{"id":4199,"date":"2016-04-12T08:02:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2016-04-12T08:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T23:02:38","slug":"the-power-spots-of-noboribetsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/news\/the-power-spots-of-noboribetsu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power Spots of Noboribetsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u5730\u7344\u8c37-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\u5730\u7344\u8c37\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/>There is no better way to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and to experience nature than a stay at\u00a0Noboribetsu Onsen. In addition, with visits to the following &#8220;power spots&#8221;, you will\u00a0encounter\u00a0some special energy,\u00a0spiritual force that heals and\u00a0refreshes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great places to start is\u00a0the Sengen Park. Right outside of Dai-ichi Takimotokan, you can find the famous Sengen Park Geyser. Every three hours, you can see its powerful fountain and\u00a0get close to\u00a0the earth&#8217;s pulse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u6cc9\u6e90\u516c\u5712-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\u6cc9\u6e90\u516c\u5712\" width=\"600\" height=\"897\" \/><br \/>\nAnother spiritual location is of course the Hell Valley about 10 minutes walk away from the hotel.\u00a0Once upon a time, people mined\u00a0the sulfur in the area as a raw material of gunpowder. Later, it was discovered that eye diseases can be cured from washing the eyes with the hot spring water. To show gratitude, people from the town has named this spot &#8220;Hot Spring for the Eyes&#8221;. They also established a stone monument as well as set up the temple for\u00a0Medicine Buddha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u85ac\u5e2b\u5982\u6765-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\u85ac\u5e2b\u5982\u6765\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u6e29\u6cc9\u306e\u5ddd-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\u6e29\u6cc9\u306e\u5ddd\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><br \/>\nIf you were to look closely, the Noboribetsu natural how spring shows different colors. In the photo above, you can detect the varieties of colors of the spring water. This is truly a remarkable sight at the Hell Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Another spot not to be missed is the &#8220;Iron Spring Pond&#8221; located at the most inner area of the Hell Valley. Temperature of this hot spring is often around 80\u00a0celsius degrees. Every 20 to 30 minutes, you will see the geyser simmering as if it is coming alive. You will be amazed at the many faces of planet earth. They are still waiting to be discovered and to be admired.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u9593\u6b20\u6cc91-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\u9593\u6b20\u6cc91\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/\u9593\u6b20\u6cc92-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\u9593\u6b20\u6cc92\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no better way to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and to experience nature than a stay at\u00a0Noboribetsu Onsen. In addition, with visits to the following &#8220;power spots&#8221;, you will\u00a0encounter\u00a0some special energy,\u00a0spiritual force that heals and\u00a0refreshes. One of the great places to start is\u00a0the Sengen Park. Right outside of Dai-ichi Takimotokan, you can find<\/p>\n<div class=\"h10\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more-link1\" href=\"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/news\/the-power-spots-of-noboribetsu\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takimotokan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}