The Japanese City with the Most Hot Springs in the World | Beppu, Japan 

Indeed, I have a far greater appreciation for Japan and all its variety, thanks for Greg and his family.

i thought the same thing, and then he went and tested it on his hands 😂

Yes, I meant to say storm drain. As for geothermal energy in Japan, I do want to make a video about. Japan has a lot of potential but is only using a fraction of the potential.

@@LifeWhereImFrom Beppu needs to talk to Reykjavik.

@@LifeWhereImFrom It really is. Iceland had almost entirely powered itself with geothermal

as explained in the video. that is the effect of the minerals in the water. as they don't filter it at all.

Dogen has bought a house in Beppu, with its own onsen. Check out his channel.

Steam is rising, but that doesn't mean the water is boiling. It's more like the difference in temperature is causing the steam to rise. The water was warm though. If I remember correctly, maybe something like swimming pool temperature?

I noticed that two. Now I wonder are the remains of the people there are slowly being cooked.

Yes, it is a cemetery. The people passed away are in urns in the graves, which are in the stone monuments. It would make a really interesting video, but it'd be also very hard to get the permission to film the funeral process. We unfortunately had to go through one last year.

On this topic, Ryotoro from Ryotoros Japan did make a pretty extensive video on it last year. I can really recommend it.

@@LifeWhereImFrom I am sorry to hear about your loss and I hope your family is doing well. It's not just about to film the funeral process, it would be about cemetery types, burial choices, etc. Eg: I think cremation is the most common method. What about a western style wooden coffin? Is there even a place for a 'full body burial' (so uncremated)? Is it allowed to spread the ashes somewhere (not allowed in my country)? What about cemeteries in cities (especially large cities)? Is there one big or small ones (in my country the capital has one giant cemetery and a few smaller ones. you only get burried in the smaller ones if you can buy a grave there). Do you have to pay for a grave on a cemetery (the place itself, not the stone) What about your grave after a certain time (in my country your grave is reused once it wasn't paied for for a certain amount of time)? What if you die outside of Japan? How much religion is involved into the average ceremony? Even the I think the actual ceremony would be very interesting as well, there are soo many other topics worth talking about that it could be another multi part episode EDIT: I thought about some more: What about cemeteries in the woods (in my country a cemetery in the woods is 'trending right now)? What about donating your body to scienence? What about a burial for unknown people (in my country there is a special cemetery for people with unknown name)? What about 'mass graves' for families (on my place work there is a cemetery where several of a former knights family are buried)? What about mass graves (eg. from WW2) in general?

Ah, cool.

wow buddy id like to make noodles in my toilet too.. not!

That’s Mount Ogi! They perform a burning ritual every spring to clear the fields of dead foliage and stimulate new growth. Look up Ogiyama Fire Festival, the pictures are so cool :)

There is 8 geothermal hot spring zones in Beppu, with nearly 2900 hot spring vents within the city. Thus being the city with the most onsen *in Japan* and the second largest volume of hot springs water discharged in the world (second to Yellowstone in the US).

We have the same where I live in a estuary which has geothermal input. Ours isn't actually hot, just warm, so when the air is cold it steams. In summer it doesn't steam cause the air is warm, even though the water is warm nearing on hot in summer because of the hot sun. The cold water sinks to the bottom in summer, so some fish do cook on a hot day if they get trapped in a shallow pool as the tide goes out. I feel like koi would be hardier than our local fish though, ours is basically just wild flounder and small sprats, they live out in the cold open ocean too, they aren't really made for warm/hot water.

@@Mel-qr5ob Yes, the water is warm, but not boiling. If I remember correctly, it's like swimming pool temperature.

Based on questions, I think a lot of people think that onsens always smell like sulphur. There are many different mixes of minerals, so it really depends on what your onsen water is like. This one didn't have any smell as far as I can remember, nor did the other ones I showed in the video. But in the Kannawa area, the area with all the steam, there is sulphur content that you can indeed smell. For the communal bath, it's always ventilated. I don't know about bacteria to tell you the truth.

@@LifeWhereImFrom Thanks for taking the time out to reply, I appreciate it x

The water pipe from the spring to inside the house might need to be primed, think sucking on a hose to to get a liquid to start to flow. As to why it runs 24/7, it might be because the spring water flow isn't consistent enough, and without the compressor the flow would stop at some point.

@@__aceofspades So it's using a venturi effect using compressed air... very inefficient way to pump water by the way, so maybe it's also used to aerate the spring water to help remove sulphur smell. Still I'd hate to have the electric power bill & maintenance on that air compressor.

@@ausmartin1 Thanks for the clarification everyone!

Not at all.

As far as I know, the apartment building is either a regular apartment building or a low income city or prefecture run place. But there are many apartment complexes that anyone can rent that have more modern looking communal baths. That gentleman is a specialized onsen maintenance guy. He's apparently the guy you can when you need to know about onsens in the area.

If you've done it before, I won't argue with you, I only know what I've read and heard from people. A lot of the water in the area is hard with minerals, so unless you treat it before, it can be an issue with deposits in the pipes. So you'd want to run a closed loop system I would imagine. But as far as I know you'd really want to drill down some to do a closed loop system, which you're not permitted to do, too much drilling in the area already. You have to be 100 metres from another drilling point, which means in practical terms, very little can get done in the city. Onsens were well established in the area before any of the modern geothermal tech was available.

@@LifeWhereImFrom that's why you use heat exchanger, the radiator and pipes are closed system. So no issues for corrosion, you can buy it off the shelf in Europe. Cost around $3000.00 for a house like that. Those designs can be easily replicated. Especially having 100C water makes it very easy. You don't need to drill just use existing flowing water. So no additional infrastructure is needed.

You're on the other side of the fence, so it's much quieter, but you can hear it.

I know!

I would have if I were allowed to.

Right. I don’t understand the logic. Locals can’t transmit covid?

It’s not a ban against foreigners. It’s for non-members. So if you’re not from Beppu you can’t use it (for the time being).

Wait what do you mean? if it is a city outside of Japan. It's not a Japanese city.

There is no other city in the world with more hot spring output. The only area in the world (not city) with more hot spring output is Yellowstone National Park in the US.