Our room is right at the end.
Yessss.....it is cold today, surprising.
Mum prepared herself coffee for the long journey ahead.
"The Gang of Four" are ready to move out.
Left hostel at 6:00am sharp.
The whole place is covered with mist.
Si buay beng...wearing slipper.
That's our train station. If you miss your train, you're gonna to wait for few hours for the next train. Here, we took train to Furnao main station and then transfered to another train back to Sapporo, from there we took another train to Noboribetsu.
Journey was long but we enjoyed every minute of it.
(Taken during our train route. There's a gigantic statue of Guanyin)
Arrived NOBORIBETSU as known as Hell Valley about 4 hours later.
Our hotel, Noboribetsu Spa Hotel Mahoroba is the most expensive stay in this trip. More than SGD200.00 per each person per night. It is worth it because it include 31 kinds of onsen (Japanese hotspring) , buffet dinner as well as the theme park. The vast majority of tourists are drawn to the 11 types of water found in the local hot springs.
Noboribetsu-onsen is one of Hokkaido's best-known hot springs, and is surrounded by virgin forest 200 meters above sea level. It has over 10 kinds of water, containing minerals such as hydrogen sulfide, salt, and iron. The quality of these minerals means the spa ranks among the world's most exceptional hot springs.
(After checking in, first we paid a visit to HELL VALLEY)
(It's not far from our hotel, only 10 minutes walking)
(Entrance of Hell Valley)
Hell Valley was a crater which diameter is 450 meter and 110,000 sq. meter vast. The surface of the slope is red-brown. Some yellow-gray fissures blow the volcanic gas of strong sulfur smell. This makes the whole place smell strongly of sulfur, and gives it an image of hell.
The valley produces 3,000 liters of hot water a day.
(Brother in law & sis)
Damn it! Out of 11 days in Japan, it rain 7 days.
Visit Japan, required to bring 2 things; Umbrella and raincoat.
Take a short break at 7-11.
Went back to hotel for our onsen session.
(Take short rest before proceeding to onsen)
We can enjoy various kinds of hot springs in one place. As the men's and women's baths are regularly switched, we have an opportunity to try all 31 of them! (No camera are allow inside onsen, thus no pictures)
In the hotel, there are 31 types of hot baths are which was located at basement 1 and 2.
At basement, B1
1)Open-sky bath (iron-rich spring)
2)Open-sky bath (sulphur spring)
3)Family bath
4)Bubble bath
5)Massaging shower spa
6)Cypress bath
7)"Sleep bath"
8)Sulphur spring bath
9)Sauna
10) water bath
11)Low-temperature bath
12)Aluminium bath
13)Salt bath
14)Jacuzzi
15)Large bath
At Basement 2
1)Water bath
2)Sauna
3)Low-temperature bath
4)Sulphur spring bath
5)Jacuzzi
6)"Sleep bath"
7)Massaging shower spa
8)Vibrating bath
9)Cypress bath
10)Salt bath
11)Alum bath
12) Cypress open-sky bath
13)Open-sky bath (alum spring)
14)Open-sky bath (iron-rich spring)
15)Open-sky bath (sulphur spring))
16)Family bath
The mineral water is piped directly from the nearby valley. The murky waters, steam rising so thick I could barely see my own feet floating in front of me.
6:30pm, it's dinner time.
Dinner buffet is a selection of Japanese, Western and Chinese dishes. Very sumptuous indeed.
Hotel requested us to wear their robe “Kimono” for dinner.
Oh yeah, my brother-in law and I went for massage in the hotel. Yess....we're were massaged by pure pedigree Jap gals. Hehehe
