Kamado Jigoku (Oven Hell)
Steam heats the spaces between rocks like an oven.
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Tatsumaki Jigoku (Tornado Hell)
This geyser shoots 720 liters
of boiling water every 25 minutes.
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Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell)
The largest of the Beppu jigokus, this pool covers
5,000 square meters.
The color comes from iron sulphate.
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Yama Jigoku (Mountain Hell)
This spring belches clay mud
that accumulates to form a mountain.
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Oniyama Hell (Devil's Mountain Hell)
The force of the steam could pull one and a half
train cars. The heat is just right for crocodile
farming.
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Shiraike Jigoku (White Pool Hell)
White mud gives this pool its color.
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Kinryu Jigoku (Golden Dragon Hell)
Steam comes from the mouth of a dragon
climbing from hell to heaven.
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Chinoike Jigoku (Blood Pool Hell)
Iron oxide gives the water its hellish color.
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