A raised path provides a safe and easy way to view the site. (Photo: Sandra Isaka)

Nagasaki's 'Hell' - Unzen Jigoku

Boiling pools & billowing steam in a Kyushu onsen town

Sandra Isaka   - 1 minutos de lectura

Unzen Jigoku is one of the top attractions of the hot springs town of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture. Wooden walkways snake through a area filled with heated gas, billowing steam, and scalding hot water. Add a strong sulfuric odor to conjure up the image of hell, or jigoku.    Stay at one of the many hotels or ryokan that look directly out over the site and bathe in the theraputic hot spring water that gushes from it. 

Sandra Isaka

Sandra Isaka @sandra.isaka

As an intercultural consultant & Japan travel specialist with 20 years in Japan, I love sharing my favorite places with others.