A Trip to Beppu



Statue of the "Shiny Uncle".  He is known to be promoting the city of Beppu within Japan to make it as famous as it is now. His statue greets visitors as one steps out of the Beppu train station



Beppu is a city in southern Japan, in Kyushu, near Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Before this trip, I did not know of Beppu, nor have I heard of it.  Apparently it is a city where hotsprings are of abundance and that is a vacation spot for Japanese people when they want to rest and relax.  Because of the abundance of hotsprings, the city has tones of onsen (Japanese baths).  The city is also right by the sea with mountains right at the back of it, making it such a picturesque site.