{"id":218,"date":"2004-11-19T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2004-11-19T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2004-11-19T22:52:36","modified_gmt":"2004-11-19T22:52:36","slug":"beppu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/beppu\/","title":{"rendered":"Beppu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beppu is, according to Lonely Planet, a (hot spring) tourist mecca that rivals Las Vegas in tackiness. The secret, according to them, is to enjoy and appreciate the tackiness.
\nOkay…
\nArrived at JR Beppu Station around 1900 this evening. After searching for about 15 minutes with a woefully inadequate map, we located the Minshuku Kokage<\/a> just off the main drag that leads to the station. Here’s the sign<\/a> that shows you where it is.
\nIt\ufffds a small family run place that has curfew (00:00) and has a hot spring in the back (well, it\ufffds actually more of a warm spring, but more on that later).
\nThe room<\/a> is big<\/a> and I have a bathroom with a very cramped western style toilet<\/a> that looks like it was grafted onto a Japanese squat toilet. Verrry cramped!
\nAnd now, enough potty talk! Heh heh.
\nDinner time drew near which means that it\ufffds time to stroll around looking around for food. After browsing through several used CD\/DVD shops (not my idea), we went to the end of the street where you can see the Beppu Tower<\/a>.
\nI read somewhere that each major city has an observation tower of some sort. Maybe it\ufffds a law…
\nAnyhoo, it was my idea to walk back via a parallel street. And boy, was that some street! Strip clubs! Hostess clubs! Bars! Ramen shops. And a really neat restaurant that made various forms of donburi. And apparently old too.
\nHere\ufffds the menu<\/a>. And a very happy customer<\/a>!
\nGood stuff, that katsu don<\/a>.
\nAfterwards, we went back to JR Beppu Station to shop at the Daiei (owned by Wal-Mart, I think) for tomorrow\ufffds snacks. I got yoghurt and coffee for tomorrow AM and pudding and drinks for this evening.
\nThen I tried out the hot spring<\/a> in the Minshuku. It was relaxing and all, but more of a warm spring<\/a>. Not hot enough! The hot onsens are for tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beppu is, according to Lonely Planet, a (hot spring) tourist mecca that rivals Las Vegas in tackiness. The secret, according to them, is to enjoy and appreciate the tackiness. Okay… Arrived at JR Beppu Station around 1900 this evening. After searching for about 15 minutes with a woefully inadequate map, we located the Minshuku Kokage … <\/p>\n

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