Frescos/Jigokugokuraku
We recommend the this course, which takes you on a 500-meter walk along Honmachi Street in Ajimu's Shimoichi and Orishikida areas, where you can see 100 year old frescos across 8 locations (23 if you include the new frescos), a total of 30 minutes. Afterwards, experience the afterlife at Hell Paradise, which was built in the late Edo period.
Ajimu Course - Frescos and Jigokugokuraku
Mode of transportation: walking
Time required: 2 hours
1. Ajimu Winery (tour time required: approximately 20 minutes)
Ajimu Winery is dotted with a winery, cellar, tasting shop, and vineyard, and you can tour the factory and sample the wine. Inside the premises, you can enjoy the seasonal scenery created by nature.
2. Stroll along Honmachi Kazue Street (tour time required: approximately 30 minutes)
About 5 minutes by car from Ajimu Winery, go to Kazue Street. There is a trowel-e of trowel-e No. 25 ``Wami Usagi''. There is a parking lot, so park your car and walk. Please enjoy the 500 meter walk along Honmachi Kazue Street while looking at the information board.
The fresco order is, the rest plaza → #24 → #23 → #22 → #21 → #20 → #17 → #16 → #15 → #14 → #13 → #12 → #11 → #10 → #9 → #8 → #7 → #6
The fresco order is, the rest plaza → #24 → #23 → #22 → #21 → #20 → #17 → #16 → #15 → #14 → #13 → #12 → #11 → #10 → #9 → #8 → #7 → #6
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3. Sen no Iwa (visiting about 5 minutes)
It is 5 minutes by car from Ozue Street. Sightseeing spots include Mt. Kengatake, Byobu-iwa, and Hirai-iwa, which are made of agglomerated rocks.
4. Hell Paradise (tour time required: approximately 20 minutes)
Once you've finished touring the trowel paintings, please head to "Hell and Paradise." 500 minutes by car on National Route 10 toward Beppu. Inside a 40-meter-long cave dug in the late Edo period, there is a mysterious tourist spot that is rare even in Japan. When he is tried by King Enma at the entrance, he encounters a creepy undressed woman, a red demon, and a blue demon. The story goes that if you pass through this path to hell, you will be rescued by the 13 Buddhas and welcomed into the Pure Land of Paradise.
5. Higashi Shiiya Falls (tour time required: approximately 20 minutes)
If you have time, take a 15 minute drive from Jigoku Gokuraku towards Beppu.Higashi Shiiya Falls is also known as Kyushu Kegon Falls, which is listed as one of Japan's top 100 waterfalls. The height of the direct type is 85 meters. Enjoy the waterfall full of negative ions. Parking fee for regular cars is 200 yen. Once the tour is over, it's a short walk to African Safari, Beppu, and Yufuin.
Other sightseeing courses (reference materials)
① Sen no Iwa/Fukino Falls tour
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 0.5km → Shimoichi Magaibutsu/Hyakuana ← 3.2km → Ryuo Castle Otemon Site ← 1.7km → Sen no Iwa ← 3.0km → Tourist Grape Yutokuhara Danchi ← 8.2km → Fukukino Falls ← 13.0km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
②Hell/Paradise/Sada-Cannon casting ruins tour
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 5.5km → Nankoji Nio Statue ← 2.2km → Tourist Bude Itaba Danchi ← 5.5km → Jigokugokuraku ← 1.7km → Naramoto Magaibutsu ← 4.5km → Sada Shrine tablet monument and cannon casting ruins ← 1.7km → Kyoseki ← 2.0km → Otoshi Shrine monument/mural ← 3.0km → Ichiiga of Yamakura ← 3.0km → Agricultural Culture Park ← 10.6km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
③ African safari and turtle farming tour
Ajimu Town Tourism Association → Fujimi/Sightseeing Bud Okuchida Danchi ← 7.5km → Higashi Shiiya Falls ← 4.5km → Sennin Gorge ← 6.0km → African Safari ← 3.0km → Gongen Water ← 3.0km → Tsubo Onsen Ikoi House ← 5.0km →Fisheries Experiment Station←3.0km→Ajimu Town Tourism Association
④Visiting shrines
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 5.0km → Tsumagaki Shrine ← 4.5km → Wakamiya Shrine ← 7.1km → Sada Shrine ← 5.0km → Mikami Shrine ← 1.0km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
⑤Visit Buddhist ruins
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 4.6km → Sen-no-iwa Daigon-ji Temple Old Buddhist Statue ← 6.0km → Jigoku Gokuraku ← 1.7km → Naramoto Magaibutsu ← 1.5km → Sada Shrine Board Monument ← 3.0km → Otoshi Shrine Board Monument/Mural ← 7.0km → Mei Gorin Pagoda/Great Kannon Statue ← 4.0km → Shimoichi Magaibutsu ← 0.5km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
⑥Visiting ancient ruins
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← Miyanohara Yayoi Ruins ← 7.0km → Kyoseki ← 4.0km → Kamihara Dohokode Land ← 9.0km → Torigoe Dohokode Land ← 5.1km → Shimoichi Hyakuana ← 0.5km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
⑦Seven wonders of the basin
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 0.5km → Natural stone or artificial stone, the strange three-pillar stone of Mikami Shrine ← 0.4km → The Milk Buddha's nursing breasts ← 0.4km → The five ringed pagoda of Saimyoji Temple that makes a silent frog ←0.3km→If there is a dead person, read the sutra and read the sutra.The living Buddha at the temple←0.3km→Kaicho-in temple where you can hear the sound of the gong at the peak of the ox.←1.9km→Numai water well that does not overflow and is not polluted←0.7km→Sightseeing in Ajimu town association
⑧Seeking coolness
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 14.0km → Fukino Falls (also known as Ryusenji Falls/Urami Falls) ← 20.0km → Higashi Shiiya Falls (beautiful name: Kyushu Kegon/Kannon Sacred Site) ← 7.6km → Gongen Water (Shimizu Spout) ← 23.0 km → Hijiashi Dam (agricultural park) ← 5.0 km → Kuidabuchi (treasure trove of river fish) ← 4.0 km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association
⑨Visiting ancient battle sites
Ajimu Town Tourism Association ← 7.5km → Kuninga Pass/Ketsuno ← 4.8km → Ancient Ryuo Castle (old name Kagura Castle) ← 3.5km → Ajimu Town Tourism Association