Photo: Rosie Tulips
These black eggs might look other-worldly, but they’re actually just plain chicken eggs. The strange black hue comes from boiling them in the sulphur-rich hot water pools of Owakudani, near Hakone, Japan. The sulphur in the water reacts with the eggs’ shells, making them black and imparting a sulphur tinged flavour and odour to the cooked egg inside.
Photo: Aapo Haapanen
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To get to the boiling site, visitors can choose between a 15-minute hike or taking the Hakone Ropeway down by Lake Ashi. Once they reach the spot, the eggs are served to them at a shack with small wooden tables laid out right beside the spring, offering a spectacular view of the magnificent Mt. Fuji.
Photo: Katy Ereia
The black eggs of Owakudani are famous all over Hakone – they’re sold in many shops around town at 500Yen for a bag of five. That’s 35 extra years added instantly to your lifespan!
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Sources: Japan Travel, Amusing Planet
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