Anyway, it’s one big hell!
The nearby Umi Jigoku is also quite large, but this one seems even larger.
The pale blue hot spring is truly beautiful.
I want to just bathe in it like it’s a giant open-air bath 😆♨️
The cobalt blue hell is a spectacular sight!
When the hot spring first gushes out, it is clear, but over the course of 2-3 days it changes color to a pale blue.
Also, when it rains the trail will temporarily turn green!
Hot springs and steam gushed forth vigorously from the hell!
The steam smells of sulfur and it’s amazing ♨️
Kamado Jigoku 6th Street
“Kamado Jigoku 6th Street” is a hot spring hell that contains red mud.
It seems that hot springs erupt along with clay underground.
The source temperature is an astonishing 95°C!
It’s a small hell like “Chinoike Jigoku.”
There is constant steam coming out of hell.
When the wind blows the steam away, the beautiful red hot spring pond becomes clearly visible.
I want to just bathe in this hell as an open-air bathーーーーー😆♨️
It’s definitely a strong hot spring!!
Red mud and hot springs are gushing out together.
There’s plenty to enjoy using the hot springs!
Drinkable hot spring
You can buy a paper cup for 10 yen and drink the hot spring water from “Kamado Jigoku”!
Be careful as the hot spring is extremely hot, reaching 80°C.
If you fill a cup with hot spring water, it will be too hot to drink or hold, so pour just a little into the cup.
It had a rather complex flavour, with salty and bitter tastes.
It’s not delicious, but you can really feel the richness of the hot spring ingredients.
It has a complex flavor and you can really feel the richness of the hot spring water.
Throat and skin bath
This is the “throat and skin bath.”
Steam will come out of the demon’s mouth, so try inhaling the steam or putting it on your face.
Warm and full of the scent of hot springs ♪
The hot spring steam has a strong sulfur scent.
Hands and feet steam bath
This is a “hand and foot steam bath.”
The hot spring steam is stored inside a wooden frame, so you can sit on a bench and put your feet or hands in it.
It’s warm and feels good ♪
Foot rock bath
This is a “rock sauna for the feet.”
The stones are heated by the heat of the hot spring.
Take off your shoes and sit on a bench to warm your feet.
Foot bath
There is also a foot bath using hot spring water from “Kamado Jigoku”!
It’s a very rich hot spring♨️
It’s nice to be able to soak even just your feet in the hot springs of hell.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading to the end!
I hope this article will be of some help to you.
I would like to continue writing articles about Beppu’s hot springs, gourmet food, and tourist spots!
See you soon!
Related Posts
にほんブログ村