The next pond was called Beppu Shaven Monk Head Hell, based on the translation and official name in Google and the internet. But the Kanji wordings translate to something cooler, which I personally think it means Demon Stone (Oniishi), and Bozu mean shaved headed monk which I learnt while writing this blog. But I think since all monks have shaved head (kinda), I prefer to call this place Demon Stone Monk Hell.
And there is the demon stone on my ticket to enter!
This place wasn't filled with aqua water. It was instead a mud pond, with boiling mud that forms what looked like Demon Stone! One of the coolest thing here was, you could hear the mud bubbling. And also the sound of steam escaping from some of the ground. It reminded me of those sounds you here when you're watching an Asian horror movie. I specifically state Asian here cause I've never heard these sounds before in Western horror movies. The sounds I am referring to are like those you would find in movies like the Japanese version of Dark Water, or the Taiwan movie Incarnation. It's like a low throat sound. And I find that disturbing! Cause it doesn't sound scary at first, but it kinda grows on you in your psyche.
Some official explanation of the place, only in Japanese.
More mud ponds.
Here's a cute one, the Demon's pillow. Here you can hear the demon sound very clearly too.
There was a foot bath inside this area, and the cherry blossom flowers around here were just gorgeous!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, there was a collect-a-stamp of all hell paper available, so you just gotta get into the spirit of it. I love gimmicks like these. I used to have a notebook I carried around to stamp when I travel, but I somehow stopped carrying them, which is kind of a shame. But I still try to stamp stuff when I see one, and it's always a challenge to find some paper to do that with!
Wefie with the beautiful flowers in the park.
So glad the clouds have cleared by the time we got here. Beautiful scenes in Hell!
Me in Demon Stone Hell <3
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