Unzen Jigoku

This place is very calm and relaxing! With very few tourists and people, this town is able to give me a break away from the busy city life..

There are several natural hot springs as shown in the picture. It is indeed a very beautiful and scenic place!

AMAZING! I’m a volcano freak so I was super excited to experience geothermal power up close! The fumaroles were huge and I suggest bringing some cash to eat the typical steamed eggs and go to the onsen close to the place.

it’s free! It’s free! It’s FREE! where in many other cases you need to pay to see these volcanic ponds. Here it’s just right beside the main road, and walking is so fun, and watching the smoke comes out with occasionally sulfuric smell, man it’s so alive Mother Earth.

Also you can pay ¥200 to get 2 onsen egg, and ¥300 to get a bottle of Unzen water. But let me teach you a trick, you can get Unzen water for ¥200 if you go to the shrine on the main road. And it’s self service, you put ¥200 into the temple conservation box and take one bottle, it’s win win!!!

Lastly, please beware of the wild cats, they are good to look at , but they are also very starving when they see you holding some eggs!!

Lastly, if you want to do daily trip from Nagasaki, just get the return ticket which is cheap at ¥3300 at the ticket machine. There are 3 bus per day, so going at 9:10 and return at 16.10 is perfect day trip to explore everything.

The South island of new Zealand is better. This is only 4* but seeing all the cats at dusk makes it 5*. The cats are super friendly and you can go up and pet most of them.

Was great walking around at dusk and at night time it changes again. Highly recommend you stay nearby.

Fun and unique experience that is free and can be enjoyed by all ages. A trail takes you around many hells that fog up the glass if you get close and bubble so ferociously. The fog makes it a fun spot to take moody pictures of this natural wonder.

A truely wonderful and closed up experience with the bubbling hotspring and stream from the thermal eruption. Totally didn't expect to be such fun and beautiful. There are quite a lot of paths taking you to see the various feature of this park. Prepare to spend at least 2 hours here as it covers a large area. You can even buy eggs cooked in the thermal vents. This is a public park so no entrance fee but you pay 500yen for the parking. One disappointment is the park is scattered with pipes tapping the heated water.

What an interesting experience! The "farts" (or the "breathing" if you like it) of nearby Mount Unzen seeps through the ground. Many interesting views, all free of charge, as compared to the ones in Beppu. Tip - free parking at the cafe near the visitor centre!

Beautiful source of the hot spring, which provides the source for all the hotspring hotels in the whole shimbara peninsula. You can really smell the sulphur around here. Be careful if you are a car driver as the smoke from the hotspring can block your vision. You can buy eggs boiled by the steam of hotspring here.
Sadly this is also the place where Christians were thrown into the boiling hotsprings as punishment.

It was good to show my parents a special view.
The eggs cooked in the hot spring were also special.
Transportation is inconvenient, so I recommend it to those who are traveling by rental car. There is no entrance fee, but the parking fee is 500 yen, which is a bit expensive.

It can get quite smelly with the sulfur discharges. But nonetheless a very interesting and unique site.

A must in Unzen that feels really mystical to walk thru the steam that sometimes cover the path. Majestic form of terrain adds the beauty of the whole picture. It's more to just beautiful scene as it's a spot that some christian pastors were tortured by dipping into boiling spring water in 1632. It's a monument built for the martyrdome inside the Unzen hell.

It seems like a quiet tourist town to stop by to see its Unzen Jigoku. The smell of sulphur covers the air which you know it's the real deal. The sight of the Unzen "hells" is definitely far from beauty unlike the ones in Beppu It's muddy, slimy and it smells. Funnily it's the one I find most interesting. Parking here cost 500 yen but it's quite a place to walk around.

Beatiful landscape. Smell is a bit weird but you get soon used to it. Also there is a path to a picknick place and a small mountain with a very nice view.

Unzen hells! You can see the volcanic power! Interesting to walk through, but quite short, and not much else to do in the town. But do try to go to an onsen too, to complete the experience!

Stopped at Unzen Hell on the way from Nagasaki to Shimabara. Interesting geysers. Well worth a visit. It's free entry. Eat the eggs!

Actually planned to stay at an Unzen ryokan, but unfortunately it didn't fit into our schedule. Definitely will try to stay here next time.

very unique experience to walk thruogh jigoku park; very different experience compare to the beppu jigoku parks.

Lots to do in the area, great hotels to stay at that offer local cuisine, massages, chiropractic sessions, hot springs. Also plenty of local snacks to try as well like hot spring boiled eggs, senpai crackers, kunpu. I recommend going to the gondola near niki passage for some sight seeing as well! Only 800 yen to get from Shimabara downtown area to Yunzen Onsen area by bus and it is a great place to unwind and destress.

A very special place, this was once the site of Christian Martyrs during the days of Christian persecution.

I came too late, but unzen should be super nice to see red leaves... filling all great mounting everywhere.

Excellent place to visit - nice hotspring place with Hydrogen Sulfide fumes everywhere in that location, interesting.