We did go to all 8 of them. The first 3 are all next to each other, and 4,5, and 6 are a short distance from them. The last 2 are 3 km away, so you have to drive. I wasn't sure the family was going to agree to drive to the last 2, but encouraged by the promise of ice cream and the lure of collecting all 8 stamps for their booklets, they did.
It was a lot of fun for me. We meandered through them and looked at everything. Each "Hell" had a stamp and we collected them all. Most of them had something else to enjoy in addition to the spring.
The first spring. It was really pretty.
It really was that color! No adjustment with photo-shop.
Hot Spring #1 had pretty stuff to look at and walk around. There was a lily pad pond and this torii and shrine area.
I just love Japan!
You could walk up to get a fuller view, so I did.
Next to and included with Hot Spring #1 was this reddish one. Very different!
And it had a place you could soak your feet in real hot springs... that was not a temp to actually burn you. But it was toasty!
Delaney did not last long. It was really warm.
The kids loved it.
Hot Spring #2 was this cool mud one. Each of the rings is where the water is just hot enough to boil, so it bubbles up in right there.
Trust the Japanese to make it look like a zen garden.
Hot Spring #3.
It was not spectacularly exciting, but it promised animals. I had forgotten that PETA does not exist in Japan.
The little ponies were scrawny but sweet. For $1 you could buy them carrots, so of course we did.
Even Marian was happy to pose for a picture.
Hot Spring #4. It looked a bit like the first one. The water was really pretty.
And I just love all the shrine-y stuff. So lovely.
This spring only had one plume of steam.
And Rylee could not resist this!
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