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Chinoike-jigoku

In several places around the city, subterranean water of boiling temperature comes to the surface, sometimes colorfully. Chinoike-jigoku means"blood hell"and comes from the surprising red of the water(due to ferrous oxide). It is worth seeing for its unusual color.
Kinryujigoku

It's steam looks like golden dragon under the rising sun. The heat is 97 centigrade.
 
Oniyamajigoku

Another name for it is Wani( Crocodile )jigoku. 150 crocodiles are being kept. The heat is 95 centigrade.
 
 
   
 

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