We arrived at Beppu, a hot springs area on the island of Kyushu, after dark. It was peak season and I had difficulty finding a vacant hotel within our budget. Usually if you stay at really cheap places in Japan they are very clean, but basic. This place was quite dumpy and near a sex district near the train station. I would not recommend it. The train would shake the room when it went by as well. The room was only about $50 for two people total which is insanely cheap. I should have known it was too good to be true. It was old and smelled musty and there were mystery stains everywhere. The only plus was the price and that the owner was actually really nice and spoke some English. The place was pretty dead. Above describes it all. The place had a PAY tv! It was an old getto tv too. Even cheap hotels here usually have nice tvs. I don't mean that the charge is for sexy channels, but they had plenty of that too as there were many brochures in the room. I mean just to turn the thing on and watch basic antenna channels. Markian didn't believe that was what it was for until he tried everything and the tv wouldn't turn on and I tried to read the box. That was total crap. We ran into this at a later hotel of the same chain later on during this long trip.
Above: My first impression of Beppu the next morning. No these are not dirty chemical smoke stacks. There was steam coming out of the earth everywhere. It looked like everything was smoking. This area has lots of geysers, mudpots, hot pools...etc.
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