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 Silky blue, Kamado Jigoku Beppu , one of the best hot spring cities in the world, is also known for its "hells" (in Japanese "jigoku"  地獄). Seven photogenic hot springs which will definitely stimulate your senses. Since I like to take my time visiting places I decided to visit each one separately with a slow pace, starting with Kamado Jigoku , also known as the "Cooking Pot Hell".  The south ticket office entrance-exit There are two ticket offices entrance-exits, the south and east one. Kamado Jigoku has six districts or points of interested, since the 1st one is just after the south ticket office I decided to enter through here. Entrance fee is  ¥400 or if you plan to visit the other hells as well you can have a combination ticket for all seven hells for  ¥2000 (valid for two consecutive days). If you have purchased the "Be Beppu" booklet you can have a 10% discount for the combination ticket for all seven hells plus a free on...

 Ukiha city is one of these beautiful places that although is getting more popular with Japanese tourism it is mostly unknown with foreign tourists, probably because it has not been mentioned extensively yet by any major foreign travel guidebook. Located in Kyushu, just one hour away from Fukuoka, it is easily reachable by car, bus or train.  There are many appealing attractions from natural sites like parks with waterfalls to stunning rice terraces, endless fruit farms in which you could experience fruit picking at the right season, beautiful temples, shrines, onsen and cozy little cafes, all of these will try to cover in future posts. But there is one attraction that is the most popular and it is only available for a few days a year, enjoying the cherry blossoms at the Nagarekawa Cherry Blossom Avenue .  The cherry trees line up in both sides of the path creating a fairy tale atmosphere during the cherry blossoms season.  Was really happy to photograph ...